Chyi Chin (齐秦; born January 12, 1960 in Taichung, Taiwan), is a Taiwanese singer and songwriter. When he was young, his father had a strict daily regimen of study that started at 5 AM. His studies varied from English music and literature to classical Chinese literature and Tang Dynasty poetry. Chyi, however, did not enjoy reading, and once he reached his teenage years, his father’s pushing resulted in troubles.
After his time in jail, Chyi Chin and his older sister, Chyi Yu, often sang together at home. Chyi Yu, by then already a famous singer, gave Chin his start in the field. After every time she sang "The Olive Tree" (橄欖樹), she would tell the audience that her brother could sing it even better than she could. After a duet in Hong Kong with her brother, she gave him an expensive guitar, which he practiced on every day. Chyi started his formal career in 1981 with the album See her Slip Away Again (又見溜溜的她). From there, his popularity grew. He released the smash hit "Wolf" in 1985 and opened up Rainbow Studios the same year.Chyi groups his music career into two periods: the wolf period (pre 1992) and the deer period (after he converted to Buddhism in 1992).