Fox Worshiping the Moon

Xuemo’s Views on Love, Truth, and Enlightenment

Fox Worshiping the Moon is Xuemo’s first published poetry collection, structured into four chapters. The opening chapter, “Fox Worshiping the Moon,” portrays the worldly conflicts and inner struggles faced by a young Xuemo on his quest for truth. “Pilgrimage” captures the profound insights and spiritual awakenings he experienced during his journey to India. “Songs of the 84 Mahasiddhas” distills the enlightened journeys of 84 Indian mahasiddhas into 84 poems, celebrating the nobility and wisdom of these great masters. Finally, “Zen Poetry in the Diamond Sutra” presents a cross-temporal dialogue between Xuemo and the Buddha, creatively expressing his realizations through thirty-two poems inspired by his spiritual path.

Xuemo, born in 1963 as Chen Kaihong, is a renowned writer from Gansu, China.  He has written over 80 books, published in more than 200 editions, with translations available in over 20 languages.

Xuemo’s novel Into the Desert won the 2022 Excellent Translation Award by the China International Communications Group (CICG), the 2024 NYC Big Book Award for Women’s Fiction and the 2024 Independent Press Award for Literary Fiction. Xuemo has been named International Impact Book Awards–Author of the Year 2025 for Into the Desert. His novel Curses of the Kingdom of Xixia won the 2024 NYC Big Book Award for World Literature. The novel Wild Fox Ridge won the 2024 International Impact Book Awards, it was also honored with the 2025 International Book Awards and 2026 NYC Big Book Award. White Tiger Pass received the 2026 International Impact Book Awards. He has been nominated three times for the Mao Dun Literature Prize and has won the Dunhuang Literature and Art Award six consecutive times.

 The e-book editions of Desert Rites, Desert Hunters, White Tiger Pass, Love Letters from the Goddess, Eternal Love and Reclaim the Throne of Your Heart have repeatedly ranked No. 1 on Amazon’s bestseller lists.