Wu Jianren
Wu Jianren, also known as Wu Woyao was a Chinese writer of the late Qing period. A native of Foshan, Guangdong province, he is known for several novels, namely Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades and The Sea of Regret.Wu Jianren wrote novels for an audience who did not receive a classical education, and he used everyday vernacular speech in his works.
Wu Jianren recorded stories from newspapers that he could use as a source in his work within a notebook. Bao Tianxiao, the editor of early Republican journal Funu Shibao 妇女时报 and another novelist who wrote an account of Wu Jianren's notebook, used this technique to write Shanghai Chunqiu.Works
- Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades
- Sea of Regret
- Jiuming Qiyuan
