Thirteenth Aunt
| Siu-kwan | |
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| Once Upon a Time in China character | |
| Created by | Tsui Hark |
| Portrayed by |
Rosamund Kwan (original) Teresa Mo Sharon Kwok Sau-wan Lin Yi-chen Maggie Shiu Hao Lei Flora Chan Huang Ying |
| Information | |
| Aliases | Diana (English name) Aunt Yee or Aunt Yi |
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Shísān Yí |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Sap6-saam1 Yi4 |
| Jyutping | Sap6-saam1 Ji4 |
Thirteenth Aunt, Chinese given name Siu-kwan (少筠; "Siu-kwan", incorrectly translated in some subtitles as "Peony"), is a character created by Hong Kong director Tsui Hark for his 1991 martial arts film Once Upon a Time in China. Siu-kwan (Rosamund Kwan) is the Western-educated love interest of the protagonist, Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hung.
Kwan reprised her role in four Once Upon a Time in China sequels films: Tsui's Once Upon a Time in China II (1992), Once Upon a Time in China III (1993), Once Upon a Time in China V (1994) and Sammo Hung's Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997). As a result of these films Siu-kwan became linked with the Wong Fei-hung legends, and was played by other actresses in later Wong Fei-hung media.
Wong Fei-hung respectfully calls Siu-kwan "Thirteenth Aunt", in accordance with Chinese traditions emphasizing generations and family status. In imperial China it was considered disrespectful to refer to Thirteenth Aunt as "Siu-kwan", despite her later insistence that Wong Fei-hung do so. Their romance is forbidden, since they are considered relatives; Siu-kwan's father is a blood brother of Wong's grandfather.
Wong Fei-hung (1847–1924) had four spouses: Lady Lo (羅氏) (m. 1871), Lady Ma (馬氏) (m. 1896), Lady Sam (岑氏) (m. 1902) and Mok Kwai-lan (m. 1915, nominally a concubine). His first three wives died during their marriage to him. It is unlikely that Thirteenth Aunt was based on any of those wives; Siu-kwan's Chinese surname was not given in the film series, to avoid any association.
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