Zheng Yuanjie (June 15, 1955 -), male, Han nationality. A contemporary Chinese writer, known as the "King of Fairy Tales".
Life
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< p>Zheng Yuanjie was born in Bethune International Peace Hospital, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province on June 15, 1955. His father, Zheng Hongsheng, was originally from Linfen, Shanxi Province. His mother, Liu Xiaokun, was originally from Shaoxing, Zhejiang. His ex-wife Guo Weiwei has a bachelor's degree and is a literary editor. His younger brother Zheng Yijie makes a living raising wolf dogs and homing pigeons. His sister Zheng Xin. His son Zheng Yaqi is the editor-in-chief of "Pipilu Pictorial". His daughter Zheng Yafei is in the first grade of primary school in Shidu No. 1 Primary School in Beijing. Zheng Yuanjie moved to Beijing with her parents in 1961. Later, he studied at Madian Primary School in Beijing. In the fourth grade, due to the outbreak of the "Cultural Revolution", school education in the traditional sense was temporarily suspended. From November 1969 to December 1970, he was sent to work with his parents at the May 7th Cadre School of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission ("938" Unit) in Suiping County, Henan Province. He attended junior high school at the May 7th Cadre School temporary school composed of decentralized laborers. Because of playing crackers in class, I once again lost the opportunity to study at school. He was brought home by his father Zheng Hongsheng to study on his own. From 1970 to 1976, he served in the air force in Jiangxi and Fujian respectively as a ground serviceman. After demobilization in 1976, he worked as a worker at the Beijing Dahua Radio Instrument Factory, responsible for looking after the factory's water pumps.Inspired by the April 5th Movement in 1976, he began literary creation. The creative style is greatly influenced by Zhang Tianyi. He has created poems, lyrics, novels, science fiction and other literary genres. On September 15, 1979, the first fairy tale "Hei Hei on Honesty Island" was published in "Children's Literature". Later, he worked as an editor in magazines such as "Chinese Blind Children's Literature" and "Children's Literature", and also participated in the founding of "Oriental Youth" and "Big Bad Wolf Pictorial" magazines.
In 1985, he founded the monthly magazine "Fairy Tale King", which exclusively published the works of Zheng Yuanjie. At its peak in 1988, circulation exceeded 1 million copies per month. The total number of genuine books and periodicals published by Zheng Yuanjie has exceeded 100 million copies. In 1991, Taiwan's "Fairy Tale King ~ Zheng Yuanjie's Works Monthly" was first published. In 1992, he founded Zheng Yuanjie Children's Products Development Co., Ltd. In 1993, he was elected as one of the first ten outstanding young people in Beijing. Starting from January 2002, the mainland's "Fairy Tale King" no longer publishes his new works. The novel "Ghost Car" has not been published in "Fairy Tale King", and Zheng Yuanjie's promised novel "Evil Elephant" has not yet been published. Published regularly. This caused dissatisfaction among many readers. However, Zheng Yuanjie also stated on many occasions that this was not done voluntarily. However, since July 2004, "The King of Fairy Tales" has re-published Zheng Yuanjie's new works, but it has still not been able to publish the novel "Ghost Car" which ceased serialization in 2002. The latest fairy tale work "Little Rabbit Running Rabbit" has also been published by Xueyuan Publishing House. The October 2005 issue of "Pipiru" magazine began serializing "Qiu Xiang".
After becoming famous, Zheng Yuanjie lived a solitary life and rarely participated in activities in the literary world. He has created fairy tale art images such as "Pipilu", "Lu Xixi", "Shuke", "Beta" and "Rock", which are very famous among children. Works such as "The Year of the Cat and the Mouse", "Canned Man", "The Adventures of Shuke and Beta", and "Cube Mansion" were adapted into cartoons, and "Flag Cruiser" was adapted into a puppet show. "Little Tigers" and "Ruby Apartment" were adapted into TV series. The novel "The Hat" was adapted into a TV sketch. However, Zheng Yuanjie said in some recent TV talk shows that it is difficult for him to be satisfied with those adapted cartoons.
Since the mid-1990s, Zheng Yuanjie’s works have become more and more in touch with reality, using magical techniques to expose the ugliness of society.
Since 2004, Zheng Yuanjie began to participate in TV program recordings. Including character interviews, cooking and other programs.
On October 19, 2005, Zheng Yuanjie became the honorary president of the "Pipilu Literary Club" of Fuxue Hutong Primary School in Beijing. This was the first time that he authorized the primary school to use "Pipilu" as the name of the literary club. At that time, he served as the honorary president of the school literary club for the first time.
Evaluation
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< p>Zheng Yuanjie's early fairy tale works are generally considered to have subverted China's long-standing tradition of fairy tales that mainly focused on preaching.In 2004, two years after "The Fairy Tale King" stopped publishing Zheng Yuanjie's new works, Zheng Yuanjie explained the issues involving the dark side of society in his works during a book signing in Qingdao: "When a person harbors a concern for the world, When children with excessive expectations grow up and have to face the ugliness of the world, I can't continue to bury my head in the sand and dream of still ideals. I am a sincere writer, so I can no longer walk on the same path. I must Looking for a new way out”
Negative comments
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Some people have commented that Zheng Yuanjie's later works involve too much dissatisfaction with society and sexual content, and these contents are considered to be inappropriate for children to read. Including the "Beijing Evening News" and CCTV's "Today's Statement" column, they have mentioned its negative impact. The fact that "The Fairy Tale King" stopped publishing his new works in 2002 is believed to be related to the above comments.
Zheng Yuanjie quoted a netizen as saying: Children themselves are products that are not suitable for children.
Positive review
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Many people think that he starts from the depths of children's hearts and makes reading fairy tales a joy.
Some supporters believe that Zheng Yuanjie is a brave warrior, a person with a sense of responsibility and a sense of mission.
Some people think that the sales of "The Fairy Tale King" have exceeded one million, which is the best proof and embodiment of Zheng Yuanjie's value.
Some supporters claim that Zheng Yuanjie’s early fairy tales and later fantasy novels have far-reaching significance and influence.
Current situation
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< p> Starting in 2004, Zheng Yuanjie began signing books and selling books in many cities across the country, which dispelled many rumors about him. Zheng Yuanjie also launched the "Zheng's Nonsense" program on his official website. It is a TV version of "The Fairy Tale King" and has a more modern flavor compared to the text. Zheng Yuanjie also has more than a dozen novels, a 4 million-word textbook and family education theory written for his son, and more than a hundred fairy tales for young children that he has not published for his daughter. He said that he would wait until a China allowed private publishers to be established before publishing.Main works
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33 volumes of "The Complete Works of Zheng Yuanjie's Fairy Tales".
"Zheng's Nonsense" TV Weekly (starting from the 8th episode, the video will no longer be broadcast online, and only the text version will be published in the "Pipiru" album)
"The Fairy Tale King" "(a magazine specializing in Zheng Yuanjie's works)
"The Adventures of Shuke and Beta"
"Big Bad Wolf Rock"
"Pentium Experience" Money Machine", "Germ Concentration Camp", "Baike", "Biochemical Nanny", "Wisdom Teeth", "Golden Thumb", "Ghost Car", etc.
"The Biography of Lu Xixi"
"The Biography of Pipilu"
"The Dialogue between Zheng Yuanjie and Pipilu"
"100 "The First Time"
"Five Apples Tossing the Earth"
"309 Darkroom"
"Canned Man"
" "Dragon Ball Incident"
"Red Sofa Music City"
"Rubik's Cube Building"
"Hateful Elephant"
January 2005, The picture album "Pipilu" with Zheng Yuanjie as the sole contributor was published.
The October 2005 issue of the picture album "Pipilu" began to serialize the novel "Evil Elephant". This work was originally scheduled to be published in "Fairy Tale King" magazine in 2002.