The Zhu Family

Interesting family romance connecting the Zhu sisters (the two older girls in the photo above) with Eileen Chang's ex-husband, who she rightfully detested. From the feature article by Peter Lee

After Hu was dismissed from the academy and asked to vacate his housing, a prominent author, Zhu Xining, stepped forward and arranged for Hu to stay in an apartment next to the Zhu household.

Over the next six months, Hu lectured on the Book of Changes and Book of Poetry and created an indelible impression on Zhu and his daughters, Zhu Tianwen and Zhu Tianxin, both of whom became leading literati of their generation.

The Zhu family created a periodical, the Sansan Jikan, as a vehicle for Hu to publish his writings. Young writers clustered around Hu and Sansan Jikan became the intellectual guiding light for a generation of Taiwanese authors, and a direct challenge to Eileen Chang's literary legacy and the widespread veneration she enjoyed inside Taiwan.

Lee goes on to explain how Chang might have served as an iconic figure in Taiwan literature until 1970s because of her association with the KMT, but following the widespread anger against the KMT, her rake of an ex-husband managed make inroads. Fascinating!