Feng Menglong

(the first commercially successful writer)

Life

I was born in Changzhou in 1574. I came from a prestigious family. My elder brother, younger brother, and I are called Wuxia sanfeng, which means "the three Feng's in Wuxia." My elder brother Feng Menggui was an artist, my younger brother Feng Mengxiong was a university student and also a published poet, and I was a vernacular writer and poet.