Tsai Chih-chung

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Tsai.

Tsai Chih Chung (Chinese: 蔡志忠; pinyin: Cài Zhìzhōng; born 1948) is a best-selling Taiwanese comic artist.[1] He is best known for his graphical works on Chinese philosophy and history, most notably on Daoism and Zen Buddhism, which he made accessible and popularized through the use of plain language and engaging illustrations.[2]

Tsai's books have sold over 500 million copies in 59 countries. He currently resides in Hangzhou, China.[3]

Biography

C. C. Tsai was born on February 2, 1948 in Huatan, Zhanghua, Taiwan.[4] In 1963, when he was 15 years old, he answered an ad for a comic artist and was hired. He dropped out of school and moved to Taipei, where he anonymously created hundreds of comic books, mostly in the kung-fu genre.[4][5] [6]

From 1968 to 1971, he fulfilled three years of requisite military duty, during which time he educated himself in art history, color theory, and design.[4][6] Upon being released from the military, he applied at Kuangchi Program Service (the first independent television production company in Taiwan[7]) and beat out all of the fresh design school graduates for a position as director of television art design.[4][6] Using KPS's equipment and library, Tsai taught himself the art of animation, and in 1977, he separated from KPS, partnered with Che Gam-Tiu 謝金塗, and established Far Eastern Animation Productions 遠東卡通公司, creating animated ads and shorts.[4] [6][8] Their first full-length movie, Old Master Cute 七彩卡通老夫子 came out in 1981, based on Hong Kong cartoonist Alfonso Wong's 王澤 Old Master Q 老夫子 comic strip.  It was co-directed by Tsai, Che, and Woo Shu-Yue 胡樹儒, was a box-office success, and won the 1981 Golden Horse Award for best full-length animation.[9][8][10]

In 1981, Tsai left Far Eastern Animation and started his own company, Dragon Animation 龍卡通, which brought out the full length-animated movie Old Master Cute Part 3 山T老夫子 in 1983, and in 1984 it brought out Black Dragon Courtyard 烏龍院, based on comics by Ao Yu-hsiang 敖幼祥.[4][11][12][13][14] In 1984, Tsai shut down Dragon Animation to focus on original comic illustrations of his own.[4]

In 1983, Tsai began serializing his own comic strips:

  • 1983, Drunken Swordsman 大醉俠 in Crown 皇冠月刊, Oriental Daily News 東方日報 (Hong Kong), and Lianhe Wanbao 聯合晚報 (Singapore)[4]
  • 1984, Fat Dragon Crosses the River 飛龍過江 in 聯合報[4]
  • 1984, Traveling Swashbucklers 江湖游俠 in 聯合報[6]
  • 1984, The Bald Detective 光頭神探 in 民生報, 香港民報 (Hong Kong), and 新民晚報 (Singapore)[4]
  • 1984, One-Eyed Dragon Master Thief 盜師獨眼龍 in 時報周刊, 女性, 野外, 勝利之光, and 星洲日報 (Malaysia).[4][6]
  • 1984, Some of all of the above were also serialized in Japan's 日本社, 芳文社, 竹書房, and 少年畫報社. [4]
  • 1986, Heroes of the Marsh 水滸傳 in 聯合報 and 時報周刊.[4]
  • 1986, Journey to the West 西游記38變 in 聯合報 and 時報周刊. [4]

Awards


See also

References

  1. ^ Das Tao Te King des Laotse: Gezeichnet und interpretiert von Chih-Chung, Tsai
  2. ^ Prince Claus Awards, Tsai Chi Chung: Cartoonist: Chang Hwa, Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development
  3. ^ Gu 顾, Zhiming 志铭 (September 27, 2022). ""74岁漫画家蔡志忠：人生是用来完成梦想的"". 新华报业网. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Tsai, Chih-chung 蔡志忠 (1993). 蔡子說 [Master Cai Speaks] (in Chinese). Taipei: 源流. ISBN 9573217368.
  5. ^ Weng, Ji'an 翁稷安 (December 18, 2023). "跨世紀臺漫》揮舞四格漫的漫畫家——蔡志忠與他的時代". OpenBook. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Tsai, C. C. 蔡志忠 (January 6, 2023). "蔡志忠的漫画人生". Sina 新浪网. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  7. ^ Teng, Sue-feng (1999). "The First Chapter in Taiwan's TV History --The Story of Kuangchi Program Service". Taiwan Panorama. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  8. ^ a b Shi, Changjie 石昌杰 (July 7, 2005). "台灣動畫創造力". Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  9. ^ "老夫子". 香港影庫 HKMDB. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  10. ^ "金马奖最佳动画片". 维基百科. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  11. ^ "龍卡通有限公司". 香港影庫 HKMDB. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  12. ^ "敖幼祥". Cultural Affairs Bureau, Hualien 花蓮縣文化局. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  13. ^ "Comic Artist | Ao Yu-hsiang". 文化部 Taiwan Ministry of Culture. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  14. ^ "Older Master Cute Part III". IMDb. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  15. ^ Prince Claus Awards 1999, archived from the original on 2010-12-20

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