Absolutely freaking adorable when he's not a murderous, killer zombie. Wen Ning was a kindhearted member of the Dafan Wens (healers). Had a run-in with the Dancing Fairy statue which messed him up, and being killed by the Jin Clan messed him up even more. Wei Wuxian brought him back to life, but there's still some glitches.
"The title of the "Ghost General" was as infamous as that of the YiLing Patriarch’s. Most of the time, the two appeared together. The word only referred one person - the right-hand man of the YiLing Patriarch Wei Ying, who had helped with the tyrant’s crimes, stirred up wind and waves, played the jackal to the tiger, overturned the world with him, and most of all, was a fierce corpse who should have been turned into ashes a long time ago - Wen Ning!"