A brief introduction to the author and works of Dream of the Wolf King

1. Introduction to the author

Shen Shixi, formerly known as Shen Yiming, is a writer listed in the 2013 Eighth Chinese Writers Rich List. Born in Tingzijian, Shanghai in October 1952, his ancestral home is Cixi, Zhejiang, Han nationality. Member of the Communist Party of China. College culture. Professional title Literary Creation Level 2.

Joined the Provincial Writers Association in October 1982 and the Chinese Writers Association in September 1985. After graduating from junior high school in 1968, he went to a Dai village in Xishuangbanna to join the team and settle down. He was drafted into the army in 1975 and served as Minister of Propaganda. In 1992, he was transferred to the Creative Studio of Chengdu Military Region.

Shen Shixi is best at animal novels. Known as the "King of Chinese Animal Novels".

2. Introduction to the work

"Dream of the Wolf King" is a long animal novel and the representative work of Shen Shixi, the "King of Animal Novels". This animal novel mainly talks about: Motherhood Wolf Zilan gave birth to five wolf pups on a stormy night, four male wolf pups and one female wolf pup. However, one male wolf pup died in the storm due to Zi Lan's negligence.

It has always had a dream, hoping to raise its own offspring to become wolf kings, precisely because this wish was the wish of Zi Lan’s dead husband Heisang. But in the face of the cruel reality, it failed again and again. The three male wolves also died one after another, and he himself has entered old age.

In the end, it can only place its hope on the wolf grandson produced by its daughter. For the safety of its wolf grandson, it died together with a golden eagle that had eaten its own son and wanted to eat its wolf grandson.

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Introduction to Shen Shixi's representative works:

1. "The Seventh Hound Dog" "The Seventh Hound Dog" is the famous work of the writer Shen Shixi. This short story demonstrates Shen Shixi's extraordinary storytelling ability.

It tells the story of the old hunter Zhao Panba and his seventh hunting dog. An old hunter has been wandering in the mountains and forests for 40 years, but he has always regretted that he could not find a hunting dog that he wanted.

This seventh hunting dog is a descendant of military dogs. "It is as fast as the wind in driving mountains and as fierce as a tiger in hunting." The old hunter loved the dog like a son and named it Chili, which means the flying sword in the Dai legend.

2. "Goral Flying Over"

"Goral Flying Over" is a novel written by Shen Shixi, selected from his novel collection "Being Neighbors with Crows".

The novel fictionally depicts a group of gorals who were forced into a desperate situation. In order to win the chance of survival of the group, they sacrificed one half to save the other half and escaped from the predicament.

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