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Hu Lancheng (Chinese: 胡蘭成; Feb 28, 1906 – July 25, 1981) was a Chinese writer and politician who was denounced as a traitor for serving a propaganda official in the Wang Jingwei regime, the Japanese puppet regime during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Hu Lancheng, a controversial writer, editor and litterateur, was married to the famous novelist Eileen Chang 張愛玲 from 1944 to 1947 and served briefly in the Naijing puppet government directed by Wang Jingwei 汪精衛 during the war.
For years Hu Lancheng has played a double role in the legend of Eileen Chang. Her fans loathe him, for at least two reasons: Hu betrayed his fellow countrymen, and he was unfaithful to Chang throughout their short-lived romance and marriage (1944–1946).
The novel was thought to be a reflection of story of Chang and Hu Lancheng (Simplified Chinese: 胡兰成, Feb 28, 1906 – July 25, 1981). Chinese writer Cong Qian details her interpretation of Chang in her book: "The novel Red Rose, White Rose is her classical descriptions of the true meaning of love.
One of the most extraordinary examples is his reading of the personal and literary career of Hu Lancheng, whose literary talent, dubious political practice, and entangled love affair with Eileen Chang all contribute to a peculiar “lyricism of betrayal” termed by Wang.
In 1943, Chang met her first husband Hu Lancheng when she was 23 and he was 37. They married the following year in a private ceremony. Fatima Mohideen was the sole attendee. In the few months that he courted Chang, Hu was still married to his third wife.
Eileen Chang's life in brief. Chang met her first husband Hu Lancheng in 1943 and married in the following year. She loved him dearly, despite the fact that he was already married as well as having been labeled a traitor to the Japanese.
