The Oxcart for Dowry (Chinese: 嫁妝一牛車) is a collection of short stories written by Taiwanese author Wang Chen-ho (王禎和).
It was an era when a new generation of intellectuals sought change and innovation, drawing inspiration from Western modernization and literature and art.
Wang first published works in Modern Literature Quarterly in 1961,[1] marking the beginning of his literary career and earning appreciation from the Chinese writer Eileen Chang.
This magazine, which also introduced Western modernism, began to focus on the realities of Taiwan, and many of its contributors wrote what would later be called "nativist literature."
In 1967, Wang Chen-ho began publishing a series of short stories in Literature Quarterly, including The Oxcart for Dowry.