Xu Ke (; 1869–1928) was a Chinese writer. He wrote an "unofficial" history of the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

, ', published in 48 volumes in 1917. Author and

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professor Yong Chen said the book "provides an encyclopedic coverage of life during the Qing dynasty."

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1869 births 1928 deaths Qing dynasty historians Writers from Hangzhou Historians from Zhejiang 20th-century Chinese historians {{China-historian-stub