Cai Zhizhong
Cai Zhizhong
Cai Zhizhong, male, born in 1948 in Changhua, Taiwan, is a famous cartoonist and honorary Dean of Jilin animation college.
At the age of 15, he began to become a professional cartoonist. At the end of 1971, he entered Guangqi society as an art designer and taught himself cartooning techniques. In 1976, he founded dragon cartoon company.
Cai Zhizhong has successively made long animated films such as laofuzi and wulongyuan. In 1983, he began to create four comic strips. There are more than 100 works, such as Zhuangzi Shuo, Laozi Shuo, Liezi Shuo, drunken man and bald detective, which have been published in more than 30 countries and regions in various languages, with a sales volume of more than 30 million copies.
In September 2013, the people's education press will launch the first set of "cartoon version" of Traditional Culture Curriculum textbooks for primary and secondary schools. A total of 260 stories from Cai Zhizhong's cartoons are selected and included in the textbooks. In 2015, Cai Zhizhong's animation Shanhaijing: Legend of the eye of heaven is scheduled to be released in October.
In 1981, Cai Zhizhong won the Golden Horse Award for best cartoon. In 1985, he was selected as one of the top ten outstanding young people in Taiwan. In 1999, he was awarded the prize by Prince Klaus foundation of the Netherlands for his "unprecedented re creation of traditional Chinese philosophy and literature through comics". In 2011, he won the "golden man Award" Lifetime Achievement Award.
On November 17, 2020, Cai Zhizhong "lost his hair" in Shaolin Temple, named "Yanyi".
Character experience
Cai Zhizhong (February 2, 1948 ~) was born in Huatan Township, Changhua County, Taiwan. After dropping out of school at the age of 15, he went to Taipei alone and began to create comic strips. In 1971, he served as the TV art director of the Guangqi society. In 1977, he started from scratch and founded the Far East cartoon company. In 1981, he created another dragon cartoon company. Here, he made cartoon films such as "colorful cartoon old man" and "wulongyuan". Old man won the Golden Horse Award for best cartoon feature film. In 1983, he began to make cartoons He published four cartoon works in various newspapers and magazines and published them in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Japan for a long time. In 1984, he set up his own cartoon studio. In 1985, he was selected as one of the top ten outstanding young people in Taiwan. In 1999, he won the prince Klaus Foundation Award in the Netherlands. Later, Cai Zhizhong devoted himself to studying Chinese ancient books and Buddhist books, and created famous classic comics such as Zhuangzi Shuo, Laozi Shuo and Liezi Shuo, which were translated into more than 20 languages and played the same role in different countries. With simple and easy to understand explanations and gentle and smooth lines, he let readers share his philosophy of life In addition, the seven page work of Zhuangzi Shuo is used as the basic textbook. The first book Zhuangzi Shuo has been the best seller of jinshitang for ten consecutive months. In 1985, he was selected as one of the top ten outstanding young people in Taiwan. From 1999 to 2008, Cai Zhizhong was closed for nine years to study the problem of "time" in physics. In an exclusive interview with a newspaper in early 2008, he claimed to have worked out the "time equation", but did not disclose the specific details. On the morning of October 27, 2013, Cui Yongyuan has confirmed to join Henan satellite TV as the guest of the program "idiom hero" together with the famous Taiwan cartoonist Cai Zhizhong and the famous cultural scholar Qian Wenzhong.
At the Hangzhou International Animation Festival at the end of April 2009, Cai Zhizhong, a cartoon master, came to Hangzhou for the first time in his life. On July 18th, he appeared in Hangzhou for the fourth time. This time, he was reluctant to leave this beautiful city.
On July 18, Taiwan comic master Cai Zhizhong decided to settle in the Zhijiang cultural and creative park in the West Lake District of Hangzhou. The loft Creative Park reconstructed from a cement plant has become Cai Zhizhong's first creative base in the mainland.
Cai Zhizhong was born in Qidong, Changhua, Taiwan on February 2, 1948. After dropping out of school at the age of 15, he went to Taipei alone and started his own independent life. A painting is more than 30 years old.
He began to draw comic strips in 1963.
In 1971, he was the director of TV art of Guangqi society.
The Far East cartoon company was established in 1976.
In 1981, he also worked in chuanglong cartoon company. During this period, he made cartoon films such as "colorful cartoon laofuzi" and "wulongyuan". Laofuzi won the Golden Horse Award for best cartoon feature film
In 1983, four comic books began to be published in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Japan for a long time.
In 1984, he set up his own cartoon studio.
In 1985, he was selected as one of the top ten outstanding young people in Taiwan.
In 1986, Zhuangzi Shuo was published and won the first place in the best seller list for more than ten months.
In 1987, Lao Tzu Shuo and other classic comics, journey to the West 38 changes and other four style comics were published one after another, and their translations include German, Japanese, Russian and French. So far, they have reached more than 20 languages.
He began to work in ink and wash in 1992. Cai Zhizhong's collection of classic comics was published.
In 1993, the oral autobiography Cai Zi Shuo was published.
In 1998, he founded tomorrow studio with Mr. Wen Shiren.
In 1999, he won the prince Klaus Foundation Award.
On November 17, 2020, Cai Zhizhong "lost his hair" in Shaolin Temple, named "Yanyi". The ceremony of shaving was held in the Sutra Pavilion of Shaolin Temple, and the abbot of Yongxin gave and received conversion.
Creation chronology
Mr. Cai Zhizhong has been a professional cartoonist since he was 15 years old. He depicted an influential comic book with simple and vivid lines.
At the age of 17, he began to draw comic strips. In 1971, he was the TV art director of Taiwan's Guangqi society. In 1977, he established "Far East cartoon company" and "dragon cartoon company", and produced two films, "mountain t old man" and "cartoon Shaolin Temple".
In 1983, he began to publish four comic strips in newspapers and magazines, and published them in Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, Japan and Hong Kong newspapers for a long time.
In 1985, he was selected as "Taiwan's top ten outstanding young people" and was highly praised by the media and education circles. The cartoon was collected by Boyi, named "Longmen four treasures", and later changed its name to "Longmen array".
In 1986, Chuang Tzu came out. This new attempt will push his cartoon career to another peak. Subsequently, comic Laozi, comic Liezi, comic Confucius, comic Shishuoxinyu, comic Caigentan, comic Liaozhai, comic historical records and comic outlaws of the marsh are also popular with readers. Walking in Japan and cartoon zoo are two new works of CAI Zhizhong.
In 1989, Cai Zhizhong's works include "comic Zen", "comic six patriarch Sutra", "comic University", "comic mean", "comic Tang poetry" and "comic Shaolin Temple".
In 1990, he launched comic Six Dynasties, comic journey to the west, comic Mencius and comic Three Kingdoms.
In 1999, it first launched "the Analects of comics", followed by "the art of war in comics", comic series of ghosts, foxes and monsters, and comic Song Ci.
In 1992, his works included "Laozi (2)" and "White Snake", all of which were authorized to be published in Hong Kong.
In 1993, Boye published the legend of CAI Zhizhong's half life, random talk about CAI Zhizhong, to let readers know more about the life anecdotes of international comic masters. In the same year, he published four volumes of journey to the west after comics and 10 sentences of love.
In 1994, his works include three volumes of "the list of gods in comics" and "journey to the west after comics".
In 1995, he launched three hundred comic Tang poems, comic Han Feizi and comic Six Dynasties strange talk (2).
In 1996, his works included selected Tang poems in comics and comic Heart Sutra.
In 1998, he launched the comic Buddha's theory and the comic Dharma Sutra.
In 2000, Boye launched the "Millennium Edition of CAI Zhizhong's caricatures" to re compile Cai Zhizhong's classic series.
In 2009, in cooperation with the Commercial Press, he published the latest works, such as the study diary without ears, the declaration of feline family, the Confucian thought of comics, the Taoist thought of comics and the Buddhist thought of comics.
Main works
Comic book Lu's spring and Autumn Annals
On Mozi
Cartoon Chuang Tzu (Millennium Edition)
Cartoon Confucius (Millennium Edition)
Cartoon Caigen Tan (Millennium Edition)
Comic book of the sixth patriarch (Millennium)
Comics University (Millennium Edition)
Comic book Shaolin Temple Edition (Millennium Edition)
Journey to the West in cartoon
Journey to the West in comics
Cartoon journey to the West
Manga Mencius (Millennium Edition) manga Three Kingdoms (Millennium Edition)
Comic Song Ci (Millennium Edition)
Journey to the west after cartoon
Journey to the west after cartoon
Caricature of Six Dynasties 2 (Millennium Edition)
Complete works of CAI Zhizhong's comics
1. Historical records
2. University
3. New words of the world
4. Han Feizi said
5. Zhuangzi said
6. Zhuangzi's Theory II
8. Laozi said
7. Analects of Confucius
9. Laozi said II
10. Liezi said
11. Sun Tzu said
12. Mencius said
On Tang Poetry
14. Tang poetry II
15. Confucius said
16. Sutra of the sixth patriarch
17. Cai Gen Tan
18. Moderation
19. Strange talk of the Six Dynasties
20. Zen
21. FA Ju Jing
22. Meditation
23. Ghost, fox, fairy and monster series
24. Ghosts, foxes and monsters
25. The green monk
26. Ghost, fox, fairy and monster series: Nie Xiaoqian, Du Zichun
27. Ghosts, foxes and monsters
28. Drunk fox, crow brother and Dragon Girl
29. Journey to the West
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