October 18, 1915 – November 1, 1980
The stories contained within this index celebrate Victor Sen Yung as Hop Sing.
If it wasn’t for Hop Sing taking care of everything and everyone within the house… our boys would never of had the time to get into all the trouble, mischief, adventure, love, heartache… He alone prepared for the arrival of the doctor after the boys had been shot, knifed, beaten, thrown from a horse, left for dead… Prepared for the lavish parties… as well as the everyday cooking, cleaning, threatening to go back to China… And unfortunately there were times he wasn’t home due to helping all those cousins…
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A Family Affair by Southplains
Summary: What happens when a Cartwright loves a girl who, in turn, favors his brother? In Season 3’s ‘The Lady From Baltimore,’ Joe fell for Melinda Banning; Melinda had her eye on Adam. Things were brought to a head when Joe found Melinda and Adam together in a rather compromising tableau. To head off the unavoidable clash between the two brothers, Ben quickly found some other place for Adam to be while the Bannings were still around. But what about when Adam came home after the episode’s ending?
Rating: T WC 9300
A Story of a Gentle Man by Krystyna
Summary: A story of how Hop Sing came to join the Cartwright family.
Rating: T 6,870 words
Chinarose by Sibylle
Summary: Cousins, cousins and more cousins. Hop Sing’s relatives make the Ponderosa a real China-Rosa. Poor Ben isn´t very happy about that and even less about his three sons.
A little parodistic comedy set around 1854, a late prequel .
Rated: K+ WC 3600
DAH-GAY: A Fable Told by Hop Sing by JoaniePaiute
Dah-Gay: A Fable Told by Hop Sing – by JoaniePaiute
Summary: An extremely silly response to a Chaps & Spurs challenge. Also partly inspired by the thread “Feminizing the Cartwrights.” Little-Little Joe is driving Adam crazy. Hop Sing has the solution: it’s story time!
Rated: K WC 1400
Dragon Dance by LissaB
Summary: Hop Sing adjusts to his first year with the Cartwright family.
Rating: K+ 9,990 words
Forbidden by The Tahoe Ladies
Summary: At a party at the Ponderosa, Hop Sing shares a moment with a beautiful guest.
Rated K+ Word Count: 3800
Fire Inside (The) by Freyakendra
Summary: A surprise assault on the Ponderosa tests twelve-year-old Little Joe’s mettle, and proves he truly is his father’s son.
Word count: 4,470. Rating: T.
Greatest Gift (The) by Cheaux
Summary: Joe overhears what he knows to be a lie, but cannot convince anyone else to believe him.
WC 7800 Rated: T
His Place by DJK
Summary: A slice-of-life from Hop Sing’s point of view.
Rated: K Word count: 736
Hop Sing’s Fortune Cookies by AC1830
Summary: My responses to the February Challenge, Hop Sing’s Fortune Cookies – to write a 100 word drabble from a prompt for each of the days during Chinese New Year – Feb. 5-19.
Rating: K, Word Count : 1650
Hop Sing’s Fortune Cookies by wx4rmk
Summary: Just some short drabbles/snippets (each 100 words) inspired by a posted fortune. Completed the first 5 or 6 fortunes that were missed during the original challenge in the forums and then combined them all to be posted here.
Rating: K+ / Word Count: 1668
Housekeeping by Dbird
Summary: The aftermath of bloodshed from a different perspective…the one who has to clean it up.
Rated: K+ 3,540 words
Out of Boredom Comes Fishing by BluewindFarm
Summary: It’s only been a few months since Adam left the Ponderosa; this story finds Hop Sing and Little Joe in the kitchen, talking.
990 words Rating K
QiXi: The Seventh Night of the Seventh Moon by FreyaKendra
Summary: A Chinese fairy-tale, an all-too-human Hop Sing and a carefree moment of make-believe usher the Cartwrights into a nightmare involving Chinese assassins and a beautiful, young woman two men will do anything to possess.
Rated: T (29,000)
Traces of Sand by DJK
Summary: Hop Sing faces a dilemma.
Rated: T Word count: 2017
Please note, this celebration listing is not meant to be all inclusive of the stories surrounding any character located within the Library. To find those stories, search “Hop Sing” (using quotes around the name).