Wen Ruian is a Chinese writer of wuxia

Wuxia

Wuxia is a broad genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists. Although wuxia is traditionally a form of literature, its popularity has caused it to spread to diverse art forms like Chinese opera, manhua , films, television series, and video games...

novels. He was born in a overseas Chinese

Overseas Chinese

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 Cantonese

Cantonese people

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 family in Malaysia in 1954 and once studied in National Taiwan University

National Taiwan University

National Taiwan University is a national co-educational university located in Taipei, Republic of China . In Taiwan, it is colloquially known as "Táidà" . Its main campus is set upon 1,086,167 square meters in Taipei's Da'an District. In addition, the university has 6 other campuses in Taiwan,...

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Ever since he wrote the famous The Four Detective Guards at the age of nineteen, Wen has been wandering around society and even went to jail. As a result of his strong work ethic, he has about four hundred books, totaling 40 million characters.

Wen's later works were extremely violent. However, his early works such as the Divine Astonishing Hero series gave readers a patriotic and uplifting enthusiasm.

External links

• Wen Ruian
• WuxiaWorld Site devoted to Wuxia literature, films, TV Series, and translations.
• Wuxiasociety.org - An English Wuxia Portal, focus on discussion forum, the most complete list of Wen RuiAn's novels in English (work in progress)