The most widely circulated origin story about Chow holds that, at the age of 13, he witnessed the manifestation of a “White Dragon King,” said to be a disciple of
Taishang Laojun with a white dragon as his
mount. References to such a deity are scarce, if not non-existent, in Taoist literature, which may explain why the figure in the story is also sometimes interpreted as the
White Emperor. Among his devotees are
Peter Lam. Upon request, Chow blessed the 2002 film
Infernal Affairs and advised the crew to change the name from
The Departed to something using only three Chinese characters (
Infernal Affairs in Chinese is ''
). Prior to the start of production for Infernal Affairs II'', he recommended moving filming up to August rather than early September. In 2008,
Edison Chen and
Gillian Chung separately approached Chow for guidance following the anonymous release of
sexual photos. In 2010, Chow was admitted to a
Bangkok hospital He and his wife had 4 daughters. Chow's daughter Pet, who was raised in the US, succeeded him and took on the name Yellow Dragon King. ==References==