The movie "The Wandering Earth", which was released during the Spring Festival in 2019, competed among the major films and finally "dominated the Central Plains" and was called the biggest winner. And Liu Cixin, the author of the adapted novel of the same name "The Wandering Earth", has become famous again and entered people's attention.

Prior to this, Liu Cixin was not an unknown author. In 1991, his work "Supernova Era" made the public remember Liu Cixin as a writer; and the publication of "The Three-Body Problem" made Liu Cixin even more famous. Pushing Liu Cixin to the altar made him the first person to promote Chinese science fiction to the world. "The Three-Body Problem" is extremely prestigious at home and abroad. For example, former US President Obama and the founder of Facebook are all enthusiastic fans of "The Three-Body Problem". However, the translation of such a highly regarded novel "The Three-Body Problem" has been difficult. Very rough.

Liu Cixin's road to fame

The author of "The Three-Body Problem", which won the Hugo Award, the world's highest award for science fiction literature, in 2015 is Liu Cixin. So who is Liu Cixin?

On June 23, 1963, Liu Cixin was born in Beijing. Not a literature major, Liu Cixin found a new way to become a famous science fiction novelist. He studied at the North China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower, majoring in hydropower engineering rather than literature. He unexpectedly became a science fiction novelist.

Liu Cixin’s science fiction enlightenment was "Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne, known as the "Father of Science Fiction", and Arthur C. Clarke, one of the three most famous science fiction novelists in the world in the 20th century "2001, A Space Odyssey" and "Meeting Rama" gave Liu Cixin a "spiritual blow" and made him unable to extricate himself from the magnificent imagination of the story. From then on, Arthur C. Clarke deeply influenced Liu Cixin and guided her. He goes further and further down the road of science fiction.

There is no such thing as a sudden genius, there are only "acquired players" who work hard one step at a time to create their own science fiction kingdom. His first creation was not as successful as he imagined. His article fell into the sea without stirring up any splash. But he did not give up because of one failure. Instead, he became more and more courageous in order to realize the huge science fiction dream in his heart. As a result, he succeeded. In 1991, the first work-"Supernova Era" was born, which received high praise from the outside world.

Later, Liu Cixin did not stop there. In the eight years since 1999, Liu Cixin has continuously won the Galaxy Award for Chinese Science Fiction Literature. These records are amazing. His famous novel "The Three-Body Problem" and the novel "The Wandering Earth" adapted from the Spring Festival movie came from this period.

The road of translation was full of twists and turns

When Liu Cixin’s "The Three-Body Problem" encountered the aggressive American feminist editors, this science fiction novel, which was loved by celebrities from all walks of life, was sadly lost. The light. In 2015, "Three-Body Problem" won the Hugo Award, the world's highest award for science fiction literature. This was the first time an Asian won the award. This science fiction novel with a magnificent and grand story concept that is "extremely thick and full of atmosphere" became a harvester of praise and fans as soon as it came out.

How popular is it? Former U.S. President Obama borrowed the privilege of political leaders to seek "renewal" in the name of the U.S. government. Facebook founder Zuckerberg shared "The Three-Body Problem" in a book club. Xiaomi founder Lei Jun and Tencent co-founder Ma Huateng publicly stated that they are fans of "The Three-Body Problem".

There is no doubt that it has become an unstoppable trend for "The Three-Body Problem", which is so popular, to be translated into English and enjoyed by people all over the world. The translation of "Three-Body 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth" was quite satisfactory, but "Three-Body 2: Dark Forest" was not so lucky.

"Three-Body 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth" did not undergo drastic changes and retained Liu Cixin's main ideas. However, after "Three-Body 2: Dark Forest", not only did a major plot in the novel be directly removed , and changed a Wallfacer's strategy beyond recognition.

One of the important reasons for this situation is that the person responsible for adapting the novel "The Three-Body Problem" was an American feminist. Feminists, also known as women's liberation, aim to get rid of the backward idea that men are superior to women and truly realize equality between men and women. They were originally a group that promoted a more perfect and beautiful society, but in "The Three-Body Problem", they became a disaster.

Describing the United Nations Secretary-General as a beautiful woman is sexist, and the absence of a female character is still sexist. The fact that all four faces are men has been severely criticized by feminists. What's more, the overuse of simple English words like purity and angelic in the book has aroused strong dissatisfaction among feminists.

So harsh, so "unreasonable", and as expected, the result was not very good. This American female editor who pursues feminism changed "Three-Body 2: The Dark Forest" by 1200 Many places. Perhaps it was because of too many changes and the loss of the original essence of the original work that "Three-Body 2: The Dark Forest" missed the 2016 Hugo Award.

Feminism is tending to "disorder"

"Three-Body 2: The Dark Forest" was drastically revised by feminists, and "Three-Body 3: The Eternal Death" was even more Feminists squirted all over their bodies.

First of all, on April 4, 2017, "Three-Body 3: The Immortal Death", which has a very high reputation on Goodreads in the United States (it even surpassed the previous two films), was shortlisted for the finals. Originally, everyone thought "The Three-Body Problem: The Immortal Death" Winning the championship was a sure thing, but unexpectedly, Cheng Yaojin appeared halfway, N. K. Jemisin's "Obelisk Gate" unexpectedly became the final winner of the Hugo Award.

This "dark horse" is named N. K. Jemisin, an American female writer, came to people’s attention with her work "The Obelisk Gate". As a "dark horse", her novels are not necessarily more outstanding than "Three-Body 3: Death Eternal Life", partly for this reason This is because her works are based on fierce social phenomena such as racial discrimination and cultural conflicts, and because she is a black female writer.

At the same time, the reason why "Three-Body 3: Immortality of Death" has been more attacked by feminists than the previous two films is also because of the existence of "The Holy Mother" Cheng Xin. The heroine Cheng Xin of "Three-Body 3: Immortality of Death" is a product of the gradual feminization of society due to the long-term peace of mankind. The world has no logic since then, and Cheng Xin has become the most powerful person, the "sword holder" in charge of the deterrence system. But later, for the great love in her heart, Cheng Xin not only gave up her "resistance", which resulted in humans being controlled by the Trisolarans.

And because of the concept of equality for all, he firmly opposes the plan to develop a super-light spacecraft and retain the human fire. As a result, all human beings were ruined, and the civilization of the earth was completely destroyed. Ironically, this Virgin, who was full of great love, escaped at the last moment carrying the only light-speed spacecraft.

These so-called feminists talk about justice, respect equality, and have great love, but they mess up everything and hinder the development of society. The current "chaos" of feminist society and the "madness" of feminists are what Liu Cixin has always been worried about. Excessive feminism is not only a tragedy for culture, but also makes an increasingly beautiful world dirty.

Behind Liu Cixin’s success is the steady accumulation and precipitation of life. And Liu Cixin's success goes beyond "The Three-Body Problem", and his road to success is still on the way.