许仲琳

许仲琳（约1567年？—约1620年？），亦作陈仲琳，号钟山逸叟，应天府（在今江苏省南京市、镇江市、常州市境）人，明朝小说家。

生平事迹不详。据说着有知名神魔小说《封神演义》，约成于隆庆、万历年间。目前已知最早的《封神演义》版本是万历年间金阊舒载阳刊本，藏于日本内阁文库。书中卷二题作“钟山逸叟许仲琳编辑”，有学者认为《封神演义》的作者即为许仲琳。

近来学者多认为《封神演义》为道士陆西星所著，许仲琳（陈仲琳）可能是一位编辑，重编目次，修饰情节再度刊刻。

Xu Zhonglin (traditional Chinese: 許仲琳; simplified Chinese: 许仲琳; died 1560) was a Chinese fantasy novelist who lived during the Ming dynasty. He is best known as the author of the 16th century semi-mythical novel Investiture of the Gods (封神演義; Fengshen Yanyi). He was born in Yingtian Prefecture, present-day Nanjing.

An original copy of Investiture of the Gods is held in the Japanese Library of the Grand Secretariat, printed by Shu Zaiyang. The second section of the book is inscribed with the words "edited by Xu Zhonglin, the Old Recluse of Mount Zhong." This is likely the source of his possible pseudonym "Zhongshan Yisou" (鍾山逸叟), which literally means "a carefree old man living in Mount Zhong". Some say that Xu wrote the novel for a trousseau for his daughter.