What is the charm of Ma Boyong himself and his writing?

In the current wave of online writers, Ma Boyong is an anomaly. Why do you say that? First of all, his fame in World War I did not depend on any book to make him famous in the world, nor was it promoted behind his back. Relying entirely on his knowledge, talent and humor, he gradually accumulated popularity and influence with a large number of works. Secondly, he not only has a solid foundation in literature and history, but also has outstanding storytelling ability, and he can combine the two together, which is really rare among contemporary writers.

I think the characteristics of Prince Ma's works can be summarized in three words: rich, interesting and strange.

"Bo" refers to its extensive content. Prince Ma is a man with wide interests and extensive reading. Although there are only a few fields that can be called "proficient" (such as the Three Kingdoms, which really reach the level of quasi-experts), he knows something in more fields and can use it comprehensively, which makes his works often contain many fields, and the knowledge points and interests are very dense, which can be said to be through ancient and modern times, outside the concentration of knowledge.

Prince Ma has a solid foundation in ancient Chinese. Although he can't be said to be particularly professional, at least he is outstanding among those who publish things online. The skill of classical Chinese is mysterious, but it can't be fake at all. If you don't believe me, I can guess at once how many ancient books you have read. If you look at the articles and jokes written by Prince Ma in classical Chinese, such as the Book of Sanctuary, Bush's tribute to Saddam Hussein, the Three Kingdoms Newspeak and so on. It can be seen that he has worked hard in classical Chinese, so he writes classical Chinese with ease.

What is even more rare is that Prince Ma not only dabbled in the traditional culture of China, but also had a profound understanding of the history and culture of the West and Japan. From his Heroes of Europa and Joan of Arc, it can be seen that few people can write European heroes in the style of classical vernacular novels and martial arts novels.

Extensive reading enabled Prince Ma to skillfully imitate various styles of writing, which even became a major feature of his early days. According to incomplete statistics, he at least imitated the styles of the following writers: Yoshiki Tanaka, Haruki Murakami, Wang Xiaobo, Xi Juan, Annie Baby, Jin Yong, Gu Long, Jing M.Guo and so on. He imitated a series of model works written by the great god Tanaka, such as Cleopatra's Funeral and Oriental Night Tan, and was even included in the pirated book Liang Zi Strange Yakutski.

It is precisely because of the extensive content and familiarity with ancient and modern China and foreign countries that Prince Ma's works involve so many types. Take novels as an example, including suspense, paranormal, history, reasoning, martial arts, science fiction, fantasy, fan, spoof and so on. Each type of novel is well written. If someone asks which novel best represents Ma Boyong's style? I really can't answer this question. Is it the light novel style of Tomb Raider Notes? Did "The Wind from Longxi" create the theme of ancient spy war? Is it the uninhibited history of Maya's conquest of the Shang fleet? Is it a model of the silent city in Metaphor in a Foreign Language? Does "Close Contact with Ancient Mahjong" take the route of "knowledge novel"? In the mystery novel Twenty-four Hours in Ancient Chang 'an? It seems that these novels have different styles. I like History of Maya Conquering Merchant Fleet best, which I think best represents the style of Prince Ma, but others don't necessarily think so.

"Fun" refers to his humorous style. This is another major feature of Ma Boyong's works, that is, intensive spoofing, spitting and cold jokes. Of course, this is not the characteristic of all his works, but it can best reflect his style of writing. One of the great pleasures of reading Ma Wangye's articles is to find all kinds of interesting paragraphs and spit. Some works can make people never tire of reading, but they are attributed to these interesting jokes.

At the same time, these spoofs, spits, and cold jokes are not the kind of people who take the three-vulgar route. In other words, people with a certain knowledge reserve are understandable.