 His first book "Suddenly Walked to Tibet" (突然就走到了西藏) was published in 2011, and contains a collection of autobiographical essays.It was a huge commercial success, and Chen became the first and only actor to make it on to China's Writers Rich List.In 2014, he also published "Strange Aquarius" (鬼水瓶录), a short-story collection that takes inspiration from his Weibo posts and life story.