Chen Wentong | |||||||||||
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| Born | 5 April 1924 Mengshan County, Guangxi Province, Republic of China | ||||||||||
| Died | 22 January 2009 (aged 84) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||
| Pen name | Liang Yusheng | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Novelist | ||||||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||
| Citizenship | Australia | ||||||||||
| Genre | Wuxia | ||||||||||
| Notable works | see below | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 梁羽生 | ||||||||||
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| Chen Wentong | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 陳文統 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈文统 | ||||||||||
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Chen Wentong (5 April 1924 – 22 January 2009), better known by his pen name Liang Yusheng, was a Chinese-born Australian novelist best known for being a pioneer of the "new school" of the wuxia genre in the 20th century. Along with Jin Yong and Gu Long, he was one of the best known wuxia writers in the later half of the 20th century. Throughout his career, he published a total of 35 wuxia novels – the more notable ones include Baifa Monü Zhuan, Yunhai Yugong Yuan, Qijian Xia Tianshan and Pingzong Xiaying Lu – and some have been adapted into films and television series, including The Bride with White Hair (1993) and Seven Swords (2005).