Li Yu is a representative writer of drama schools in the early Qing Dynasty.

Li Yu (1611680), formerly known as "Li Weng", was later renamed Yu. Han nationality, Li Xia Village, Lanxi City, Zhejiang Province, shi zhuang zhen City, Rugao City, Jiangsu Province. Writers, dramatists, drama theorists and aestheticians in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties.

As a clever boy, he was praised as "Li" by the world. He once set up a troupe to perform in various places, accumulated rich experience in drama creation and performance, and put forward a relatively perfect drama theory system. He was praised by later generations as "the father of China's drama theory", "the master of world comedy" and "Oriental Shakespeare", an advocate of leisure culture and a pioneer of cultural industry, and was listed as one of the world's cultural celebrities.

In his life, he created a large number of works, including Ten Poems by Dai Li Weng (including Kite Mistake), Mime (also known as Lian), The Twelfth Floor, Essays, Dai Li Wengjia Dialect and so on, with more than five million words. He also revised the History of the Three Kingdoms, revised Jin Ping Mei and initiated the compilation of Mustard Seed Garden, which is a rare artistic genius in the cultural history of China.