Three
Hairs:
The
Story
of
a
Unique
Name Three
Hairs,
or
San
Mao
as
she
was
known
in
Chinese,
was
a
writer
who
captivated
readers
with
her
stunning
prose
and
deeply
personal
stories.
But
how
did
she
come
by
her
unusual
English
name? It
all
started
when
San
Mao
was
studying
in
Germany
and
struggling
to
find
a
name
that
her
fellow
students
and
teachers
could
easily
pronounce.
Her
given
name,
Mao
Dun,
was
not
only
difficult
for
non-Chinese
speakers
to
say,
but
it
also
happened
to
be
the
name
of
a
famous
writer
in
China
(no
pressure!). After
much
deliberation,
San
Mao
happened
upon
the
name
Three
Hairs.
The
name
was
inspired
by
the
long,
thin
braid
of
hair
that
she
wore
at
the
time,
which
happened
to
be
made
up
of
three
separate
strands
of
hair
twisted
together. Three
Hairs
was
a
name
that
immediately
caught
people's
attention.
It
was
unique
and
memorable,
and
it
quickly
became
a
defining
characteristic
of
San
Mao's
persona.
In
many
ways,
the
name
came
to
represent
San
Mao's
non-conformist
spirit
and
her
willingness
to
go
against
the
norm. As
San
Mao's
writing
career
took
off
and
she
became
a
popular
author
in
China,
her
name
began
to
take
on
a
life
of
its
own.
People
would
often
stop
her
on
the
street
just
to
ask
about
the
origins
of
her
name,
and
it
became
a
source
of
curiosity
and
fascination
among
her
readers. In
the
end,
Three
Hairs
will
always
be
inseparable
from
San
Mao's
legacy
as
a
writer
and
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a
powerful
voice
for
Chinese
women.
It's
a
name
that
embodies
the
spirit
of
a
trailblazer
who
refused
to
be
bound
by
convention,
and
who
dared
to
be
utterly
herself
in
a
world
that
often
demanded
conformity.