Zhang Henshui

Zhang Henshui (May 18, 1895 - February 15, 1967), formerly known as Zhang Xinyuan, was a native of Qianshan, Anhui. He was a Chinese Chapter novelist and a representative writer of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School. He had an important influence on the history of Chinese literature and the development of vernacular in the 20th century. His works have complex plots, rigorous and complete structural layouts, and integrate traditional Chinese chapter novels with new techniques in Western novels. He is also famous for his prolific output. In his writing career of more than 50 years, he created more than 100 popular novels, most of which are medium and long chapter novels, with a total word count of nearly 20 million words, which can be regarded as a book of his own. His representative works include several novels such as "The Foreign History of Chunming", "The Golden Family", "The Cause of Crying and Laughing", "Intoxication" and "Eighty-One Dreams". "Hate the Water" is a pen name, taken from Li Yu's poem of the Southern Tang Dynasty, "Happy Meeting·The Forest Flowers Wither the Spring Red", "Since I have grown up in life, I have hated the water forever". He has a wife and two concubines.