# Kuo Cheng
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{{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](/source/Taipei), [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan)
|language=[Mandarin Chinese](/source/Mandarin_Chinese)
|relatives={{Unbulleted list|Tao Te-chen, brother|[Jing-shen Tao](/source/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=Kuo1 Chêng1|altname=birth name|c2={{linktext|陶|德|三}}|p2=Táo Désān|w2=T'ao2 Te2-san1}}
}}
'''Tao Te-san''' (born 24 August 1955), better known by his [pen name](/source/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](/source/Ho_Ping) and [Kevin Chu](/source/Kevin_Chu_(filmmaker)).
His older brother Tao Te-chen (陶德辰) was a filmmaker-actor in the 1980s. Their family originated in [Huanggang](/source/Huanggang), [Hubei](/source/Hubei), [China](/source/China).[{{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}}]
==Works==
{|class="wikitable"
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!Year!!Chinese title!!Translated English title!!Translator
|-
|1988||彈子王||"King of the Pool Players"[''[The Chinese PEN](/source/The_Taipei_Chinese_PEN)'', Summer 1991.]||Ying-tsih Hwang
|-
|1991||狼行千里||"The Journey of the Wolf"[''[Renditions](/source/Renditions_(magazine))'', Spring 2002.]||Susan Wilf
|-
|1991||[上帝的骰子](/source/%3Azh%3A%E4%B8%8A%E5%B8%9D%E7%9A%84%E9%AA%B0%E5%AD%90)||"God's Dice"||
|}
"The Journey of the Wolf" was one of the stories Kuo used when he and director [Ho Ping](/source/Ho_Ping) wrote the screenplay for Ho's 1997 film ''[Wolves Cry Under the Moon](/source/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](/source/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](/source/18_(1993_film))''||[Ho Ping](/source/Ho_Ping)||
|-
|rowspan=2|1995||''[Heartbreak Island](/source/Heartbreak_Island)''||去年冬天||Hsu Hsiao-ming||co-wrote with John S.C. Chiang
|-
|''[Trouble Maker](/source/Trouble_Maker_(film))''||臭屁王||rowspan=3|[Kevin Chu](/source/Kevin_Chu_(filmmaker))||
|-
|rowspan=2|1996||''The Feeling of Love''||重慶愛情感覺||
|-
|''[Naughty Boys & Soldiers](/source/Naughty_Boys_%26_Soldiers)''||狗蛋大兵||
|-
|1997||''[Wolves Cry Under the Moon](/source/Wolves_Cry_Under_the_Moon)''||國道封閉||[Ho Ping](/source/Ho_Ping)||
|-
|1998||''Chivalrous Legend''||俠盜正傳||Tsai Yang-ming||co-wrote with [Wu Nien-jen](/source/Wu_Nien-jen)
|-
|2000||''The Spy Tycoon''||匪諜大亨||rowspan=2|[Ho Ping](/source/Ho_Ping)||TV film
|-
|2002||''[The Rule of the Game](/source/The_Rule_of_the_Game)''||挖洞人||
|-
|2005||''[One Stone and Two Birds](/source/One_Stone_and_Two_Birds)''||一石二鳥||[Kevin Chu](/source/Kevin_Chu_(filmmaker))||co-wrote with Lin Man-hsu
|-
|2008||''[Red Cliff](/source/Red_Cliff_(film))''||赤壁||[John Woo](/source/John_Woo)||historical film, co-wrote with Woo, Sheng Heyu and Chan Khan
|-
|2015||''[Where the Wind Settles](/source/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](/source/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](/source/30th_Golden_Horse_Awards)
|[Golden Horse Awards](/source/Golden_Horse_Awards)
|[Best Adapted Screenplay](/source/Golden_Horse_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay)
|''[18](/source/18_(1993_film))''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2001
|[36th](/source/36th_Golden_Bell_Awards)
|[Golden Bell Awards](/source/Golden_Bell_Awards)
|Best Screenwriter (TV Film or Miniseries)
|''The Spy Tycoon''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2002
|4th
|[Deauville Asian Film Festival](/source/Deauville_Asian_Film_Festival)
|Best Screenplay
|''[The Rule of the Game](/source/The_Rule_of_the_Game)''
|{{won}}
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1171056|Cheng Kuo}}
*{{Hkmdb name|10944|Kuo Cheng}}
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Category:Aletheia University alumni
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