Feng Menglong

In this Chinese name, the family name is Feng.
Feng Menglong
Traditional Chinese馮夢龍
Simplified Chinese冯梦龙
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFéng Mènglóng
Wade–GilesFêng2 Mêng4-lung2

Feng Menglong (1574–1646), courtesy names Youlong (猶龍), Gongyu (公魚), Ziyou (子猶), or Eryou (耳猶), was a Chinese historian, novelist, and poet of the late Ming Dynasty. He was born in Changzhou County,[1] now part of Suzhou, in Jiangsu Province.[2]

  1. ^ Changzhou (長洲縣), not to be confused with Changzhou
  2. ^ Yenna Wu. Vernacular Stories. in V. Mair, (ed.), The Columbia History of Chinese Literature (NY: Columbia University Press, 2001). pp. 597-605.