Zheng Yuanjie (Chinese: 郑渊洁; born 15 June 1955) is a Chinese children's books author, and founder and sole writer of a children's literature magazine known as the King of Fairy Tales (童话大王).[1][2] The first issue was published in 1984. His characters (including PiPilu, LuXixi, Shuke, Beita and Luoke) are registered trademarks.

Zheng Yuanjie
Native name
郑渊洁
Born (1955-06-15) 15 June 1955 (age 69)
Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
OccupationWriter
LanguageChinese
NationalityChinese
Period1979–present
SpouseGuo Weiwei (郭维维)
ChildrenZheng Yaqi (郑亚旗)
Zheng Yafei (郑亚飞)
Zheng Yuanjie
Traditional Chinese鄭淵潔
Simplified Chinese郑渊洁
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhèng Yuānjié

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Zheng Yuanjie is critical of conventional Chinese methods of education, claiming that "college education tends to make simple things complicated and hard to understand".[3]

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  1. ^ Wu Shuangjiang (吴双江) (2022). 郑渊洁“封笔”,为了那672个孩子 [Zheng Yuanjie "sealed the pen" for those 672 children]. Culture and History Vision (in Chinese). 624. Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan: Integrated Media Center of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: 52–53. ISSN 1672-8653.
  2. ^ Xu Xiaodi (许晓迪) (2022). “郑渊洁宇宙”五代孩子的梦 [Dreams of Five Generations of Children in the "Zheng Yuanjie Universe"]. Global People (in Chinese). 460. Chaoyang District, Beijing: People's Daily: 75–79. ISSN 1673-6176.
  3. ^ "Zheng Yuanjie's 19 years in fairy tales". China Daily. 10 May 2004. Retrieved 7 July 2005.