315, died March or April 336[1]), courtesy name Lingsheng (令升), was a Chinese historian and writer at the court of Emperor Yuan of Jin.
Apparently, the position was granted to him in recognition of his skills which he demonstrated in his Chin-chi (晋纪, "Jin-ji"), presumably a written account of earlier court activities.
Gan Bao subsequently occupied other prominent positions at the court, but today he is best remembered for the book Soushen Ji, which he probably compiled.
An extremely important early example of the Zhiguai genre, the book comprises several hundred short stories and witness reports about spirits and supernatural events.
[4] His curiosity sparked by these two incidents, Gan Bao then began collecting short stories and witness reports about spirits and supernatural events.