 His best-known works are "The Drunkard" (1963), considered China's first stream of consciousness novel, and "Intersection" (1993), which is composed of two interconnected stories.The two novels inspired Wong Kar-wai's award-winning films "2046" and "In the Mood for Love", respectively.He was also a prolific columnist who edited 13 newspapers in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia, on average writing 13,000 Chinese characters per day.