Defining voice of 1980s-90s
京味 ('Beijing-flavor') fiction and the
痞子文学 'hooligan literature' genre — irreverent, slangy, cynical about state pieties. His novella《
动物凶猛》was adapted by Jiang Wen into the 1994 film《
阳光灿烂的日子》(In the Heat of the Sun). Collaborated with Feng Xiaogang on early TV and film comedies that shaped post-reform mainland pop culture.
