自此

zì cǐ yǐ hòu jūn fāng yī zhí zhǎng wò zhe shí quán

自此以后，军方一直掌握着实权。

Thereafter, the military remained the locus of real power.

tā de dì yī bù xiǎo shuō yú nián fā biǎo zì cǐ tā biàn yī fā ér bù kě shōu

她的第一部小说于2015年发表，自此她便一发而不可收。

Her first novel was published in 2015 and since then she hasn't looked back.