The author of Midnight was Mao Dun, a famous modern Chinese writer. Mao Dun (July 4, 1896-March 27, 1981), formerly known as Shen Dehong, with pen names Mao Dun, Lang Sun, Xuan Zhu, Fang Bi, Zhi Jing, Pu Lao, Wei Ming, Shen Zhongfang, Shen Mingfu, etc., was a famous modern Chinese writer, literary critic, cultural actician, and social actician. He was born in a family with a rather new mindset and received a new education from a young age. Mao Dun's representative works include the novels Midnight, Spring Silkworm, and the literary review Night Reading Occasionally.
The characters in Midnight included Wu Sunfu, Lin Peiyao, Mother Wang, Lin Peishan, Tu Chu-chai, Wu Fu-fang, Tu Hsin-to, Tu Xueshi, Old Master Wu, Wu Huifang, Wu A-xuan, Zhang Susu, Li Yu-ting, and Fan Bowen.