Huanzhulouzhu

Huanzhulouzhu

Huanzhulouzhu

Chinese author

Li Shoumin (Chinese: 李壽民; Wade–Giles: Li Shou-min; 1902–1961), better known by his pen name Huanzhulouzhu (Chinese: 還珠樓主; Wade–Giles: Huan-chu-lou-chu; lit. 'Owner of Building of Returning the Pearl'), was a Chinese wuxia and xianxia writer.[1]

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

His 1946 novel Blades from the Willows (柳湖俠隱), a prequel of his magnum opus Legend of the Swordsmen of the Mountains of Shu, was one of the first wuxia novels translated into English. Other wuxia writers whose novels were also among the first translated into English include Wang Dulu, Gong Baiyu, Zheng Zhengyin, and Zhu Zhenmu.[2]

In other Media

Some of the films and TV series based on his novels are:

Works in English translation

  • Huanzhulouzhu (1991) [1946]. Blades from the Willows: A Chinese Novel of Fantasy and Martial Adventure. Translated by Robert Chard. Wellsweep Press. ISBN 0-948454-05-9.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Chard, Robert L. (1999). "Transcendents, Sorcerers, and Women Warriors: Huanzhulouzhu's Mountain Sword-Warriors of Sichuan". CHINOPERL Papers. 20 (20–22): 169–95. doi:10.1179/chi.1997.20.1.169.
  2. [2]
    Mok, Olivia (2002). "Translating Appellations in Martial-Arts Fiction". Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice. 10 (4): 273–81. doi:10.1080/0907676X.2002.9961451. S2CID 143133754.


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