Fate in Tears and Laughter
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| Author | Zhang Henshui |
|---|---|
| Original title | 啼笑因緣 |
| Published | 1930 |
Fate in Tears and Laughter (Chinese: 啼笑因緣) is a 1930 Chinese novel by Zhang Henshui, set in 1920s Beiping (Beijing). A few chapters (Chapters 1, 2, 18, 19) were translated into English by Sally Borthwick for the anthology Chinese Middlebrow Fiction: From the Ch'ing and Early Republican Eras (1984). Qingliang Chen's new, unabridged English translation, A Fate Woven of Tears and Laughter, was released in late 2025.
The novel has been adapted into many films and TV series, as well as a number of local Chinese operas.
