Li Shoumin

Li Shoumin

1902-02-28
59 (1961-05-02)
Sichuan, China

Li Shoumin (1902–1961), better known by his pen name Huanzhulouzhu (還珠樓主), was a Szechwan-born Chinese wuxia and xianxia writer. His 1946 novel Blades from the Willows, 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.

Sichuan, China

Li Shoumin (1902–1961), better known by his pen name Huanzhulouzhu (還珠樓主), was a Szechwan-born Chinese wuxia and xianxia writer. His 1946 novel Blades from the Willows, 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.