In the ensuing years , he played a major role in rendering them first into classical and later into vernacular Chinese .
Cheng Xiaoqing had first encountered Conan Doyle 's highly popular stories as an adolescent .
In the ensuing years , Conan Doyle played a major role in rendering them first into classical and later into vernacular Chinese .
Cheng Xiaoqing had first encountered Conan Doyle 's highly popular stories as an adolescent .