Yen Jun-ling/Adeline/Wu Mei (Fifth Daughter) -- the main character. She was an unwanted child because she was considered bad luck because she was told to be the cause of her mother's death Aunt Baba -- Jun-ling's loving aunt. She's one of the few ones who takes Jun-ling's side in the family, is also Jun-ling's mother's best friend. Ye Ye -- Jun-ling's grandfather; her father's father. He is always siding the first children. Nai Nai -- Jun-ling's grandmother; her father's mother. She is the authority in the house. Niang (Mother) -- Jun-ling's stepmother, is a French woman; married Jun-ling's father one year after his wife died. She takes over after Nai Nai died. Father -- Jun-ling's father; married Niang one year after his wife died; Ye Ye and Nai Nai's only son. Big Sister/Lydia -- the eldest daughter; takes Niang's side as the story continues. Married at the age of 17. Big Brother/Gregory -- the eldest son, next to Big Sister. Goes to England with Second brother for college. Second Brother/Edgar -- born after Big Brother. Goes to England with Big Brother for college. Third Brother/James -- born after second brother and before Jun-ling. Is the only sibling Jun-ling is close to. Fourth Younger Brother/Franklin -- Jun-ling's younger stepbrother and is Niang's little darling. He is treated especially by their father and he loves to see Ye Ye really. really. angry. Little Sister/Susan -- the youngest daughter Aunt Reine -- Niang's sister; rescued Jun-ling from the St. Joseph's Uncle Jean -- Aunt Reine's husband Claudine and Victor -- Uncle Jean and Aunt Reine's children, Jun-ling's best friends Lin Tao-tao and Wu Chun Mei -- Jun-ling's best friends at Shanghai Mary, Elanor and Monica -- Jun-ling's schoolmates at Sacred Heart Mother/Mama -- Jun-ling's real mother
Adeline Yen Mah
The cast of Colours - 2007 includes: Eunice Chew as Principal Elise Delos Santos as Color-blind girl Yen Ling Quek as Teacher
Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter is a book by Adeline Yen Mah. It is a true story about a Chinese woman whose mother died giving birth to her. Her family all felt she was unlucky and treated her badly.
Chris Yen's birth name is Yen Chi-ching.
The four letters are: Ma (3rd tone) Yan (2nd tone) Jun (1st tone) Ling (2nd tone) This is the author, Adeline Yen Mah's Chinese name written in traditional Chinese.
Yen Jun-ling/Adeline/Wu Mei (Fifth Daughter) -- the main character. She was an unwanted child because she was considered bad luck because she was told to be the cause of her mother's death Aunt Baba -- Jun-ling's loving aunt. She's one of the few ones who takes Jun-ling's side in the family, is also Jun-ling's mother's best friend. Ye Ye -- Jun-ling's grandfather; her father's father. He is always siding the first children. Nai Nai -- Jun-ling's grandmother; her father's mother. She is the authority in the house. Niang (Mother) -- Jun-ling's stepmother, is a French woman; married Jun-ling's father one year after his wife died. She takes over after Nai Nai died. Father -- Jun-ling's father; married Niang one year after his wife died; Ye Ye and Nai Nai's only son. Big Sister/Lydia -- the eldest daughter; takes Niang's side as the story continues. Married at the age of 17. Big Brother/Gregory -- the eldest son, next to Big Sister. Goes to England with Second brother for college. Second Brother/Edgar -- born after Big Brother. Goes to England with Big Brother for college. Third Brother/James -- born after second brother and before Jun-ling. Is the only sibling Jun-ling is close to. Fourth Younger Brother/Franklin -- Jun-ling's younger stepbrother and is Niang's little darling. He is treated especially by their father and he loves to see Ye Ye really. really. angry. Little Sister/Susan -- the youngest daughter Aunt Reine -- Niang's sister; rescued Jun-ling from the St. Joseph's Uncle Jean -- Aunt Reine's husband Claudine and Victor -- Uncle Jean and Aunt Reine's children, Jun-ling's best friends Lin Tao-tao and Wu Chun Mei -- Jun-ling's best friends at Shanghai Mary, Elanor and Monica -- Jun-ling's schoolmates at Sacred Heart Mother/Mama -- Jun-ling's real mother
Low Yen Ling was born in 1974.
The main characters in "Chinese Cinderella" are Adeline Yen Mah, her father, Niang (her stepmother), her siblings (Gregory, Edgar, Lydia, and James), Aunt Baba (her caregiver), and her school principal, Mr. Brown. The story focuses on Adeline's struggles and triumphs growing up in a challenging family environment in China.
Shou Jun Yen has written: 'Wen zhang jiang hua'
the most common chinease name ist Li, spoken Lii the second common name is Yen, spoken Chen
Adeline Yen Mah
Yes she is the fifth daughter. In China they call the children by the "number" of him or her in the family. Adeline Yen Mah had a: Big sister (1 child) Second brother (2 child) Third brother, Fifth Daughter (Yen Jun-Ling, or Adeline Yen Mah) Sixth brother and seventh sister. The 6th and 7th are the half brother and half sister of Adeline. In other words they are the children of Niang.
Yes Adeline Yen Mah is an author, she wrote Chinese Cinderella and a couple other books.
The prologue and author's note in the book "Chinese Cinderella" were written by the author herself, Adeline Yen Mah. Adeline Yen Mah also authored the memoir, which tells the story of her difficult childhood in China.
Chinese Cinderella was published in 1999.It's a revised version of part of her 1997 autobiography Falling Leaves.
If you are going with the biography, there is none, but if it's the fictional story, then it is Chinese Cinderella and the Mystery of the Song Dynasty Painting.