Cheng was a famous writer in the Republic of China, not Manchukuo, though his writings were published in Manchukuo.
Cheng Xiaoqing did write a novel under the title of “Man in Grey” published by the “Pseudo-Manchu” Puzzle Bookstore, but the book published by the Puzzle Bookstore was not on the topic, and the cover was printed “The Man in Gray”, but the text inside was another work of Cheng Xiaoqing, “Gunshots on a Rainy Night”. In this regard, it can be basically judged that the publisher took the inside text of the novel “Rainy Night Gunshots” and reposted the “pickpocket book” on the cover of “Gray Man”, which is usually to deceive readers into repeated purchases.
The above paragraph is from: Zhan Yubing, 100 years of Chinese detective novel IX.: The first
person in the Republic of China detective novel.
Accessed 22 August 2022 at:
https://www.laitimes.com/en/article/3gjp4_3x8qd.html
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