Based on her early life, the writer Mao Dun wrote the novel Rainbow (1929), whose heroine, Mei, would become more famous than Hu herself.
Berdasarkan kehidupan awalnya, penulis Mao Dun menulis novel Rainbow (1929), yang pemeran utama perempuannya, Mei, menjadi lebih terkenal ketimbang Hu sendiri.