Xu Ke (author)

{{Short description|Chinese author}}

{{For|the Hong Kong director Xú Kè (徐克)|Tsui Hark}}

Xu Ke ({{zh|c=徐珂|p=Xú Kē}}; 1869–1928) was a Chinese writer. He wrote an "unofficial" history of the Qing dynasty, {{ill|Qing Bai Lei Chao|zh|清稗類鈔}}, published in 48 volumes in 1917.{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47031888|title=Worldcat record: Qing Bai Lei Chao|oclc=47031888 |access-date=24 July 2016}} Author and UC Irvine professor Yong Chen said the book "provides an encyclopedic coverage of life during the Qing dynasty."{{cite book|title=Chop Suey, USA: The Story of Chinese Food in America|last=Chen|first=Yong|date=2014 |isbn=9780231168922 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bU4ZBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA231}}