Wan-chun's Three Loves
Wan-chun's Three Loves (追尋; "Seek") is a 1964 Taiwanese novelette by Chiung Yao. It was translated to English in 1965 by Tommy Lee.
English translation
- Chiung Yao (May 1965). "Wan-chun's Three Loves". Free China Review. 15 (5). Translated by Tommy Lee.
Plot
The story is set in Beiping (modern Beijing), Republican era China. The protagonist Wan-chun is a tongyangxi (child bride) who was married into the Chou family when she was 8. Her husband was supposed to be Chou Po-chien, 10 years her senior, but before she reached the age to consummate their marriage the brothers Chou Po-chien, Chou Chung-kang, and Chou Shu-hao all fell in love with her. Unable to choose, Wan-chun attempted suicide, and eventually all three brothers left home for good one by one just as wars and revolutions swept across China. Wan-chun would never have a real husband in her life.
Adaptations
- Four Loves, a 1965 film
- Wan-chun, a 1990 TV series
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Adaptations of works by Chiung Yao
- Four Loves (1965)
- Wan-chun (1990)
- The Silent Wife (1965)
- Mute Wife (1990)
- The Rain of Sorrow (1965)
- Lovers Under the Rain (1986)
- Romance in the Rain (2001)
- You Can't Tell Him (1971)
- Deep Garden (1987)
- The Unforgettable Character (1975)
- One Side of the Water (1988)
- My Fair Princess (1998–99)
- My Fair Princess III (2003)
- New My Fair Princess (2011)
- Outside the Window (1973)
- The Young Ones (1973)
- The Wild Goose on the Wing (1979)
- My Cape of Many Dreams (1981)
- Green Green Grass By The River (1992)
- Flowers in Fog (2013)
- Dreams Link (2007)
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