Ruan Ji
The preeminent Chinese avant-garde author Ge Fei wrote the (1995) "Hūshào" 忽哨 "Whistling" short story, using the modern "whistle" term with "shào" 哨 instead of "xiào" 嘯 in "Xiaofu", "Xiaozhi", etc. The two main characters are based on the historical figures Sun Deng and Ruan Ji who were proficient in transcendental whistling. Victor Mair, who translated "Whistling" into English, says