Wangma Caidan is widely known as a film director, followed by a novelist. His lesser-known creative identity is that of a literary translator. The "Ruyi Stories" compiled and translated by him is based on the Tibetan folk legend of the corpse, which can make the world full of gold and silver and increase the lifespan of people by 100 years. It includes 24 moving stories told by the Ruyi treasure corpse to the corpse carrier Dejue Sangbu. The bird-clothed prince, the pig-headed fortune teller, the devil brothers, the soul-transferring technique... One after another of these gripping stories made Dejue Sangbu ask questions frequently. The Ruyi treasure corpse took this opportunity to escape back to the cave again and again, and Dejue Sangbu also started over again and again. The wonderful stories told by the Ruyi treasure corpse were also passed down one after another, which can be called a miniature Tibetan version of "One Thousand and One Nights".
万玛才旦广为人知的身份是电影导演，其次是小说家，鲜为人知的创作身份，是文学译者。他编选、翻译的《如意故事集》以代代相传的藏族民间传说尸语故事中，能使人间遍地金银、世人增寿百岁的如意宝尸为引，收录了二十四则如意宝尸说给背尸人德觉桑布听的动人故事。鸟衣王子、猪头卦师、魔鬼兄弟、迁魂术法……一则则扣人心弦的故事惹得德觉桑布频频发问，如意宝尸借此一次次逃回山洞，德觉桑布也一次次重新开始，如意宝尸口中的精彩故事也一个又一个地接续流传下来，堪称一部微缩的藏族版《一千零一夜》。
万玛才旦广为人知的身份是电影导演，其次是小说家，鲜为人知的创作身份，是文学译者。他编选、翻译的《如意故事集》以代代相传的藏族民间传说尸语故事中，能使人间遍地金银、世人增寿百岁的如意宝尸为引，收录了二十四则如意宝尸说给背尸人德觉桑布听的动人故事。鸟衣王子、猪头卦师、魔鬼兄弟、迁魂术法……一则则扣人心弦的故事惹得德觉桑布频频发问，如意宝尸借此一次次逃回山洞，德觉桑布也一次次重新开始，如意宝尸口中的精彩故事也一个又一个地接续流传下来，堪称一部微缩的藏族版《一千零一夜》。
