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宁财神

寧財神
Níng Cáishén
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Ning Caishen
  2. 2 pen name of Chinese screenwriter Chen Wanning, known for the sitcom Wulin Waizhuan (武林外传)

About Ning Caishen

born 1975 · 作家 writer

Screenwriter who began as an internet writer and wrote the 2006 TV comedy 武林外传, a sitcom set in an inn of the martial-arts world that still has a large following.

Also called  陈万宁

Examples

HSK 7-9
宁财神是《武林外传》的编剧。
Níng Cáishén shì 《 Wǔlín wàizhuàn 》 de biānjù.
Ning Caishen was the screenwriter for Wulin Waizhuan.
HSK 7-9
宁财神的剧本把武侠和情景喜剧结合得很好。
Níng Cáishén de jùběn bǎ wǔxiá hé qíngjǐng xǐjù jiéhé de hěn hǎo.
Ning Caishen's scripts blend wuxia and sitcom comedy very well.

Tips

culture
He first wrote as 宁采臣, the hero of the ghost story 聂小倩 in 《聊斋志异》, then switched to the near-homophone 宁财神, turning the hero's name into 'Ning the God of Wealth'.
culture
With fellow web writers 李寻欢 and 邢育森, he was hailed as one of the 三驾马车 of Chinese internet literature, the 'three-horse carriage' or troika of its first generation.

Stroke Order

宁 níng
财 cái
神 shén