The "Vagrant Master" has been offline for more than a week. He is a vagabond who doesn't have a social media account and doesn't own a smartphone. "I blame no one, but I hate the internet," Shen told Chinese newspapers on March 22, at the height of his fame. This unlikely viral star was discovered by social media when clips of him quoting Aristotle, Confucius and Dante began to surface on Douyin, a short-video platform. By March 19, Shen's cult following on social media had a cult following on social media.

Source: Stuff April 08, 2019 22:07 UTC