"Even on the deeper thematic level, the sadness of longing and loss, the difficulty of articulating pent-up desires run parallel with traditional Chinese stories such as "Liang Shanbo and Zhu
Yingtai," of which the 1963 film version is credited as the single biggest influence on Lee's artistic upbringing."
Ang Lee: A Pinch of Tao, a dash of Zen by Raymond Zhou. Link