Hsiao Li-hung had a bestseller 20 years ago with A Thousand Moons on a Thousand Rivers. Because the book is filled with references to the subtle rhythms of daily life in Taiwan, it is extremely difficult to translate. Indeed, cultural differences between East and West made it almost impossible to finally give birth to a translated version.
蕭麗紅二十年前暢銷一時的《千江有水千江月》，因為書中有很多民間小調，除了造成翻譯上的困難外，中西文化間的差異也險些使譯作「難產」。