Jin Shengtan

Jin Shengtan (simplified Chinese: 金圣叹; traditional Chinese: 金聖歎; pinyin: Jīn Shèngtàn; Wade–Giles: Chin Shêng-t'an; 1610? – 7 August 1661[1]), former name Jin Renrui (金人瑞), also known as Jin Kui (金喟), was a Chinese editor, writer and critic, who has been called the champion of Vernacular Chinese literature.[2]

  1. ^ Pattinson, David (December 2000). "Zhou Lianggong and Chidu Xinchao : Genre and Political Marginalisation in the Ming-Qing Transition" (PDF). East Asian History (20). Australian National University: Institute of Advanced Studies: 69. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. ^ Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). "Chin Jên-jui" . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office. pp. 164–166.