Originally written in English, Wild Swans became a best-seller in the West and was reviewed by such Western periodicals as Publishers 'Weekly, The Far Eastern Economic Review, and Time. To date it has appeared in 16 different languages.
《鴻》首先用英文寫成，在西方文壇造成一陣暢銷旋風。《出版者週刊》、《遠東經濟評論》、《時代雜誌》等西方媒體都曾撰文評介；之後各種語文譯本也陸續問世，至今已有十六種語文的版本。