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

This Chinese literature-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

v t e Adaptations of works by Chiung Yao
Wan-chun's Three Loves	Four Loves (1965) Wan-chun (1990)
Ya Qi	The Silent Wife (1965) Mute Wife (1990)
Fire and Rain	The Rain of Sorrow (1965) Lovers Under the Rain (1986) Romance in the Rain (2001)
Ting Yuan Shen Shen	You Can't Tell Him (1971) Deep Garden (1987)
Zai Shui Yi Fang	The Unforgettable Character (1975) One Side of the Water (1988)
Huan Zhu Ge Ge (characters)	My Fair Princess (1998–99) My Fair Princess III (2003) New My Fair Princess (2011)
Other works	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)