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Wendy Cheng has several blogs, including her untitled main blog (usually known as xiaxue.blogspot.com), and several private blogs. Although she writes in the English language, she selected her pseudonym Xiaxue (下雪, pronounced something like sh'ya-shweh), which means "snowing" in Mandarin Chinese, because it "had that tinge of mysterious, beautiful girl thing about it". [4]
Cheng Naishan was born in 1946 in Shanghai, China, to Pan Zuojun (Chinese: 潘佐君) [1] and the eldest son of the Cheng family. [2] Her grandfather was Cheng Muhao (Chinese: 程慕灏), noted banker of the Qing dynasty bank who served as Deputy Director of the Bank of China in Kobe, Japan, treasurer and Deputy Manager of the Bank of China in Shanghai, Inspector of China Insurance Company and ...
The Banquet (Chinese: 夜宴), released on DVD in the United States as Legend of the Black Scorpion, is a 2006 Chinese wuxia drama film.The film was directed by Feng Xiaogang and stars Zhang Ziyi, Ge You, Daniel Wu and Zhou Xun.
Life and Death in Shanghai (Chinese: 上海生死劫) is an autobiographical memoir published in November 1987 [1] by Chinese author Yao Nien-Yuan under the pen name Nien Cheng. Written while in exile in the United States , it tells the story of Cheng's arrest during the early days of the Cultural Revolution , her more than six years' of ...
The Chinese American themes have earned it thoughtful critical attention. Cheng Lok Chua points out that Lin identified with the Fongs as immigrants and showed his solidarity with them as working-class Chinese. He adds that Lin bent reality at a time when immigration laws would have prevented Tom, Sr. from bringing his wife and children.
Ode to Gallantry (俠客行; Xiá Kè Xíng) is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha).It was first serialised in Hong Kong from 11 June 1966 to 19 April 1967 in the newspaper Ming Pao. [1]
She was a daughter of Cai Yong. Her courtesy name was originally Zhaoji , but was changed to Wenji during the Jin dynasty to avoid naming taboo because the Chinese character for zhao in her courtesy name is the same as that in the name of Sima Zhao , the father of the Jin dynasty's founding emperor, Sima Yan .
Chen Shimei is a Chinese opera character and a byword in China for a heartless and unfaithful man. He was married to Qin Xianglian, also translated as Fragrant Lotus. [1] Chen Shimei betrayed Qin Xianglian by marrying another woman, and tried to kill her to cover up his past.