• Introduction
  • Growth process
  • Ideas and Insistences
  • Frustrations
  • Old age
  • Chronology
• Contributions
  • Works
  • Social movement
• Life details
  • Associates
    • Inviting Yang Jian
    • Interviewing Yang Cui
  • Reports
• Visits
  • Itinerary
  • Surrounding
    • International artistic street
    • Tunghai University
    • Tunghai district
• Rescuing Tunghai Garden
  • Local discription
    • Land information
    • Government expression
  • Action
    • Yang Kui Literature Memorial Museum
    • Yang Kui's Literary Road
    • Investigate
    • Petition Signing
    • Filming
    • Facebook Page
    • Commemoration
  • Our action
  • Related essay
  • Related videos
• Bibliography
• Q&A

• Introduction
• Narrative
• Impressions
• Bibliography

Relationship between grandfather and granddaughter Yang Kui and Yang Cui

On October 27, we were all pleased to invite Yang Kui's granddaughter, Yang Cui, to share with us the story of Yang Kui. We were all stressed at first, but we found Yang Cui actually kind. She shared many memories of hers , which let us Know Yang Kui from another side.

Yang Kui loved Yang Cui very much. Yang Kui gave her first name 翠, which means “lush,” in the hope of making Tunghai Garden a lush paradise. And Yang Cui was the only family who lived with Yang Kui in the rest of his life. They lived in Tunghai Garden for a long time. Thus, they shared an extremely close relationship.

A girl selling flowers

Living in Tunghai Garden isn't as romantic as in novels. Moreover, the land isn't proper for planting flowers, so flowers did't grow beautifully. But to make a living, Yang Kui often asked Yang Cui and his sisters to sell flowers outdoors. Yang Cui actually hated selling flowers, though. She often rushed out and forgot her flowers at home on purpose. However, Yang Kui would chase behind her and deliver her flowers and never blamed her.

Quarrel

During Yang Cui's high school life, she once found her letter from a boy in one of Yang Kui's books, because Yang Kui used to check her letters. After discovering this event, Yang Cui decided to check Yang Kui's letters in turn. Thus, many interesting episodes happened.

Yang Kui set a lot of rules to limit Yang Cui's freedom and her relationships with her boyfriend, so Yang Cui could only date secretly. Once, Yang Kui went to Taipei for a meeting. Yang Cui thought Yang Kui wouldn't be back that night, so she went on a date. Unexpectedly, Yang Kui went back before Yang Cui did. So Yang Kui's puppy love ended soon.

When Yang Cui was a junior in , Yang Kui thought Yang Cui's boyfriend wasn't reliable, so they had a quarrel. Yang Cui then moved out. But unfortunately, Yang Kui passed away the next year. It was really a huge strike to Yang Cui. Although they sometimes blamed each other, they also relied on each other, and were afraid of losing each other.

Yang Cui said that after Yang Kui passed away, she went back to Tunghai University to study in graduate school because she still missed Yang Kui.