Career
She born to probably the most prestigious literary family in contemporary Taiwan. She is the daughter of Chu Hsi-ning and the older sister of Chu Tien-hsin. Some of her notable novels include Finance, Financial-de-Siècle Splendour (世紀末的華麗, 1990), Notes of a Desolate Manitoba (荒人手記, 1994), and 巫言 (2008).
She wrote many of the scripts for the famous Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Her screenwriting credits include movies like Taipei Story, The Puppetmaster, Goodbye South, Goodbye, Millennium Mambo, City of Sadness 悲情城市 (1989) and many more.