Tales steeped in history
Online author Li Yunfan has captivated readers with his fictional, but historically accurate, tales set in China's ancient past, Yang Yang reports.
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About two decades ago, when Chinese online literature was burgeoning, Li Yunfan, known online as Qiyue Xinfan (literally, "new episodes in July"), was a middle school student in a remote county in Pu'er, Yunnan province, a city in Southwest China known for its tea.
Having little money and a lot of time to kill, he often went to Xinhua Bookstore to read children's books. As a matter of fact, the son of a book lover, Li had read his father's collection of classics from China and other countries, such as Journey to the West, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Legend of Condor Heroes and The Three Heroes and Five Gallants.
