K: The Art of Love is a 1999 novel by Hong Ying which was published in 2001 in Taiwan. It is about a fictionalised account between Julian Bell and his married Chinese lover K. The book was banned in China after the daughter of Ling Shuhua sued the author for using her mother's name as K. After a 2002 ruling by a Chinese court, the book was deemed a "defamation of the dead". The author rewrote the book, which was published in 2003 under the title The English Lover.