"He elevates Chinese fantasy into genuine literature! Qitongren’s works are at once ornate, poetic, absurd, and explosively imaginative."
——Editor’s Note

"Beneath his pen’s phantasmagoric flourish lies the soft red dust of mortal realms. Like heavenly flowers falling in speechless splendor, we — dreamers of this withered age — recognize our kin."
——Yan Leisheng (Winner of China’s Galaxy Award & Chinese Nebula Award; Vice Chair, Zhejiang Online Writers Association)

"Qitongren strikes me as a childhood peddler whose basket of words forever hides gods and marvels. Some writers leave behind ashes when their tales burn out—but in his ashes, you still trace brocaded veins."
——Ben Shaoye (Two-time Galaxy Award winner, China’s highest honor in fantasy literature)

★ ​​China’s renowned fantasy author​​, ​​leading figure in speculative fiction​​, and ​​pioneer of long-form wuxia fantasy​​
★ ​​Dubbed the "China's 'Kafka'"​​ – His works appear in The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (World Fantasy Award-winning anthology), alongside ​​Gabriel García Márquez​​ and ​​Haruki Murakami​​
★ ​​Praised by authors Ma Boyong & Jiang Nan​​, and recognized by Hugo/WFA/BFA-winning editors Ann & Jeff VanderMeer​​ as "a defining voice in Chinese fantasy"
★ ​​Blending wuxia and fantasy​​, bridging ​​Chinese mythology and modern storytelling​

​​Featured Works (10 volumes):​​
Spring in Dongke Monastery (Selected for The Big Book of Modern Fantasy)
Songs of the Four Seasons (Qitongren’s only self-curated fantasy anthology)
Novo Land: Dragon Assassin (A key Jiuzhou universe novel)
Aranya in Clouds (Short story, original novel behind the "Aranya in Clouds" comic by Zhang Xiaoyu, winner of the "Golden Elephant Award" at France's Chambéry International Comics Festival)
The Frog’s Ballad (Short story, original novel behind the ​​Chambéry Comics Festival "Golden Elephant Award"​​-winning adaptation)
The Dreamweaver King (Douban 9.2, multi-time "Fantasy Novel of the Year")
Annals of the Flowing Maple (A wuxia-fantasy masterpiece with Tang-Song dynasty style)
Serenity: The Highest Joy of Life (A biographical fantasy decoding Eastern spirituality)
The Leviathan and the Insect (Explores Chinese mythology and intellectual history)
Biographies of Eight Sages (An epic of mortal transcendence)

"Songs of the Four Seasons" is the only self-curated anthology by Qitongren, China’s preeminent fantasy author, featuring seventeen meticulously selected short stories and novelle spanning his illustrious career. This collection showcases the author’s kaleidoscopic imagination, lyrical prose, and profound cultural insight, solidifying his status as contemporary Chinese fantasy’s most literary voice.

"My Grandfather the Thunder God", "Yaksha", and "The Abyss" reimagine ancient myths with breathtaking originality.
"Songs of the Four Seasons" and "Tales of the Strange" revive China’s classical "notebook-style" storytelling tradition.
"The Monk of Flower Temple" and "Aranya in Clouds" weave Buddhist philosophy and Chinese history into transcendent narratives.
"Stories of Central Asia" exhales an intoxicating breath of exotic winds
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Qitongren (b. 1972), pen name inspired by Kafka’s "The Bucket Rider", is a celebrated Chinese short-story writer and fantasist, regarded as one of contemporary China’s most literary fantasy creators.
He began writing while studying Chinese literature at Guangxi Normal University and gained prominence after publishing online in 2000. Former editor of "Fly Fantasy World" and executive editor of "Novo land Fantasy", he founded the e-magazine "Nine Songs" and edited "The Anthology of Chinese Fantasy".
Renowned for his visionary imagination and philosophical depth, he is a two-time "Douban Outstanding Author" and a defining figure in Chinese fantasy. His story "Spring in Dongke Monastery" was anthologized alongside works by Gabriel García Márquez, Angela Carter, George R.R. Martin, Stephen King, and Haruki Murakami in "The Big Book of Modern Fantasy" (World Fantasy Award-winning anthology).
His stark prose has earned him the moniker "China's 'Kafka'"

1.The Monk of Flower Temple
2.The Floating Temple
3.Stone Monk
4.Lin Chunhong
5.My Grandfather the Thunder God
6.Yaksha
7.Frog Song
8.Zhongnan
9.Biographies of Wu Dan and Jia Yi
10.Tooth of Spring
11.The Abyss
12.Songs of the Seasons
13.The Baseless Child
14.Twin Hair Buns
15.A Man Without a Shadow
16.Tales of the Strange
17.Stories of Central Asia