I am Dian Xiwei
I began writing when I was eight years old. Then, for many years, life carried me into a world that seemed far removed from words. There was school, work, and simply the business of living. The years passed, one after another. Sometimes writing remained close to me; at other times, reality pushed it far into the distance. But somehow, I never truly left words behind.
At forty-eight, I decided to begin again.
Not because I finally had enough time, but because I had come to understand something: if we keep waiting for the “right time” to do the things that matter to us, perhaps that time will never come.
And so, Dian Xiwei came into being. And so did dianxiwei.com.
What I Write?
I write about family, women, growing older, choices, and the seemingly ordinary moments in everyday life that somehow make us stop and think.
Some stories come from memory; others from observation. Some are things I understood only after living through them. And some are questions for which, even today, I still have no answers.
我喜欢散文，也写诗、小说和戏剧。在「希言薇语」里，我也会留下短一些的文字，一个念头、一种感受、一段生活里的片刻。
I don't write to tell readers how life ought to be lived. I would rather write about what I have seen, what I have lived through, and what I have wondered about.
And if, somewhere in these words, you recognize something you have felt before, then perhaps this is where we meet.
Why "Dian Xiwei"
“Dian Xiwei” is the pen name I chose for myself.
Sometimes, a name can be like a door. On one side stands the woman who has spent many years living in the practical world. On the other is the girl who loved words from an early age, who once filled pages with stories of her own.
I am not trying to leave my former self behind, nor am I trying to become someone else. Dian Xiwei simply gives that part of me—the one who has always loved writing—a place to exist again.
Beginning at forty-eight, I want to keep writing under this name.
I am in no hurry to prove anything, nor am I rushing toward any particular destination. I simply want to write seriously, one piece at a time, and slowly shape the years ahead into something that feels like my own.
About dianxiwei.com
dianxiwei.com is the personal literary home of Dian Xiwei—a place I created for my words.
这里收录我的原创作品，包括散文、诗、小说、戏剧，以及「希言薇语」。有些文字写人生与选择，有些写亲情与岁月；有些来自真实的经历与记忆，也有些来自想象与创作。
But I hope this becomes more than simply a place where my work is stored.
Perhaps one day, you will arrive here because of a single piece of writing. When you finish it, perhaps you will open another. And perhaps, somewhere in a sentence, you will suddenly remember someone, something that happened long ago, or even a version of yourself you had almost forgotten. If that happens, then this little place will already have found its reason to exist.
There will be more words here with time.
And I will keep writing them, slowly.
Before You Go
Beginning again at forty-eight does not feel like turning back.
It feels like continuing forward— only this time, I am taking my words with me.
If you would like to, come back from time to time.
I am Dian Xiwei. I'll meet you in the words.