"Who gained the precious sword" this line in the popular song, 'Tongnian', evokes the hero, Jhuge Silang, of a suspenseful comic series. Who can resist the charisma of a hero? And Jhuge Silang was the first hero created in Taiwanese comics.

      Ye Hongjia, the creator of this comic hero, was born in Hsinchu County. It was a tough road for him to choose to be a comic illustrator. When he was about 17 or 18 years old, he with his friends Chen Jiapeng, Wang Hua, Hong Jhaoming formed the earliest comic association, Singao Manhua Jituan. He also took the Japanese correspondence courses and then went to Japan by himself to study in a Painting College. WW broke out soon and for two years he stayed in Japan.

      When he came back to Taiwan, he and his comic association published a monthly magazine, Sinsin Yuekan. This magazine only lasted for eight issues because of financial problems, but it recorded the post-war chaos on the editorial pages, consisting of two pages of comic illustrations. And these issues can be considered as precious historic documents.

      When the magazine Syueyou published its first issue in 1953, Ye was itching for a chance to show off, so he sent his drawing to the magazine but was rejected. After several unsuccessful tries, he learned lessons and dedicated himself to search for the formulas of drawing successful comics and gain editing skills. In 1958, the magazine Manhua Dawang published his series Jhuge Silang. It was an enormous success, and this story continued for about six years. The hero Jhuge Silang and his fellow Jhenping were the protagonists for 9 books containing 55 volumes. This outcome was beyond his imagination, and the stories of Jhuge Silang represented him. Subsequently orders for his comics by publishers never stopped. Yeh also published his series on the weekly magazines such as Shaonian Shijie and Sin Shaonian. At the beginning of 1963, he established a publisher called Hongjia Chubanshe, and issued a series of Jhuge Silang stories. Since 1964 he reprinted his earlier works and his student comics.

       He suffered a paralyzing stroke after he was injured in a traffic accident in 1975. In the 80s he sent his comic drawings to newspapers and magazines with the hope to restart his painting career, but circumstances had changed and he was no longer popular. Only the visits of his fans and their support bring him to a sense of happiness.