Without graduating from college, he entered the Kuomintang Air Force Academy and became an air force officer.
1948 went to Taiwan Province province with the army. He used to be the secretary of Wang Shuming, chief of staff of Kuomintang Army. After leaving the army, he served as the editor-in-chief of China Daily in Taiwan Province Province, and once served as the special editor-in-chief of Central Daily.
Levin is good at historical textual research and once taught himself as a "wild academician". His achievement lies not only in commenting on history, but also in applying his historical knowledge to the creation of historical novels.
1962, Levin was invited to serialize "Liwa" in the supplement of United Daily News. This work is not only a blockbuster, but also the origin of Levin's historical novel creation. Later Biography of Empress Dowager Cixi and Hu Xueyan's trilogy Hu Xueyan and The Merchant with the Red Roof established his position as the chief writer of contemporary historical novels.
Levin wrote more than 200 works in his life, about 105 volumes.
Levin's historical novels not only pay attention to the creation of historical atmosphere, but also have ups and downs, aiming at vivid expression, grasping the characteristics when writing characters and expressing the whole realm in a few words.