In China, such works include the short Dingjunshan, the earliest Chinese dramatic film and based on The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, as well as New Year's Sacrifice and The Family, which were based on works by Lu Xun and Ba Jin. Novels from the 1960s and 1970s by Chu Hsi-ning and Chiung Yao have also been turned into many movies.
中國最早劇情短片《定軍山》取材自《三國演義》，三十年代文學作家魯迅的《祝福》、巴金的《家》；六、七十年代的朱西寧、瓊瑤的小說，也大量被拍成電影。