The Love Story from Whirlwind, the book is generally not considered an official part of the Asian Saga; nonetheless, some reviewers said it helped flesh out several aspects of the original novel. In 1980, Clavell stated that, beyond Noble House, future entries in the series would include Nippon, set in 1970s Japan, and China, set in the present and future. When he died in 1994 after the publication of Gai-Jin, it was reported that he had been planning several more entries in the Asian Saga series. Plot List of tai-pans of Struan's 1st tai-pan: Dirk Struan, 1828–1841 2nd tai-pan: Culum Struan, 1841–1862 3rd tai-pan: Sir Lochlin Struan, 1862–1873?? 4th tai-pan: Dirk Dunross, 1873–1894 5th tai-pan: Sir Lochlin Struan, 1894–1908 (see notes) 6th tai-pan: Ross Lechie Struan, 1908–1915 7th tai-pan: Sir Ross Struan, 1915–19?? (see notes) 8th tai-pan: Colin Dunross, 19??–1949 9th tai-pan: Alastair Struan, 1949–1960 10th tai-pan: Ian Dunross, 1960–1970 11th tai-pan: David MacStruan, 1970–1975 (see notes) 12th tai-pan: Linbar Struan, 1975–19? 5th tai-pan (in name only): Kelly O'Gorman, 1894–1915 (see notes) The half coins of Jin-qua In 1841 when Struan's was on the brink of collapse, Dirk Struan received a loan of silver from the merchant Jin-qua in exchange for a series of favors. Among these were four bronze coins, split in half, four halves given to Dirk Struan, the other four halves kept by Jin-qua. Anyone who brought a half coin to the tai-pan of the Noble House would be granted whatever he asked, whether legal or illegal. All future tai-pans must swear to keep this bargain, before learning the details, if they were to become tai-pan. This served as repayment to the loan of silver. Of the four coins, one was kept by Jin-qua, passed down through his family. One given to the warlord Wu Fang Choi. One given to Gordon Chen, and passed down through his family, and one given out in secret. The first coin was brought to Dirk Struan in 1841 by Wu Fang Choi. The second coin was brought in 1894 by Chiang Wu-tah. He asked that the Noble House give aid and sanctuary to Sun Yat-sen and to assist him to overthrow the Manchu dynasty. This is recounted in Noble House, chapter 60. In the movie however, the second coin is stated to have been returned to Hag Struan in 1911. The story of the third coin is a major plot line