The 1566 Series (Book 4): The Defiant Magistrate

About Liu Heping

Liu Heping is an acclaimed screenwriter novelist and historian influential for his realist approach to the historical and contemporary transformation of China. His pioneering historical drama Da Ming Wang Chao 1566 sold nearly a million copies and was later broadcast as a TV series. In 2014 his TV drama All Quiet in Peking gained a cumulative 400 million online views in one month of release. Wen Huang is a Chicago-based writer and translator. His memoir about growing up in Xian in the 1970s The Little Red Guard was a Washington Post Best of 2012 pick. He started translating Chinese non-fiction works in 2005 and since then his translations have been published by Pantheon Harper Collins and Amazon. In 2007 he was the recipient of a PEN Translation Fund Award. His writings have appeared in The Paris Review Harpers Magazine The Asia Literary Review and Words Without Borders.