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Zhang Muye (Chinese:张牧野, born 1978), more commonly known by his pen name Tianxia Bachang (Chinese:天下霸唱), is a Chinese author. Zhang's fantasy web series Ghost Blows Out the Light began the tomb-robbing genre of Chinese fantasy fiction. The series has been adapted into a number of other entertainment media.
In 2007, Zhang sold Ghost Blows Out the Light to Xuanting.:284 Zhang's contract promised 1.5 million RMB and 40% of revenue generated by adaptations of the work and stated that he could not write works with the same or similar title.:284 This resulted in litigation over the web drama Strange Tales of Muye (based on Zhang's novel of the same name) which Zhang and his collaborators on the subsequent project lost.:285
Works
Zhang's fantasy series Ghost Blows Out the Light, serialized online from 2006 to 2008, began the tomb-robbing subgenre of Chinese fantasy.:278 These stories are quest narratives emphasizing their action and adventure elements.:278Ghost Blows Out the Light has been adapted into film, TV, web dramas, and video games.:278
Zhang's narrators often provide asides on sciences like geology, archaeology, and paleontology, as well as folk religious practices like feng shui or divination techniques.:279
Influences
Zhang cites as among his influences Hollywood films like Indiana Jones, which were pirated into China in the 1980s.:278–279
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