25 Facts About Xie Yuchen
1. Xie Yuchen was born on October 3, 1978.
2. Xie Yuchen's stage name, Jie Yuhua, comes from the poem 《蝶恋花(用宜笑之语作)》 by Zhao Shixia.
3. Xie Yuchen and Wu Xie were playmates when Xie Yuchen was five or six years old.
4. Xie Yuchen and Wu Xie are distant cousins.
5. As a child, Xie Yuchen would play Hua Dan and Qingyi (types of female roles) in Chinese opera. As a result, many people, including Wu Xie, thought he was a girl.
6. After Xie Yuchen's uncle, Xie Lianhuan, died, his father died soon after, and then several more of his uncles died.
7. Xie Yuchen had to take over the family business at 8 years old.
8. Xie Yuchen described the experiences he had growing up as "very, very uncomfortable."
9. He lived in a military compound.
10. When a friend of his caused trouble, he bought more than a hundred sheep to make up for it.
11. The first time Xie Yuchen appears he is described by Wu Xie as being dressed in a black suit with a pink shirt underneath and no tie.
12. He originally wore the color pink to offset his murderous aura.
13. When Xie Yuchen and Wu Xie met again as adults, they both smiled "pervertedly" at each other.
14. Xie Yuchen became a guarantor for Wu Xie's debt after Wu Xie's now-legendary disastrous biddings at the Xin Yue Restaurant.
15. In the online version of Sand Sea 2, Xie Yuchen throws Su Wan, Yang Hao, Li Cu, and Liang Wan out the window of a moving train.
16. In The Lost Tombs and Ultimate Note, Xie Yuchen is included much more than in the novels the shows adapted. However, in Reunion and Tomb of the Sea, his role is significantly reduced.
17. He sings every year during the Qingming Festival for Er Yuehong.
18. Wu Xie thinks he is "an extremely difficult person to get along with."
19. Xie Yuchen likes salty foods.
20. He was the biggest contributor in preventing Chinese national treasures from being exported.
21. Xie Yuchen smokes cigarettes but isn't addicted.
22. He has a habit of collecting old buildings.
23. In his free time, he practices Chinese opera, paints, and arranges flowers.
24. Xie Yuchen has used a butterfly knife and an antique dagger as weapons.
25. A the age of seventeen, he had already been surrounded by death and had even heard the words "it’s going to rain blood tonight" by his own mother.
References
English novel references refer to Merebear's translation, Chinese novel references refer to the original Chinese version.
Photo: From NP Entertainment's Merch Weibo
Author Celebrated His Birthday on October 3; Volume 7, Chapter 56; 盗墓笔记7, 第五十一章 (XYC says that he's 26yo, V7 takes place in 2004).
The Mystic Nine Memories Extra; 九门回忆 (Note: it should be Jie Yuhua not Xie Yuhua in merebear's translation)
Volume 7, Chapter 31; 盗墓笔记7,第二十六章
The Mystic Nine (4) Xie-Wu Matchmaking Extra; 吴邪私家笔记,第三卷,九五做媒; 老九门短篇集 肆——九五做媒
Volume 7, Chapter 56; 盗墓笔记7, 第五十一章
Volume 7, Chapter 56; 盗墓笔记7, 第五十一章
Volume 7, Chapter 56; 盗墓笔记7, 第五十一章
Volume 7, Chapter 56; 盗墓笔记7, 第五十一章
Sand Sea, Chapter 112; 沙海3, 第一章
Volume 7, Chapter 35; 盗墓笔记7, 第三十章
Volume 7, Chapter 5; 盗墓笔记6:邛笼石影, 第五章
A Day in the Life of Xie Yuchen Extra; 解语花的一天
Volume 7, Chapter 6; 盗墓笔记6:邛笼石影,第六章
Some of Wu Xie's Thoughts Extra; 吴邪的小心情
Sand Sea, Chapter 73; 沙海2, 第三十四章 (Note: this part was removed in the print version)
Watch the shows; read the books
Xiao Hua’s Annual Party Extra; 小花的年会
Seven Fingers Extra, Chapter 13; 七指,第十三章
Fishing King Extra, Chapter 7; 钓王, 第七章
Sand Sea (Online), Chapter 89; 沙海2 (Online),第五十章 (Note: this part was removed in the print version)
A Day in the Life of Xie Yuchen Extra; 解语花的一天
A Thousand Faces, Chapters 1, 17; 千面,第一,十七章 (Note: I don't have the published version)
Sand Sea (Online), Chapter 88; 沙海2 (Online),第四十九章; 沙海2 (Print), 第五十一章
Volume 7, Chapter 31; 盗墓笔记7 第二十五章; Sand Sea (Online), Chapter 75; 沙海2 (Online), 第三十六章; 沙海2 (Print), 第五十章
Volume 8, Chapter 10; 盗墓笔记8 第十章
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