许仲琳 / 許仲琳

xǔ​zhòng​lín

Xu Zhonglin

Xu Zhonglin (c. 1567-c. 1620), also known as Chen Zhonglin ([[陈仲琳|陳仲琳|chen2 zhong4 lin2]]); a novelist during the Ming dynasty widely considered the author of the classic fantasy novel [[封神演义|封神演義|feng1 shen2 yan3 yi4]] together with [[陆西星|陸西星|lu4 xi1 xing1]]

许 (literal) → 许/許 · xǔ · Xu 仲 (literal) → 仲 · zhòng · Zhong 琳 (literal) → 琳 · lín · jade

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:58 PM