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Zhang Wei (born January 10, 1981), also known under the pen name Tang Jia San Shao (唐家三少), is a Chinese novelist. He is the author of the epic fantasy series Douluo Dalu, also known as Soul Land, which became a multimedia franchise including a TV series, an animated series, various comic adaptations and video games.
Zhang has been listed as one of China's top-earning web fiction writers (2012-2017). In 2015, he was included in the Forbes list of Chinese celebrities.
Biography
In 1998, Zhang worked for CNTV after graduating college where he began reading web novels such as The First Intimate Contact. In 2003, Zhang became a contract writer for the Chinese web fiction website Qidian. In February 2004, Zhang debuted with Child of Light while working as a website engineer in a small IT company.
In 2005, Zhang released Mad God, The Kind Death God and I am the Sole Immortal, his most prolific year yet.
On December 30, 2013, Zhang established Tang Studio, the first web fiction studio in China.
In April 2016, Zhang established Xuanshi Tangmen Culture Media Co., Ltd.
= Pseudonym
=In March 2013, while on Day Day Up, Zhang explained that his pen name comes from him liking to add three teaspoons of sugar to his soya bean milk (糖加三勺) which Tang Jia San Shao (唐家三少) shares the pronunciation of.
In 2015, in Zhang's autobiographical novel For You, I'm Willing to Love the World, he says his pen name came from one of his four online chatting room usernames. In 2018, on the show The Reader, Zhang also gave the same explanation.
= Marriage
=Zhang Wei married his wife Li Mo in May 2007. In July 2018, in the postscript of Douluo Dalu 3: Legend of the Dragon King 28, Zhang stated Li was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. On September 11, 2018, Zhang announced Li had passed away. Later that week, he announced he would be taking a hiatus. In a Sina Weibo post, Alibaba announced they fired an editor and a writer for insulting Zhang's wife in a private messaging group.
= Activities
=In May 2018, Zhang was invited to participate in the 2018 Iqiyi World Conference Network Literature Summit Forum.
On November 26, 2020, Zhang joined the annual Tengyun Summit which explores the relationship between technology and culture.
Portfolio
References
External links
Tang Jia San Shao on Qidian
Tang Jia San Shao on Sina Weibo (in Chinese) (registration required)
Tang Jia San Shao on Wuxiaworld
Tang Jia San Shao on The Readers (in Chinese)
Tang Jia San Shao on China Literature Limited's Ceremony (in Chinese)