Bu Feiyan

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Xin.

Xin Xiaojuan (Chinese: 辛からし晓娟 born 11 July 1981), whose pen name Bu Feiyan (步あゆみ非ひ烟けむり) is taken from a Tangchuanqi (short stories of the Tang dynasty) by Huangfu Mei, is a Chinese female writer known for her wuxia novels. Born in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, she studied at the Chinese Department of Peking University in 1999, awarded with a master's degree in ancient Chinese literature in 2006 and a Doctor's degree from the Chinese Department in 2012. In 2004, she began to serialize works on magazines, namely Jinguchuanqi, Wuxiagushi, and Wuxiaxiaoshuo.

Her major works include Huayinliushao series, Wulinkezhan series, Renjianliudao: Xiuluodao, and Kunlunchuanshuo series. A pioneer of feminine Wuxia novels, Bu Feiyan boasts fantastic imagination and diversified writing styles, her works often intertwined with fantasy and myth.

Awards

• Wen Rui’an Shenzhouqixia Awards (2004)
• The Second Prize, Chinese National Wuxia Story Competition for University Students (2004)
• Wuxia Literature Awards (2005)

Major works

Finished series

Huayinliushao series (华音流りゅう韶系列けいれつ): Zizhaotianyin(紫むらさき诏天音おん), Fengyueliancheng (风月连城), Bi’antiandu (彼岸ひがん天てん都と), Haizhiyao (海うみ之の妖), Mantuluo (曼荼罗), Tianjianlun (天てん剑伦), Xuejiayi (雪ゆき嫁よめ衣ころも), Fanhuazhuiying (梵花坠影)

Wulinkezhan series (武林たけばやし客きゃく栈系列けいれつ): Wulinkezhan: the Riyao Volume (武林たけばやし客きゃく栈·日曜にちよう卷まき), Wulinkezhan: the Yueque Volume (武林たけばやし客きゃく栈·月がつ阙卷), Wulinkezhan: the Xinglian Volume (武林たけばやし客きゃく栈·星ぼし涟卷)

Tianwu Series (天てん舞まい系列けいれつ): Tianwu: Moyun (天てん舞まい·摩ま云うん)Tianwu: Yulong (天てん舞まい·御ご龙),Tianwu: Zangxue (天てん舞まい·葬そう雪ゆき),Yunzhongyilan (云うん中ちゅう漪兰)

Renjianliudao Series (人ひと间六道どう系列けいれつ):Xiuluodao (修おさむ罗道)

Jiuquemenghua Series (九阙梦华系列):Jieyoudao (解かい忧刀), Jueqinggu (绝情蛊)

Kunlunchuanshuo Series (昆こん仑传说系列けいれつ):Kunlunjiehui (昆こん仑劫灰はい), Yueyingchuanshuo (月影つきかげ传说), Tianjinyunshang (天てん烬云殇)

Wuyangfengyunlu Series (舞まい阳风云うん录系列けいれつ):Yuechuqiushan (月出つきで秋山あきやま), Furonghualuo (芙蓉ふよう花落はなおち), Saishangqiufeng (塞ふさが上秋かんだけ风), Fantianbaojuan (梵天ぼんてん宝たから卷まき), Changkongjianjue (长空剑诀), Xuelingmeixiang (血ち令れい梅香ばいこう), Tianluobaozang (天てん罗宝藏ほうぞう)

Qizongzui Series (七宗ひちそう罪ざい系列けいれつ):Qingluoji (青あお螺にし髻たぶさ), Duotianyi (堕天翼つばさ), Linglongxin (玲れい珑心), Dingxiangshe (丁ちょう香かおり舌した), Chuncongzhi (春はる葱ねぎ指ゆび), Yin’erfeng (阴耳风), Chenzhiwan (沉脂腕うで)

Unfinished series

Meiguidiguo Series (玫瑰帝国ていこく系列けいれつ):Duotianshizhixi (堕天使だてんし之の心しん), Panduolazhihe (潘はん多た拉ひしげ之の盒), Jingjiniaozhiguan (荆棘鸟之冠かんむり), Heiyudiezhiyi (黑羽くろは蝶ちょう之の翼つばさ), Baiqiangweizhiji (白しろ蔷薇之の祭まつり), Longzhiyuyi (龙之羽翼うよく), Wumianzhihou (无冕之の后きさき), Shi (师), Kaisa (凯撒)

Yuntianzhiwai: Mulanhuakai Series (云うん天てん之の外そと·木き兰花开系列けいれつ)

Other works

Jianxiaqingyuan (剑侠情じょう缘)

Xuanwutiangong (玄武げんぶ天工てんこう)

Feiyutianxia (飞羽天下でんか)

Guizudegongzhu (鬼おに族ぞく的てき公主こうしゅ)

Wuyifengliu (乌衣风流)

Huangjinshidai (黄金おうごん时代)

Huayingeshieryuehua (华音阁十じゅう二に月がつ花はな)

Shijianqiyetan (诗剑七なな夜や谈)

Controversy

In 2006, on the awarding ceremony of the 3rd Jinguchuanqi Wuxia Literature Awards and Huangyi Wuxia Literature Special Awards, Xin asserted, "Our new generation of Wuxia novel writers should be brave enough to initiate a revolution against Jin Yong." Her words caused a stir among Chinese media and net-citizens, many of whom thought she overestimated herself. Some Wuxia novelists and researchers also opposed her statement. Xin defended herself, "Revolution is no overthrow, but a means of showing deep reverence for Jin Yong." She claimed that she adored Jin Yong, and the adoration generated a sense of responsibility in her to surpass the orthodox Wuxia novels.

External links

• Bu Feiyan's official website: https://web.archive.org/web/20150926072910/http://bufeiyan.cn/
• Bu Feiyan's official forum: http://www.bufeiyan.cn/bbs
• Bu Feiyan's Sina microblog: http://www.weibo.com/u/1211241081?topnav=1&wvr=6&topsug=1