About Xiong Damu
Lived 1506 – 1579 (aged 72–73). Xiong Damu was a Chinese novelist and writer.
Xiong Damu (熊大木) (fl. sixteenth century) was a Ming dynasty man who compiled a number of relatively popular historical saga novels.
Modern literature historians believe he was a barely literate bookstore keeper who simply copied and pasted stories from different books in all of his novels. He would arrange fictional materials on historical characters that he found from different sources chronologically, and use historical books to fill in any gaps.
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Who was Xiong Damu?
Chinese writer during the Ming dynasty
When was Xiong Damu born?
Xiong Damu was born in 1506 in Nanping.
When did Xiong Damu die?
Xiong Damu died in 1579.
What was Xiong Damu's occupation?
Xiong Damu was a novelist and writer.
What nationality was Xiong Damu?
Xiong Damu was Chinese.
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