This article reviews recent works on He Shuangqing IStSyi andproposes some possible approaches toward this subject-matter. I firstdiscuss Shi Zhenlin IKthe author of Xiqing sanji WBB (Random Records of West-Green), the background in which he wrotethese notes, and the nature of the book. Xiqing sanji is where (He)Shuangqing first appears and it is the only known source on her existence.Thanks to the enchanting beauty of her story and her poems (mainly inthe cig form), in due process Shuangqing broke away from Shi's book,assuming a life of her own. She has become renown as a Chinese poetessfrom the peasant class. Riding on the new wave of women studies. He Shuangqing latelyattracted the attention of scholars again, as she once did in the post-MayFourth era. Some interesting works about her have appeared in recentyears, which either analyze Shuangqing's works in the light of newliterary theories and/or look at her life from feminist perspectives. Mostof the authors avoid the question of whether Shuangqing was a realperson or a fictional one. A scholar did endeavor to prove Shuangqing'sactuality, but her arguments are disputable. As a matter of fact, the mystery of Shuangqing is rooted in the way she is introduced to the worldby Xiqing sanji, which is not a question one can legitimately shun. On thecontrary, we shall go back to the origin of the mystery-Xiqing sanji, aswell as to the author and his circle of friends. I believe that a solidunderstanding of Shi Zhenlin and the esthetics and mentality of his circlewill help locate Shuangqing in a world thus far little known to us.