Oriental Legends and the Writing of the Chivalrous Spirit: A Review of Ni Siting’s A Critical Biography of Huanzhu Louzhu

Journal of Integrated Cultural Studies

JICS   Vol. 1, No. 1, 2026, pp.218-225.

Print ISSN: 3105-840X; Online ISSN: 3105-8418

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DOI：Https://doi.org/10.64058/JICS.26.1.21

Oriental Legends and the Writing of the Chivalrous Spirit: A Review of Ni Siting’s A Critical Biography of Huanzhu Louzhu

Li Yan

Abstract: A Critical Biography of Huanzhu Louzhu stands as a representative research achievement of Ni Siting, a Tianjin-based writer, in recent years. This biography systematically sorts out the life trajectory and literary creation practice of Huanzhu Louzhu (Li Shoumin), the master of martial arts fiction. With vivid narrative strokes and detailed documentary research, the author presents a relatively comprehensive organization and exposition of Huanzhu Louzhu’s life and creative endeavors. The publication of this book fills some gaps in the thematic research on modern martial arts fiction writers and provides systematic historical data support for the study of Huanzhu Louzhu. Based on Huanzhu Louzhu’s life experience and A Critical Biography of Huanzhu Louzhu, and in combination with the research methods and academic perspectives of this biography, this paper attempts to analyze the creative motivations and artistic characteristics of Huanzhu Louzhu, and take his poetics of creation as the foundation to explore the emergence and development mechanisms of modern Chinese commercial literature.

Keywords: Popular literature; Biography; Martial arts novels; Huanzhu Louzhu

Author Biography: Li Yan, Lecturer at the School of Humanities and Education, Guangzhou Institute of Technology. Research Focus: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Popular Literature. E-mail: commonyz240@naver.com.

标题：东方传奇与任侠精神之书写：评倪斯霆的《还珠楼主评传》

摘要：《还珠楼主评传》是天津作家倪斯霆近年来的代表性研究成果，该传记系统梳理了武侠小说宗师还珠楼主（李寿民）的生平轨迹与文学创作实践。作者以生动的叙事笔触、翔实的文献考据，对还珠楼主的人生与创作进行了较为全面的梳理与呈现，此书的出版弥补了现代武侠文学作家专题研究的部分空白，为还珠楼主研究提供了系统性的史料支撑。本文以还珠楼主生平和《还珠楼主评传》为研究基础，结合该评传的研究方法与学术视角，尝试拆解还珠楼主的创作动机与艺术特征，以其创作学为根基，探析中国现代商业文学的发生与发展机制。

关键词：通俗文学；传记；武侠小说；还珠楼主

作者简介：李言，广州理工学院人文与教育学院教师，韩国全南大学博士生，研究方向：中国现当代通俗文学。电邮：commonyz240@naver.com。

 Received: 7 Nov.2025 / Revised: 7 Feb. 2025 / Accepted: 02 Apr 2026 / Published online: 30 Apr 2026 / Print published: 30 May 2026.