Faxian (traditional Chinese: 法顯; simplified Chinese: 法显; pinyin: Fǎxiǎn; also romanized as Fa-Hien, Fa-hsien, Fa Xian, et al.) (337 – c. 422 CE) was a Chinese Buddhist monk who traveled to India, Sri Lanka and Kapilavastu in today's Nepal between 399 and 412 to acquire Buddhist scriptures. His journey is described in his important travelogue, A Record of Buddhist Kingdoms, Being an Account by the Chinese Monk Fa-Xian of his Travels in India and Ceylon in Search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline.

He is most known for his pilgrimage to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha. Faxian is a Chinese pilgrim and scholar who visited India during the reign of Chandragupta II. Faxian claimed that demons and dragons were the original inhabitants of Ceylon (Sri Lanka).^[1]

On Faxian's return to China, after a two-year stay in Ceylon, a violent storm drove his ship onto an island that was probably Java. Faxian landed at Laoshan in what is now Shandong province, 30 km east of the city of Qingdao, and went to Shandong's then-capital, Qingzhou, where he remained for a year translating and editing the scriptures he had collected.

His work is a travel book, filled with accounts of early Buddhism, and the geography and history of numerous countries along the Silk Roads at the turn of the 5th century CE. Faxain visited India in the early fifth century AD. He is said to have walked all the way from China across icy desert and rugged mountain passes. He entered India from the north-west and reached Pataliputra. He took back with him Buddhist texts and images sacred to Buddhism.

Translation of Faxian's work[link]

The following is from the introduction to a translation of Faxian's work by James Legge:

Nothing of great importance is known about Fa-hien in addition to what may be gathered from his own record of his travels. I have read the accounts of him in the Memoirs of Eminent Monks, compiled in A.D. 519, and a later work, the Memoirs of Marvellous Monks, by the third emperor of the Ming dynasty (A.D. 1403-1424), which, however, is nearly all borrowed from the other; and all in them that has an appearance of verisimilitude can be brought within brief compass

His surname, they tell us, was Kung, and he was a native of Wu-yang in P’ing-Yang, which is still the name of a large department in Shan-hsi. He had three brothers older than himself; but when they all died before shedding their first teeth, his father devoted him to the service of the Buddhist society, and had him entered as a Sramanera, still keeping him at home in the family. The little fellow fell dangerously ill, and the father sent him to the monastery, where he soon got well and refused to return to his parents.

When he was ten years old, his father died; and an uncle, considering the widowed solitariness and helplessness of the mother, urged him to renounce the monastic life, and return to her, but the boy replied, "I did not quit the family in compliance with my father’s wishes, but because I wished to be far from the dust and vulgar ways of life. This is why I chose monkhood." The uncle approved of his words and gave over urging him. When his mother also died, it appeared how great had been the affection for her of his fine nature; but after her burial he returned to the monastery.

On one occasion he was cutting rice with a score or two of his fellow-disciples, when some hungry thieves came upon them to take away their grain by force. The other Sramaneras all fled, but our young hero stood his ground, and said to the thieves, "If you must have the grain, take what you please. But, Sirs, it was your former neglect of charity which brought you to your present state of destitution; and now, again, you wish to rob others. I am afraid that in the coming ages you will have still greater poverty and distress;—I am sorry for you beforehand." With these words he followed his companions into the monastery, while the thieves left the grain and went away, all the monks, of whom there were several hundred, doing homage to his conduct and courage.

When he had finished his noviciate and taken on him the obligations of the full Buddhist orders, his earnest courage, clear intelligence, and strict regulation of his demeanour were conspicuous; and soon after, he undertook his journey to India in search of complete copies of the [Vinaya-pitaka]. What follows this is merely an account of his travels in India and return to China by sea, condensed from his own narrative, with the addition of some marvelous incidents that happened to him, on his visit to the Vulture Peak near Rajagriha.

It is said in the end that after his return to China, he went to the capital (evidently Nanking), and there, along with the Indian Sramana Buddha-bhadra, executed translations of some of the works which he had obtained in India; and that before he had done all that he wished to do in this way, he removed to King-chow (in the present Hoo-pih), and died in the monastery of Sin, at the age of eighty-eight, to the great sorrow of all who knew him. It is added that there is another larger work giving an account of his travels in various countries.

Such is all the information given about our author, beyond what he himself has told us. Fa-hien was his clerical name, and means "Illustrious in the Law," or "Illustrious master of the Law." The Shih which often precedes it is an abbreviation of the name of Buddha as Sakyamuni, "the Sakya, mighty in Love, dwelling in Seclusion and Silence," and may be taken as equivalent to Buddhist. It is sometimes said to have belonged to "the eastern Tsin dynasty" (A.D. 317-419), and sometimes to "the Sung," that is, the Sung dynasty of the House of Liu (A.D. 420-478). If he became a full monk at the age.... of twenty, and went to India when he was twenty-five, his long life may have been divided pretty equally between the two dynasties.

Works[link]

• Xian, Fa; tr. by James Legge (1886). A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms; being an account by the Chinese monk FA-HIEN of his travels in India and Ceylon, A.D. 399-414, in search of the Buddhist books of discipline. The Clarendon Press, Oxford. http://www.archive.org/stream/recordofbuddhist00fahsuoft#page/n9/mode/2up. 
• Hien, Fa; Tr. from the Chinese by Herbert A Giles (1877). Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms By Fa Hien(414 AD). Trubner & Co., London. http://www.archive.org/stream/recordofbuddhist00faxirich#page/n5/mode/2up. 
• Online edition of the Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms, University of Adelaide Library, Australia.

See also[link]

• Buddhism in China
• Fa Hien Cave
• Hyecho
• Silk Road transmission of Buddhism
• Song Yun
• Xuanzang
• Yi Jing
• Zhang Qian
• Zheng He

References[link]

•  This article incorporates text from The Medical times and gazette, Volume 1, a publication from 1867 now in the public domain in the United States.

• Legge, James 1886. A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms: Being an account by the Chinese Monk Fa-Hien of his travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline. Oxford, Clarendon Press. Reprint: New York, Paragon Book Reprint Corp. 1965. ISBN 0-486-21344-7
• Beal, Samuel. 1884. Si-Yu-Ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World, by Hiuen Tsiang. 2 vols. Translated by Samuel Beal. London. 1884. Reprint: Delhi. Oriental Books Reprint Corporation. 1969. (Also contains a translation of Faxian's book on pp. xxiii-lxxxiii).

External links[link]

• A RECORD OF BUDDHISTIC KINGDOMS Being an Account by the Chinese Monk Fa-Hien of his Travels in India

• Works by Faxian at Project Gutenberg
• Extracts from James Legge's translation [1]

潘嘉丽(潘嘉麗) Kelly Poon
Background information
Birth name	Kelly Poon
Born	11th of July
Origin	Singapore
Genres	Mandarin pop
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Rock Records(2010-Present)
Website	http://blog.pixnet.net/kellypoon

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Kelly Poon Kar Lai (simplified Chinese: 潘嘉丽; traditional Chinese: 潘嘉麗; pinyin: Pān Jīalì) (born July 11) is a Singaporean singer who emerged from one of the Chinese singing competition held in Singapore, Project SuperStar.

Kelly Poon graduated from Huamin Primary School, Yishun Town Secondary School and Singapore Polytechnic. She pursued her studies of Maritime Transportation Management at the Singapore Polytechnic. After graduation in 2004 when she became an air stewardess with the Singapore Airlines.

She auditioned for Project SuperStar in April 2005.

During the course of competition, she was eliminated in the fourth quarter-final, but was back on stage following sufficient public votes in the revival round. During the entire competition, she impressed both the critics and the judges with her on-stage personality and versatility. Her consistent and impressive performance week after week won over many fans in spite of criticism from judges that she need to improve on her musicianship. A fan club was quickly setup and as of September as of 2005^[update] with Valerie as President and Joe Sim(SP) as Vice President, there are over 4200 members in her official fan club, the Kellyfornian Fan Club [KFC] aka 嘉人.

Poon came in 2nd in the Grand Finals of Project Superstar and secured a recording deal with Universal Music.

Released her first album Love me, Kelly 2006, 14th of February in Singapore and later was signed to Yao Chien and was based in Taiwan with 在世界中心 being her 2nd album released in Singapore and her debut album in Taiwan. Her third album is Smiling Kelly, released on 22 October 2008 in Taiwan. She also then ended her contract with Yao Chien, now 2010, signed with ROCK RECORDS(TW). Released her 4th new music work, consist of her compositions, released 2011, 29th of July Super Kelly, 超給麗 in Taiwan and 2011, 3rd of August in Singapore.

Discography[link]

To date and since her debut in 2005, Kelly Poon released 1 single and 4 albums:

Singles[link]

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Albums[link]

Filmography[link]

Music videos[link]

• Self, Love me, Kelly - Debut, 《愛，無力》(2006)
• Self, Love me, Kelly - Debut, 《計時炸彈》(2006)
• Self, [[Hello Kelly - Debut Taiwan|在世界中心]], 《Shakalaka Baby》(2007)
• Self, [[Hello Kelly - Debut Taiwan|在世界中心]], 《在世界中心》(2007)
• Self, [[Hello Kelly - Debut Taiwan|在世界中心]], 《一秒鐘的永遠》(2007)
• Self, [[Hello Kelly - Debut Taiwan|在世界中心]], 《溺愛》(2007)
• Self, [[Hello Kelly - Debut Taiwan|在世界中心]], 《印象派的愛情》(2007)
• Self, Smiling Kelly, 《限時的遺忘》(2008)
• Self, Smiling Kelly, 《愛我100分鐘》(2008)
• Self, Smiling Kelly, 《維多利亞的愛》(2008)
• Self, Smiling Kelly, 《春去春又回》(2008)
• Self, 超給麗, 《Happy Searching 快樂收尋》(2011)
• Self, 超給麗, 《No More Tears 說不哭》(2011)
• Self, 超給麗, 《My Love 陪我到最後》(2011)

DRAMA[link]

Awards and achievements[link]

• Project Superstar Season 1 Female Champion - Singapore
• 最有潜力新人奖 雪碧榜 - Shanghai
• 最有潜力新人奖 新城國語力 - Hong Kong

References[link]

External links[link]

• Weibo
• Twitter
• Facebook

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Hacken Lee
Chinese name	李克勤
Pinyin	lǐ kè qín (Mandarin)
Jyutping	lei5 hak1 kan4 (Cantonese)
Birth name	李克勤
Ancestry	Sancun, Yamen, Xinhui, Guangdong
Origin	Hong Kong
Born	(1967-12-06) 6 December 1967 (age 44)  Hong Kong
Occupation	Singer, Actor
Genre(s)	Cantopop
Label(s)	Universal Music (1999–present) PolyGram Records (1985-1999)
Years active	1985-present
Spouse(s)	Emily Lo Suk-yi, married on 28 November 2006 (&100000000000000050000005 years, &10000000000000211000000211 days)
Children	Ryan Lee Lap-yan, born on (2007-10-22) 22 October 2007 (age 4) Rex Lee Lik-sze, born on (2010-03-27) 27 March 2010 (age 2)
Official Website	www.hackenleenet.com
Awards New Talent Singing Awards 1985 Semifinalist TVB Anniversary Awards My Favourite Television Character 2002 Legal Entanglement

Hacken Lee Hak Kan (born 6 December 1967) is an award winning Hong Kong based Cantopop singer and lyricist, actor, Master of Ceremonies and Association football sportscaster.

Biography[link]

Early years: 1985-1995[link]

While Hacken Lee was still studying at Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, he entered the TVB new talent show along with Alex To, William So, Vivian Chow, Grasshopper, and Template:Eddie Ng. He did not get into the top thirty. Lee won the 1985 Hong Kong 18 District Singing Contest singing "Love in the Fog" (霧之戀), a song made famous by Alan Tam, and was offered a contract with PolyGram Records.^[1] The sales of his first EP album "李克勤 (EP)" did not reach the 5,000 mark. In 1988, he appeared in a TVB television series "Teenage No More" (不再少年時).

In 1992, Hacken released "Red Sun" (紅日), for which he penned the lyrics. His first concert, held at the Hong Kong Coliseum in 1993 was very well received; all the tickets sold out in a couple days.^[1]

In 1995 Hacken was involved in various contract disputes with his record company and one of his concerts had a very low turnout. For a time, Hacken had no recording contract and worked instead as a TVB presenter for shows such as the music programme Jade Solid Gold, Miss Hong Kong and numerous sports events, notably soccer. At the same time, he turned to acting and appeared occasionally in dramas for TVB. He record songs for TVB such as the TVB theme song for the 1998 World Cup.^[1]

Current career: 1999-present[link]

In 1999, Hacken signed with Universal Music, his current record company. In 2001 he released songs including "Flying Flower" (飛花), "Feet of Fortune" (前後腳), "I Won't Sing" (我不會唱歌) and "The Grasp of Love" (愛不釋手).

In late 2001 Hacken performed in collaboration with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. The concert series was very well-received, as was a recording released of the series. Hacken's early 2002 concert and its recordings were equally well-received.

He co-starred in the TVB drama Legal Entanglement (法網伊人), which aired around the time of the 2002 concert. The series achieved high ratings and was one of TVB's most popular dramas that year. He won the "Most Favourite Character" award at the 2002 TVB Anniversary Awards for his role in the series. He was appointed the host of the 2002 World Cup and sang the theme song of TVB, which dominated the local charts for some time.

Hacken won the TVB Jade Solid Gold Award three times, twice in succession (2002 and 2003) and another one in 2005.

In 2003, he partnered with Alan Tam in a series of concerts around the world, including multiple shows in Hong Kong and Las Vegas. The concerts were named "Neighbors" (「左麟右李」) which is a play of words with a well known Chinese four-character idiom 左鄰右里 using homonyms 麟 and 李 in the artists' names.

He partnered with Joey Yung for the first time in 2004, in a collaboration better known by another four-character idiom "Urgency cannot afford delay" (刻不容緩), once again a Chinese pun using the artists' names 克 and 容.

Lee was the first Chinese artist to release a DualDisc. Entitled Hacken Lee Concert Hall (李克勤演奏廳), the DVD side of the disc featured "Making of" footage, while the CD side features live recordings of the songs in Surround Sound.

A sequel CD, Hacken Lee Seoul Concert Hall (李克勤演奏廳 II), was released in November 2006 following the success of the original Concert Hall, which sold over 80,000 copies. All songs in the second Concert Hall disc were recorded live from 28 to 31 August 2006 at the Harmony Theatre, Koyang Culture City Hall, Korea. Many local Korean musicians participated in the recording project, including Kwak Jung "Harpist K" on harp, So Kyoung-Jin on Korean big drum, Jang Hyo-Seok on saxophone, Kim Won-Jin as boy soprano, Kim Hyun-Mi, Jung Hyun-Suk "Joy of Strings" on violin, Kim Hae-Ryeon on viola, and Chung Yu-Young on cello. David Hodges from New York played an antique 1920 bandoneon in the recording. Seoul Concert Hall was released on a CD with an accompanying DVD using high-definition 1080i format.

In 2006, he held a series of sell-out concerts (sponsored by Carlsberg) during the Chinese New Year period at the HK Coliseum, from 28 January through to 6 February.

On 28 November 2006, Hacken married his long-time girlfriend, Miss Hong Kong 1992 Emily Lo Suk Yi. On 22 October 2007 Emily gave birth to their first child, a son Ryan. On 27 March 2010, Emily gave birth to another son,Rex.

Hacken Lee No. 1 Hits was released in 22 November 2007. It contains 4 CDs of his classic hits and his new songs. In 2007, Hacken with his environmental-themed song <花落誰家>, won the song of the year on Jade Solid Gold award. In 2008, Hacken hosted a series of Chinese new year concerts, which featured the new song "Every Day is a Valentine's Day" <天天都是情人節>. His concert series sold out 11 shows in Hong Kong and was followed by a world tour. Hacken was a host for the Beijing Olympics broadcast in 2008.

Acting career[link]

• Teenage No More (不再少年時; 1988, TVB)
• Two of a Kind (淘氣雙子星; 1989, TVB)
• 1990 TVB 同居三人組
• 1991 TVB 浪族闊少爺
• Fruit Bowl (1991)
• Angel's Call (他來自天堂; 1992, TVB)
• 1992 TVB 暑期玩到盡
• 1992 TVB 叻人新世紀
• 1992 TVB 龍影俠
• No More Love, No More Death (1993)
• 1994 TVB 叻人新世紀PART II
• 1994 TVB 鐵膽梁寬
• 1996 TVB 奧運群英至激鬥
• 1997 TVB 師奶強人
• World Cup 1998 (1998世界盃; TVB)
• 1999 RTHK I.T.檔案
• Jade Solid Gold (勁歌金曲; 1999, TVB)
• Street Fighters (廟街.媽.兄弟; 2000, TVB)
• 2001 TVB 好客香港滿fun
• Comic King (2001)
• 2002 TVB 香港做得到
• 2002 TVB 世界盃升級戰線
• Legal Entanglement (法網伊人; 2002, TVB)
• 2004 TVB 富豪花園音樂特輯
• Six Strong Guys (2004)
• 2005 TVB 香港小姐競選決賽
• Minutes to Fame (殘酷一丁; 2005, TVB)
• We Are Family (我爱医家人; 2006)
• 2006 TVB 世界盃
• The Lady Iron Chef (美女食神; 2007)
• Wonder Women (2007)

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Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• 1986 - 李克勤(EP)
• 1987 - 命運符號
• 1988 - 夏日之神話
• 1989 - 此情此境
• 1989 - Purple Dream
• 1990 - 一千零一夜
• 1990 - Love
• 1991 - 破曉時份
• 1991 - 雨中街頭劇
• 1992 - 只想您會意
• 1992 - 紅日
• 1993 - 一生想您
• 1993 - Album
• 1994 - 再見'93 紀念版
• 1994 - 希望
• 1994 - 一生何求(國語)
• 1994 - 就是情歌
• 1995 - 不懂溫柔(國語)
• 1995 - Reborn
• 1995 - Hackenation
• 1996 - 當找到你
• 1996 - 尋最
• 1997 - 情牢(國語)
• 1997 - 在克勤身邊
• 1999 - 一年半載
• 2000 - 再一次想你
• 2001 - 港樂．克勤 Live
• 2001 - 飛花
• 2002 - 大樂隊
• 2002 - 情情塔塔演唱會
• 2002 - 大派對
• 2002 - 愛不釋手
• 2003 - 左麟右李演唱會
• 2003 - Ever Last
• 2003 - Custom Made
• 2004 - 左麟右李04開心演唱會
• 2004 - Smart I.D.
• 2004 - 空中飛人
• 2004 - 李克勤x容祖兒壓軸拉闊音樂會
• 2005 - 愛可以問誰(國語)
• 2005 - 李克勤演奏廳
• 2006 - 李克勤得心應手演唱會
• 2006 - 我著十號
• 2006 - 李克勤演奏廳II
• 2007 - My Cup of Tea
• 2007- Hacken Lee No.1 Hits
• 2008 - 你的克勤演奏廳演唱會
• 2009 - Today Special
• 2009 - 左麟右李演唱會2009
• 2009 - Threesome
• 2010 - 罪人
• 2011 - 似曾相識

Gallery[link]

• 

  Hacken Lee in Stanley, Hong Kong

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Homepage
• Annual Artiste: Hacken Lee
• Universal Music Group: HACKEN LEE
• Hacken's Chinese Lyrics/Pinyin Lyrics/English Translation
• Hacken Lee ID
• Hacken Alliance Group

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Lin Jun Jie 林俊傑
JJ Lin
Chinese name	林俊傑 (Traditional)
Chinese name	林俊杰 (Simplified)
Pinyin	Lín Jùnjié (Mandarin)
Origin	Singapore
Born	(1981-03-27) 27 March 1981 (age 31) Singapore
Other name(s)	Wayne Lin
Occupation	Singer-songwriter, composer, and actor
Genre(s)	Mandopop, R&B
Instrument(s)	Piano, drums, guitar
Label(s)	Ocean Butterflies (2003–2011) Warner Music Taiwan (2011–present)
Years active	2003–present
Official Website	JJ Lin official homepage
Awards Golden Melody Awards Best New Artist 2004 Music Voyager

JJ Lin (traditional Chinese: 林俊傑; simplified Chinese: 林俊杰; pinyin: Lin Jun Jie) is a Singaporean Mandopop Singer-songwriter, Composer and Actor based in Taiwan. JJ Lin was managed by Ocean Butterflies from 2003 to 2011^[1] . JJ is presently managed by Warner Music Taiwan^[2]. Lin won Best New Artist for his work on his debut album Music Voyager at the 15th Golden Melody Awards in 2004.^[3]

Biography[link]

Lin was born in Singapore and graduated from Anglo-Chinese School and Saint Andrew's Junior College before joining the Singapore Armed Forces.

He is of overseas Chinese descent. In addition to English, Mandarin and Hokkien, he is also able to speak Cantonese and has released several cover versions of his songs in Cantonese. He came to musical prominence and success in the Greater China region. In Taiwan, he was awarded the "Best New Artist" award in the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards.^[4]

Signed to Ocean Butterflies, he has written songs for various artists, notably "Remember" (記得 Jì Dé) for Taiwanese singer A-Mei, fellow label mate A-Do's "Let Go" (放手 Fàng Shǒu), Harlem Yu's "What's Wrong With You?" (幹嘛你看不爽我 Gàn Má Nǐ Kàn Bù Shuǎng Wǒ), Comic Boyz's "Heart of Superman" (超人心 Chāo Rén Xīn) and other songs. He writes all the melodies for all of his albums.

Back in Singapore, he was selected to perform the remixed version of "Home", the theme song of the National Day Parade in 2004. Lin's has sold 1 million copies in less than a week and is extremely successful throughout Asia.

Lin has appeared in various advertisements for companies such as Sprite, Lays and Cornetto Royale.

He is also the tourist ambassador for Singapore. Part of his work schedule involves him traveling around Asia making Singapore known as well as promoting his own works.

He was also involved in an anti-drugs events as an ambassador, in Taiwan 反毒大使 (The Anti-drug Ambassador). The theme song for this event is "Baby Baby", which is from his album, West Side (西界 Xī Jiè).

In July 2007, he broke a Guinness record by signing 3,052 CDs in 2 hours and 30 minutes. During the signing, he was not allowed to drink or eat. The average time for him to sign a CD was 2.7 seconds.

In May 2008, he performed at the CCTV charity event The Giving of Love, dedicated to helping victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Lin also donated a large sum of money to the rescue efforts and composed a song "Love and Hope" (愛與希望 Aì Yǚ Xī Wàng) commemorating the tragedy.

In Oct 2008, his sixth album, Sixology (陸 Liù) was released. 280,000 copies of the album were sold in seven days.

His own fashion line, SMUDGE,^[5] was opened in Singapore during 2008 Christmas with an unofficial launch. The store's official launch was on 13 March 2009.

In May 2009, Lin won three awards at the 14th annual Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (Compass) Awards Presentations,^[6] a ceremony that honors performers in the music scene. It was held at the Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore. He was honored with the Top Local Artiste of the Year award, which is given out to Singaporean artistes who generated the highest royalty earnings for the year. In that same year, Lin won the Singapore Youth Award.^[7]

In May 2010, Lin performed in America for the first time at the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Concert Tour (APAHM).^[8]

In June 2010, Lin performed together with the American singer, Sean Kingston at the opening concert of the Marina Bay Sands to thousands of invited VIPs guests. But both were absent at the inaugural YOG Opening Ceremony.

Lin's latest album, Lost N Found (學不會) is confirmed to be released on 31 December 2011, right before the end of the year. A preview of his 9th album will be on 12 December 2011 on various Chinese internet radio channels. ^[9]

Filmography[link]

• Hanazakarino Kimitachihe (GTV, 2006) Lin acts as Ella's brother, an intelligent young man majoring in cardiology at Harvard University.
• Lin does the voice-over for the dragon prince, Draco, in Singaporean animation Legend of the Sea.
• Lin stars in the 13-episode drama "So I'm Not Handsome" 原來我不帥. The plot is actually derived from a novel. Lin plays the role of a vain young man who is constantly praised for his looks by his parents, classmates, and pretty much everybody in his village. However, the truth about his looks is soon revealed to him when his good friends in college tell him that he is not good-looking at all. His friends featuring Fang Wei Kang (Michael Zhang) and Si Si (Nicky Lee). The ending song to each of the episodes was also Lin's well known Anticipating Your Love (期待你的愛 Qí Dài Nǐ De Ài). Lin admitted to feeling self-conscious during filming, having constantly looked in the mirror to tidy himself up only to be stopped by the director, who wanted Lin to be messy and in character.

Discography[link]

Lin Jun Jie has released 9 studio albums, 1 compilation album and 3 World Tour DVDs since his debut in 2003. He has released one album per year since his debut.

Studio album[link]

Compilation album[link]

DVD[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

World Tour[link]

Just JJ World Tour - 2006

• 10 June 2006 - Shanghai, People's Republic of China
• 24 June 2006 - Singapore
• 1 July 2006 - Genting Highlands, Malaysia
• 16 September 2006 - Wuhan, People's Republic of China
• 30 September 2006 - Tianjin, People's Republic of China
• 29 December 2006 - Taipei, Taiwan

Just JJ World Tour - 2007/8

• 14 October 2007 - Shanghai, People's Republic of China
• 28 March 2009- Singapore
• 20 June 2009 - Beijing, People's Republic of China

On 24 April 2010, he held his first concert in Australia in Melbourne, Victoria at the Melbourne Convention Centre.

"I AM" JJ Lin World Tour - 2010/11

1. 21 August - Beijing, China
2. 28 August - Shanghai, China
3. 17 September - Cheng Du, China
4. 25 September - Guang Zhou, China
5. 15 October - Chang Sha, China
6. 6 November - Wu Han, China
7. 13 November - Nan Jing, China
8. 12 December - Kung Ming, China
9. 5 March - Singapore
10. 1&2 April - Taipei Arena, Taiwan
11. Malaysia (unconfirmed)

US APAHM Tour, USA - 2010

1. 26 May - Washington DC - GW Lisner Auditorium
2. 27 May - San Francisco at Palace of Fine Arts
3. 29 May - Los Angeles Concert at Club Nokia

On 26 December 2010 he celebrated Christmas Day in US regarding to his concert in Jersey called "Atlantic City Christmas Show (US)"at 1AM

Brand of himself[link]

SMUDGE(Still Moving Under Gunfire)

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