Ang Lee's trilogy is "Pushing Hands", "The Wedding Banquet" and "Eat Drink Man and Woman". The "Family Trilogy" consisting of three works: "Pushing Hands" (1991), "The Wedding Banquet" (1993) and "Eat Drink Man and Woman" (1994) are Ang Lee's earliest three works, created before entering Hollywood. Because the three films all have a father figure played by Lang Xiong, they are also called the "Father Trilogy".

"Pushing Hands" is a feature film directed by Ang Lee and starring Lang Xiong and Wang Lai. It was released in Taiwan, China on December 7, 1991. The film tells the story of Mr. Zhu who was brought to live in the United States by his son after his retirement. Due to his language barrier and different living habits from the children, family conflicts arose.

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In 1990, Taiwan's "Information Bureau" solicited outstanding scripts. In order to obtain a bonus for outstanding scripts, Ang Lee wrote a movie script "Pushing Hands". The script not only won Ang Lee a bonus of 400,000 yuan, but also gave him the opportunity to direct a film independently for the first time - China Film Company used a package package to let Ang Lee shoot "Pushing Hands".

The film was released on December 7, 1991. It is the first part of Ang Lee's "Father Trilogy" and was nominated for the Special Jury Award at the 28th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards. was nominated for Best Director.

In 1993, he directed the feature film "The Wedding Banquet" co-starring Zhao Wenxuan, Lang Xiong, and Gui Yalei. The film is the second part of the "Father Trilogy" and won the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. Nominated for the Golden Bear Award at the Film Festival, Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, and Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards. Ang Lee won the 30th Taiwan Film Festival for this film. Golden Horse Award for Best Director.

In 1994, he filmed the feature film "Eating Man and Woman" starring Lang Xiong, Wu Qianlian, and Yang Guimei. This film is the last part of the "Father Trilogy" and won the 67th Academy Award. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Image Awards, Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards, Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th British Academy Film Awards, and Best Non-English Film at the 48th British Academy Film Awards. Ang Lee himself won the Nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 31st Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards.