Yang Wei was born in an intellectual family, his real name is Yang Jikang. She has loved reading since she was a child, and she reads books in both Chinese and English.

After entering Tsinghua University in 1932, Yang Wei met Qian Chongshu and soon married and had a daughter, Qian Yu. She fully supported her husband in writing "Siege of the City", and she also tried to write a four-act drama "Satisfied" The pseudonym "Yang Wei" has since spread.