- Wen Ruian
Wen Ruian (zh-c|c=溫瑞安) is a Chinese writer of
wuxia novels. He was born in a Cantonese family inMalaysia in 1954 and once studied inNational Taiwan University .Ever since he wrote the famous “The Four Detective Guards” at the age of nineteen, Wen Ruian 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 Ruian’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
* [http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/culture/chinese/cul_kungfu/e/3-6.htm Wen Ruian]
* [http://wuxiaworld.org WuxiaWorld] Site devoted to Wuxia literature, films, TV Series, and translations.
* [http://www.wuxiasociety.org Wuxiasociety.org] - An English Wuxia Portal, focus on discussion forum, the most complete list of Wen RuiAn's novels in English (work in progress)
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