C822 You Need to be Careful When Pushing
Creators tend to have the habit of being the protagonist of their work.
Strictly speaking, Du Kang did not know many authors - Dante was one of them. Virgil was one, Hastur was half, and Wu Cheng'en was one. Without exception, most of the characters written by these authors were very similar to the author himself.
Of course, there were exceptions sometimes. For example