“Rú Lián Jūshì” 如蓮居士 (“The Lay Buddhist Who is Like a Lotus”) is the pen name of the anonymous Qīng-dynasty author of KR4k0264 Xuē Gāng Fǎn Táng 薛剛反唐. The name follows the common convention of Qīng popular fiction writers adopting pious lay-Buddhist pseudonyms. No historical individual behind this pen name has been identified.