page_title: Lust, Caution (novella)
section_title: Themes
hierarchical_section_title: Lust, Caution (novella) / Themes
caption_attribution_description: English: Eileen Chang (September 30, 1920 – September 8, 1995) was a Chinese (Republic of China) writer. Photo was taken in 1954 in Hong Kong. 中文（繁體）‎: 張愛玲（1920年9月30日–1995年9月8日），本名張煐，美籍中華民國女作家。此照為張愛玲1954年於香港所攝。 中文: 张爱玲（1920年9月30日－1995年9月8日），本名张煐，中国现代著名女作家。此图为张爱玲1946年在香港的照相馆拍摄。
context_page_description: Lust, Caution is a novella by the Chinese writer Eileen Chang, first published in 1979. It is set in Shanghai and Hong Kong, Republic of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Reportedly, the short story "took Chang more than two decades to complete". The 2007 film of the same name by renowned Taiwanese director Ang Lee was an adaptation of this novel. The story focuses on the plight of Wang Chia-chih and her involvement in a plot to assassinate Mr. Yee, who is a co-collaborator of a Chinese collaborator with the invading Japanese force. The novella was allegedly based on a true story of the wartime spy Zheng Pingru. According to David Der-wei Wang, a Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University, Lust, Caution “drew controversy thanks to a biographical subtext: it seems to project Chang’s own wartime experience as a collaborator’s lover”.
caption: Author Eileen Chang
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