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许廑父

許廑父
Xǔ Qínfù
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Xu Qinfu, Republican-era Chinese journalist and popular novelist

About Xu Qinfu

1891–1953 · 作家 writer

Journalist and popular novelist of 1920s Shanghai, linked with the Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies school, 鸳鸯蝴蝶派. He wrote the last 40 chapters of 蔡东藩's popular history of the Republic, 《民国演义》.

Examples

HSK 5
许廑父是民国时期著名的小说家。
Xǔ Qínfù shì Mínguó shíqī zhùmíng de xiǎoshuōjiā.
Xu Qinfu was a famous novelist of the Republican era.
HSK 7-9
许廑父曾在上海主编多种报刊。
Xǔ Qínfù céng zài Shànghǎi zhǔbiān duō zhǒng bàokān.
Xu Qinfu edited several newspapers and journals in Shanghai.

Tips

culture
廑父 was an art name; he was born 许与澂. He was nicknamed 许一万, 'Ten-Thousand Xu', for the thousands of characters he could turn out in a single night.

Stroke Order

许 xǔ
廑 jǐn
父 fù