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Ci's real name is Li Jhengsian born in 1959. Majoring in
Mathematics in university but a devotee of creative writing, he gained many writing awards
when he was in the military service. After the service, he worked as a general editor for
a publisher and then played editor and director for a TV company. In 1985, he was famous
for the novel Chanyi Dao, then he subsequently wrote 13 novels before he retired from
writing wusia novels, which for him contained too many killing scenes. As he is dedicated
to preaching Buddhism, the inevitable episodes of killing in the knight-errant story were
against his religion. He attends many Buddhist
activities and has many titles such as Fushengzong Disandai Fachuanren, Fushenzong Shihjie
Hongfazonghui ji Fusheng Shihjie Dajiao Jijinhui DaoShih Huijhang. His novels are cleverly
woven with Buddhist principles, and from this point of view the way of martial arts
described in his work are witty, wise, humorous, and filled with Buddhist wisdom. He
started writing again not long ago, and the theme of his latest work Ningfong Tiansia is
about environmental protection. This book pays attention to the relationship between
humans and the nature. The name of the hero, Gong Tiansia, in this novel is invented to be
an onomatopoeic term for the equality of humans and all creatures. The title of this book,
Ningfong Tiansia, alludes to the tears of the Goddess of Mercy, and this book shows the
writer's updated interpretation of Buddhist mercy. |
