Ni Kuang

Ni Kuang specialised in martial arts and science fiction writing, successfully cross-pollinating both worlds.

In a prolific career that began in the early 1960s, the China-born Ni Kuang - either Shanghai or Ningbo, with differing reports - worked his way up as a writer in the Hong Kong scene. His Wisely novels were widely adapted for the big and small screen. His groundbreaking works, which started a trend of writing across genres in Hong Kong first gained an audience through local newspapers (such as Ming Pao), before attracting fans around the world.

Best known for his series of adventure-science fiction novels “Wisely Series”, Hong Kong novelist and screenwriter Ni Kuang pass...

His criticism of communism is evident in some of these works. His best-known works are the "Wisely Series" and "Dr. Yuen" novel series, both of which have been adapted into films and television series. Best known for his series of adventure-science fiction novels “Wisely Series”, Hong Kong novelist and screenwriter Ni Kuang passed away on Sunday at the age of 87.

Renowned Hong Kong novelist Ni Kuang has died at the age of 87. Two of his friends told RTHK that the popular Chinese language novelist passed away on...

He is the author of hundreds of sci-fi and martial heroic novels and film scripts. One of them said he had been sick for some time, and his family had been caring for him. Two of his friends told RTHK that the popular Chinese language novelist passed away on Sunday afternoon.

Ni Kuang, one of Hong Kong's most distinguished screenwriters and novelists, has died. He was 87.

Ni departed Hong Kong in 1992, ahead of the territory’s 1997 handover from British rule to Chinese, and moved to the U.S. His wife couldn’t adapt to the American lifestyle so he returned to Hong Kong. He was skeptical about the way the city was controlled. “After departing the mainland, I am free without any restrictions and able to talk and think freely,”He told a 2019 interviewer. He gave in to the authority and fled to Hong Kong, 1957. He believed individual freedom and freedom to express oneself were essential. His birth date was 1935 in the then Republic of China. However, reports vary as to whether he was in Shanghai or Ningbo. He was a young man in early Communist China who worked as a security officer in Inner Mongolia, writing death sentences. Ni was a novelist and wrote The “New Adventures of Wesley”A series of detective stories featuring extra-terrestrial and alien creatures.

Ni Kuang, the prolific Hong Kong writer behind the Wisely Series of sci-fi novels as well as 400 film screenplays, has died. He was 87.

Ni’s film and television output slowed in the late 1980s and the 1990s. He created Bruce Lee’s character of Cheng Chao-an and the story for The Big Boss (1971) but the eventual writing credit was given to director Lo Wei. Ni was also the writer of the Lee film Fist of Fury (1972), creating the character of Chan Zhen and providing the story, but once again Wei took the credit. In Hong Kong, Ni worked as a laborer, and by chance entered a writing competition in a local newspaper. He was closely associated with the Shaw Brothers Studios, penning several of their biggest hits during their golden era. In 1957, he offended a CCP official and made a dramatic escape from Inner Mongolia, where he was stationed, back to Shanghai where he paid people traffickers to smuggle him to Hong Kong. He created scores of memorable characters among them the adventurer Wisley, the martial artist Chen Zhen, Dr. Yuen, the first modern Chinese superhero Inframan, and Fang Kang the “one-armed swordsman” portrayed by the late Jimmy Wang.

Famous Hong Kong-American novelist Ni Kuang (Ngai Hong, 倪匡) has regretfully put his pen down for good. On 3rd July around 1pm, the 87-year-old author ...

Singer Bowie Tsang too shared her memories of Ni Kuang. Apparently, she had been an avid reader of his books and treasured the insights he shared with readers. In my heart, he is a wise old man,” he stated. Hong Kong star Jackie Chan wrote, “I just found out that Senior Ni Kuang has also left. Fans especially will remember his “Teenage Wisely (少年衛斯理系列)” series. His passing marks the end of an era, both in the screenwriting field and among novelist fans. Ni Kuang is famously known for writing wuxia (martial art heroes) and science fiction novels.

Hong Kong novelist and screenwriter Ni Kuang, who penned some 300 screenplays, has died.

Similarly, Lo is credited with 1972’s Fist Of Fury which also starred Lee as Ni creation Chen Zhen, a character who would go on to be played by such actors as Jet Li and Donnie Yen. He specialized in martial arts, wuxia and science fiction. Ni was born in Shanghai in 1935 and smuggled himself into Hong Kong in 1957; he never returned to the mainland.

Taipei, July 4 (CNA) Hong Kong author Ni Kuang (倪匡), who was known throughout the Chinese-speaking world for his Wisely series of adventure-science ...

Later in life, when a friend tried to convince him to visit China and see how the party had changed, Ni replied that while "they may eat mutton with a knife and fork, in their essence, they remain unchanged." Due to his early experiences, Ni remained a lifelong opponent of China's ruling Communist Party, which he said "strangely" seemed to be most popular with his wealthiest friends. He later wrote several other story sequences, including the popular Dr. Yuen series, and a number of wuxia novels, which were subsequently adapted for television and cinema.

Ni was a prolific author and screenwriter who was behind the Wisely science-fiction novels as well as more than 300 screenplays.

Hong Kong columnist and radio personality Chip Tsao, who spoke to SCMP, added: "His political views on China and Hong Kong were all prophetic. Even though I never met him in person, I acted in his show and felt that he was a talented writer." His younger sister Ni Yishu also became a popular novelist, with the pen name Yi Shu.