Cai Dongfan
Cai Dongfan was a Chinese historian and prolific writer of historical novels.
Life
Cai was best known for writing of The Popular Romance of Dynasties from 1915 to 1926. This novel contains history of the Qin dynasty to 1920s in China. After writing, he became a doctor. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he lived in exile.Personal life
Before the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, on 5 March 1945, Cai died in Zhuji, China.List of works
- The Popular Romance of Dynasties
- *The Popular Romance of the Early Han Dynasty
- *The Popular Romance of the Later Han Dynasty
- *The Popular Romance of Two Jin Dynasties
- *The Popular Romance of the Southern and Northern Dynasties
- *The Popular Romance of Tang Dynasty
- *The Popular Romance of the Five Dynasties
- *The Popular Romance of Song Dynasty
- *The Popular Romance of Yuan Dynasty
- *The Popular Romance of Ming Dynasty
- *The Popular Romance of Qing Dynasty
- *The Popular Romance of the Republic of China
- ''The Romance of Empress Dowager Cixi''