Meng Jun

Biography

Meng Jun, originally named Fung Wai Wah, was a Chinese writer and novelist from Hong Kong, also known by the pen names Lady Fusheng and Pingsi. In 1946, she established a column titled "Lady Fusheng's Mailbox" in the Guangzhou-based Global Times newspaper, answering readers' letters. In 1949, she moved to live in Hong Kong. In 1950, she founded the weekly magazine "Under Heaven" and began writing novels such as "The Last Note" and "The Countryside" under the name Meng Jun. Her novel "The Lover" was adapted into a radio drama and broadcast on Hong Kong radio in 1969. Her novels were also adapted into films such as "In Last Night's Dream" in 1971 and "Pei Shi" in 1972, with Meng Jun personally designing the costumes, including over 40 outfits for "Pei Shi." In a 1975 radio interview, she revealed that she started writing at age eight and answered readers' questions about family, marriage, and love based on her personal experience. She hosted women's programs on TVB for a long time and acted in the 1977 film "Persian Sunset," playing the role of Director Fung's wife, which was filmed in Iran with her husband accompanying her. Meng Jun is the mother of renowned designer Liu Peiji and daughter Shi Shuwen, and the famous writer Feng Jia is her adopted brother. Meng Jun passed away in 1996 at Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong.