the tse's and the cheung's are now in-laws to each other. in the class of more modernized chinese, marriage usually means a temporary legitimate incubator to hatch an infant. the greenhouse may be pulled down right after the baby's umbilical cord is cut. it is apparent that cecilia is poised to be pregnant with faye wong's ex-boyfriend, son of former King of Thousand Kings.
nicholas' marriage is modeled after the short-lived romance between his father, Patrick Tse Yin, and his mother Deborah Li, in which the latter bore the former two children. in contrast, cecilia is of a more humble origin. she was allegedly a look-alike of Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia, whose name was naturally linked to Chin Han in mandarin-speaking world. to make a sloppy logic, the oncoming baby will be a quadrinity of Tse, Li, Chin, and Lin, the gems of 1970's chinese showbiz.
his advent has long been prophecized. on the one hand, confucius commented that the heaven would be emotionally upset by the perfect combination. (??? ???“????????”) on the other hand, mencius mourned that under the heaven nowadays, there would be no more astonishing heterosexual breeding than that of our (Tse and Cheung). (??? ?????“???????????”) it marks the begin of a new era. we should impart our cordial blessings to the reunion couple.
