Xǔ Zhǐyán 許指嚴 (1875–1923) was a Shanghai journalist and miscellany writer active in the late Qīng and early Republican period. He was a prolific author of historical bǐjì 筆記 (literary notes/miscellanies) and journalistic prose, specializing in unofficial historical anecdotes of the Qīng dynasty. CBDB records his birth year as 1875 (Guāngxù 光緒 1) and death year as 1923 (Republic 12). Works in the Kanripo corpus: Shíyè Yěwén 十葉野聞 (KR4k0316). CBDB id: 75769.