{{Short description|Taiwanese author (born 1955)}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox writer |birth_name=Tao Te-san |birth_date={{birth date and age|1955|8|24}} |birth_place=Taipei, Taiwan |language=Mandarin Chinese |relatives={{Unbulleted list|Tao Te-chen, brother|Jing-shen Tao, uncle}} |pseudonym={{Unbulleted list|Kuo Cheng|Ying Tianyu (應天魚)}} |children=3 |module={{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|t={{linktext|郭|箏}}|s={{linktext|郭|筝}}|p=Guō Zhēng|w=Kuo<sup>1</sup> Chêng<sup>1</sup>|altname=birth name|c2={{linktext|陶|德|三}}|p2=Táo Désān|w2=T'ao<sup>2</sup> Te<sup>2</sup>-san<sup>1</sup>}} }} '''Tao Te-san''' (born 24 August 1955), better known by his pen name '''Kuo Cheng''', is a Taiwanese fiction writer. He is perhaps best known for writing the screenplays of several films directed by Ho Ping and Kevin Chu.
His older brother Tao Te-chen (陶德辰) was a filmmaker-actor in the 1980s. Their family originated in Huanggang, Hubei, China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.nmtl.gov.tw/Writer2/writer_detail.php?id=1491|script-title=zh:郭箏|trans-title=Kuo Cheng|website={{lang|zh-tw|2007台灣作家作品目錄}}|language=zh-tw|accessdate=22 October 2019|quote={{lang|zh-tw|籍貫： 湖北黃岡}}|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075213/http://www3.nmtl.gov.tw/Writer2/writer_detail.php?id=1491|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Works== {|class="wikitable" |- !Year!!Chinese title!!Translated English title!!Translator |- |1988||彈子王||"King of the Pool Players"<ref>''The Chinese PEN'', Summer 1991.</ref>||Ying-tsih Hwang |- |1991||狼行千里||"The Journey of the Wolf"<ref>''Renditions'', Spring 2002.</ref>||Susan Wilf |- |1991||上帝的骰子||"God's Dice"|| |} "The Journey of the Wolf" was one of the stories Kuo used when he and director Ho Ping wrote the screenplay for Ho's 1997 film ''Wolves Cry Under the Moon''.
==Filmography== ===Films=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !English title !Chinese title !Director !class="unsortable"|Notes |- |1985||''One Bright Day''||好個翹課天||rowspan=2|Fu Wei-te||original story (adapted by Wu Nien-jen) |- |1986||''Gallery of Fools''||哥們的糗事||original story (adapted by Yeh Yun-chiao and Chang Chien) |- |1993||colspan=2|''18''||Ho Ping|| |- |rowspan=2|1995||''Heartbreak Island''||去年冬天||Hsu Hsiao-ming||co-wrote with John S.C. Chiang |- |''Trouble Maker''||臭屁王||rowspan=3|Kevin Chu|| |- |rowspan=2|1996||''The Feeling of Love''||重慶愛情感覺|| |- |''Naughty Boys & Soldiers''||狗蛋大兵|| |- |1997||''Wolves Cry Under the Moon''||國道封閉||Ho Ping|| |- |1998||''Chivalrous Legend''||俠盜正傳||Tsai Yang-ming||co-wrote with Wu Nien-jen |- |2000||''The Spy Tycoon''||匪諜大亨||rowspan=2|Ho Ping||TV film |- |2002||''The Rule of the Game''||挖洞人|| |- |2005||''One Stone and Two Birds''||一石二鳥||Kevin Chu||co-wrote with Lin Man-hsu |- |2008||''Red Cliff''||赤壁||John Woo||historical film, co-wrote with Woo, Sheng Heyu and Chan Khan |- |2015||''Where the Wind Settles''||風中家族||Wang Toon||co-wrote with Carol Li, Lin Chi-shiang, and Wu Jing |}
===TV Dramas (incomplete)=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !English title !Chinese title !class="unsortable"|Notes |- |1997||''The Strange Cases of Lord Shi''||施公奇案|| |- |rowspan=2|1999||''Lord of Imprisonment''||神捕|| |- |''Resurrecting the Husband''||聊齋怪談之打鬼救夫|| |- |rowspan=4|2001||''Legend of the Martial Alliance''||少林七崁|| |- |''Chess Warriors''||棋武士|| |- |''Swordsman''||多情刀客無情刀短刀行|| |- |''Pretty Twins''||偷龍轉鳳|| |- |2004||''Thirteen Sons of Heaven Bridge''||天橋十三郎|| |- |2016||''Xiao Shiyilang''||新萧十一郎|| |}
==Film awards== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !# !Award !Category !Film !Result |- |1993 |30th |Golden Horse Awards |Best Adapted Screenplay |''18'' |{{nom}} |- |2001 |36th |Golden Bell Awards |Best Screenwriter (TV Film or Miniseries) |''The Spy Tycoon'' |{{nom}} |- |2002 |4th |Deauville Asian Film Festival |Best Screenplay |''The Rule of the Game'' |{{won}} |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|1171056|Cheng Kuo}} *{{Hkmdb name|10944|Kuo Cheng}} {{authority control}}
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