Li Boyuan

Li Baojia , courtesy name (zi) Li Boyuan (; 1867-1906 ), art name nickname (hao) Nanting tingzhang was a Qing Dynasty-era Chinese author. He was a writer, essayist, ballad author, poet, calligrapher, and seal carver. He edited a fiction periodical and several tabloids.

Initially Li served as the principal writer and editor of several area tabloids and magazines. They included the Shanghai Shijie Fanhua Bao, the Zhinan Bao , and Youxi Bao (zh|first=t|t=遊戲報|s=游戏报|p=Yóuxì Bào|w=Yu-hsi Pao|l=Amusement News or News About Recreation

He died in Shanghai at age 39. The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature, Part 1 stated that some people characterized his writings as "satirical, vituperative, and exaggerated". Jaroslav Průšek wrote that Li Baojia wrote Officialdom Unmasked because Li Baojia wanted to entice people into opposing a corrupt bureaucracy. Since the year of Li Baojia's death, the current version of Guanchang Xianxing Ji is a 60 chapter version. Donald Holoch, author of "A Novel of Setting: The Bureaucrats", wrote that a man named Ouyang Juyuan , a friend of Li Baojia, "allegedly" added the final 12 chapters after Li Baojia died, and therefore the 60 chapter version is "commonly held to be the work of two men." Wenming Xiaoshi English translation: Huo Diyu - It documents judicial and penal system's malpractices. This work was unfinished.

Ballads: Gengzi Guobian Tanci - Written immediately after the Boxer Rebellion, it was Li Baojia's first major literary work, serialized in the Shanghai Shijie Fanhua Bao.

Miscellaneous writings Nanting Sihua - A collection of four miscellaneous writings by Li Baojia

The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature, Part 1 stated that "There are also a number of works of doubtful authorship attributed to him." Haitian Hongxue Ji Fanhua Meng Zhongguo Xianzai Ji