''Wan-chun'' (or ''Wanjun'') is a 1990 Taiwanese television series produced by Ping Hsin-tao and his company Yi Ren Communications Co. () in conjunction with

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, based on

Chiung Yao Chen Che (; 20April 19384December 2024), better known by her pen name Chiung Yao (), was a Taiwanese writer and film producer. The name ''Chiung Yao'' is a phrase taken from the ''Classic of Poetry'', where it means "splendid pure jade". Born ...

's (Ping's wife) 1964 novellette '' Wan-chun's Three Loves'', which is set in

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. This is the first Taiwanese TV series filmed in mainland China, and as such suffered from red tape by Taiwan's

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. Despite receiving prior approval, the production was accused of "cooperating with Chinese communists", "receiving mainland funds", and "featuring mainland actors in excess" (even though most actors were from Taiwan). Chiung Yao refused to comply with censorship demands to delete scenes that "featured mainland actors in excess", and only after the interventions of politician Jaw Shaw-kong was the series allowed to air. (Chiung Yao and Ping Hsin-tao's company was however fined for several violations.)

Cast

*Yu Hsiao-fan as Hsia Wan-chun **Jin Ming as Hsia Wan-chun (child) *Chang Pei-hua as Chou Po-chien **Cai Yuanhang as Chou Po-chien (child) * Hsu Nai-lin as Chou Chung-kang **Dong Yang as Chou Chung-kang (child) *

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as Chou Shu-hao **Li Yeyi as Chou Shu-hao (child) * Chin Su-mei as Yen-hung **Cui Shangqi as Yen-hung (child) *Wang Yu-ling as Tsui Shang-chi *Liang Hsiu-chi as Tsui Shang-lun *

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as Chou Tsung-ting * Lee Lee-feng as Chang Yu-chin * Tseng Che-chen as Lan Hsuan *Kwan Yi as Grandma * Lee Yu-lin as Wang Wen-chu *Tu Su-chen as Lee Ming-fang * Liu Yueh-ti as Wang Hsiao-fang *Chen Shufang as Mother Yu *

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as Anu *Yue Yueli as Tsui Ping-cheng

References

1990 Taiwanese television series debuts 1990 Taiwanese television series endings Chinese Television System original programming Mandarin-language television shows Television shows based on works by Chiung Yao Television shows set in Beijing Television shows filmed in Hunan Television series set in the 1910s Television series set in the 1920s {{Taiwan-tv-stub