Huang Yanpei (TV series)
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Huang Yanpei is a Chinese historical television series based on the biography of Huang Yanpei
, a prominent Chinese educator, industrialist, and politician, who was also one of the founders of the China Democratic League
. Directed by Hong Baosheng and Zhao Lei, the series starred Zhang Tielin
as the titular character. The series was first broadcast on CCTV-8
in China on 27 May 2010.
's son Huang Fangyi (黄方毅), who was a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
. Huang Fangyi wrote on an online blog that his family members were extremely displeased with historical inaccuracies and errors in the television drama, and that they were also strongly opposed to Zhang Tielin
playing the role of his late father. Huang Fangyi further described in the following points:
Huang Fangyi mentioned that he wrote to the producers, providing suggestions for changes to be made. However, except for some kind words, he did not receive any further response. Huang Fangyi was not satisfied as he felt that the television series deeply affected his family emotionally and they would continue to protest.
Huang Yanpei
Huang Yanpei was a Chinese educator, industrialist, politician, and one of the founding pioneers of the China Democratic League.-Biography:...
, a prominent Chinese educator, industrialist, and politician, who was also one of the founders of the China Democratic League
China Democratic League
The China Democratic League is one of the eight legally recognised political parties in the People's Republic of China.The party was established in 1939 and took its present name in 1944. At its formation, it was a coalition of three pro-democracy parties and three pressure groups...
. Directed by Hong Baosheng and Zhao Lei, the series starred Zhang Tielin
Zhang Tielin
Zhang Tielin , sometimes credited as Cheung Tit-lam, is a Chinese actor and film director best known for his role as the Qianlong Emperor in the Princess Pearl television series. He took up British citizenship in 1997.-Biography:...
as the titular character. The series was first broadcast on CCTV-8
China Central Television
China Central Television or Chinese Central Television, commonly abbreviated as CCTV, is the major state television broadcaster in mainland China. CCTV has a network of 19 channels broadcasting different programmes and is accessible to more than one billion viewers...
in China on 27 May 2010.
Cast
- Zhang TielinZhang TielinZhang Tielin , sometimes credited as Cheung Tit-lam, is a Chinese actor and film director best known for his role as the Qianlong Emperor in the Princess Pearl television series. He took up British citizenship in 1997.-Biography:...
as Huang YanpeiHuang YanpeiHuang Yanpei was a Chinese educator, industrialist, politician, and one of the founding pioneers of the China Democratic League.-Biography:... - Tang GuoqiangTang GuoqiangTang Guoqiang is an award winning Chinese actor best known for playing historical figures in several films and television series. Some of his more notable roles to date are: various Chinese emperors , Zhuge Liang, Yan Zhenqing and Mao Zedong...
as Mao ZedongMao ZedongMao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution... - Liu Jin as Zhou EnlaiZhou EnlaiZhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976...
- Ma Xiaowei as Chiang Kai-shekChiang Kai-shekChiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....
- Gu Wei as Chen YiChen Yi (communist)Chen Yi was a Chinese communist military commander and politician. He served as the 2nd Mayor of Shanghai and the 2nd Foreign Minister of China.-Biography:Chen was born in Lezhi, near Chengdu, Sichuan, into a moderately wealthy magistrate's family....
- Zheng Weili as Wang Jiusi
- Hao Yang as Yao Weijun
- Mi Xuedong as Du YueshengDu YueshengDu Yuesheng , commonly known as "Big-Eared Du", was a Chinese gangster who spent much of his life in Shanghai. He was a key supporter of the Kuomintang and Chiang Kai-shek in their battle against the Communists during the 1920s, and was a figure of some importance during the Second Sino-Japanese...
- Zhang Wei as Zhuang Ziyun
- Liu Yibing as Wang Qingli
- Xiao Daiqing as Shang Yimin
- Sun Meng as Sun Yutang
- Lei Zhenyu as Shi LiangcaiShi LiangcaiShi Liangcai was a Chinese journalist best known for his ownership of Shen Bao and for his murder at the hands of Chiang Kai-shek's henchmen.Shi was born in Qingpu, now part of Shanghai...
- Liu Xin as Shao Lizi
- Ma Rui as Lin Suyu
- Li Yusheng as Lu Hemei
- Liu Jingfan as Zuo Shunsheng
- Wang Shiwen as Wang Shijie
- Gai Mei as Leng Yu
- Peng Guobin as Huang Jingwu
- Wan Bin as Ding Dali
- Xu Guangming as Wu Zhongyou
- Li Zhi as Yang Chengqi
- Yu Yang as Zhang ZhizhongZhang ZhizhongZhang Zhizhong was a general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China. He was born in Chaohu, Anhui, and attended the Baoding Military Academy from which he graduated in 1916...
- Cheng Cheng as Huang Yanpei's son
- Wang Jianjun as Gu Shoucheng
- Hou Tongjiang as Yang Sisheng
- Sui Cunyi as Lai Xiaodong
- Zheng Xilong as Yu A'shun
- Fu Xiaobo as Yu Guoquan
- Bai Hongbiao as Gu Junfan
- Qi Xiaoxiao as Huang Yanpei's daughter
- Liu Di as secret agency leader
- Yan Fengqi as Zhu DeZhu DeZhu De was a Chinese militarist, politician, revolutionary, and one of the pioneers of the Chinese Communist Party. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in 1955 Zhu became one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army, of which he is regarded as the founder.-Early...
- Xiao Guilin as Peng DehuaiPeng DehuaiPeng Dehuai was a prominent military leader of the Communist Party of China, and China's Defence Minister from 1954 to 1959. Peng was an important commander during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese civil war and was also the commander-in-chief of People's Volunteer Army in the Korean War...
- Zhou Yemang as Sun Yat-senSun Yat-senSun Yat-sen was a Chinese doctor, revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Nationalist China, Sun is frequently referred to as the "Father of the Nation" , a view agreed upon by both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China...
- Song Weihua as Wang Ruofei
- Lin Xin as Soong Ching-lingSoong Ching-lingSoong Ching-ling , also known as Madame Sun Yat-sen, was one of the three Soong sisters—who, along with their husbands, were amongst China's most significant political figures of the early 20th century. She was the Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China...
- Li Ou as Fan Wenlan
- Li Bao'an as Gang Yejin
- Shen Tian as Assistant Xu
- Qi Zixuan as Worker Li
- Zhao Baozhu as Driver Ma
- Luo Yuan as Lanhua
- Liang Song as Cai YuanpeiCai YuanpeiCai Yuanpei was a Chinese educator and the president of Peking University. He was known for his critical evaluation of the Chinese culture that led to the influential May Fourth Movement...
- An Ruiyun as Zhang JianZhang Jian (politician)Zhang Jian , courtesy name Jizhi , sobriquet Se'an , was a Chinese entrepreneur, politician and educationist.-Biography:Zhang was born in Haimen County, Jiangsu Province in 1853...
- Bai Qiulin as Cheng Dequan
- Zhang Dongqiang as Zhang ZhidongZhang ZhidongZhang Zhidong ; Pseudonyms: Xiāngtāo , Xiāngyán , Yīgōng , Wújìng-Jūshì , later Bàobīng ; Posthumous name: Wénxiāng ) was an eminent Chinese politician during the late Qing Dynasty who advocated for controlled reform...
- Liu Jun as Zhang XueliangZhang XueliangZhang Xueliang or Chang Hsüeh-liang , occasionally called Peter Hsueh Liang Chang in English, nicknamed the Young Marshal , was the effective ruler of Manchuria and much of North China after the assassination of his father, Zhang Zuolin, by the Japanese on 4 June 1928...
- Choenyi Tsering as Reporter
- Long as William Burke
- Zhang Jinliang as Chu Fucheng
- Cao Yuzhou as Zhang BojunZhang Bojun-Biography:Zhang studied philosophy in Germany between 1922-1926, and joined the Communist Party of China upon becoming a personal friend with Zhu De , his roommate at the time...
- Zhang Hongtao as Fu SinianFu SinianFù Sīnián , was a famous Chinese educator and linguist, and one of the leaders of the May Fourth Movement in 1919. He studied experimental psychology at University College, London from 1920-23. He was also one of the creators of the Academia Sinica, and was named director of the Institute of...
- Zhang Rihui as Hu Juewen
- Chen Zhenghua as Liang ShumingLiang ShumingLiang Shuming , October 18, 1893—June 23, 1988), born Liang Huanding , courtesy name Shouming , was a philosopher, teacher, and leader in the Rural Reconstruction Movement in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republican eras of Chinese history.Liang was of Guilin, Guangxi origin, but born in Beijing...
- Li Qiaoke as Sun Qimeng
- Wang Yingming as Zhang Qun
- An Limin as Wang Genzhong
- Wan Zheng as Pan HannianPan HannianPan Hannian was a major figure in the Chinese Communist intelligence by the early 1930s and until 1955. He began his work with the Chinese Communist Party in 1926 as a propagandist with the editorial department of the magazine "Oazo" and later with "Crossroads"...
- Liao Chongru as Zou Taofen
- Yang Chong as Zou Jialiu
- Zhao Lei as Ino Osamu
- Liu Xiaoxi as Wang JingweiWang JingweiWang Jingwei , alternate name Wang Zhaoming, was a Chinese politician. He was initially known as a member of the left wing of the Kuomintang , but later became increasingly anti-Communist after his efforts to collaborate with the CCP ended in political failure...
- Feng Boming as Teshima
- Thomas as Thomas EdisonThomas EdisonThomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. In addition, he created the world’s first industrial...
- Zhou Qing as Guard commander
- Wang Weiwei as Warden
Historical inaccuracies
Around March 2009, when the television series Huang Yanpei was still in its production stage, it drew strong criticism from Huang YanpeiHuang Yanpei
Huang Yanpei was a Chinese educator, industrialist, politician, and one of the founding pioneers of the China Democratic League.-Biography:...
's son Huang Fangyi (黄方毅), who was a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference [], shortened as 人民政协, Rénmín Zhèngxié, i.e. "People's PCC"; or just 政协, Zhèngxié, i.e. "The PCC"), abbreviated CPPCC, is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China...
. Huang Fangyi wrote on an online blog that his family members were extremely displeased with historical inaccuracies and errors in the television drama, and that they were also strongly opposed to Zhang Tielin
Zhang Tielin
Zhang Tielin , sometimes credited as Cheung Tit-lam, is a Chinese actor and film director best known for his role as the Qianlong Emperor in the Princess Pearl television series. He took up British citizenship in 1997.-Biography:...
playing the role of his late father. Huang Fangyi further described in the following points:
- Zhang Tielin's image and temperament, including his strong TianjinTianjin' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...
accent, did not match Huang Yanpei's. Zhang Tielin's image as a comedy actor is deeply rooted in audiences' impressions, so it is inappropriate for him to play Huang Yanpei, who was known for being a serious man. It is ironic and disrespectful to allow an actor of non-Chinese citizenship (Zhang Tielin took up British citizenship in 1997) to portray Huang Yanpei, who was known for his deep patriotism.
- The extramarital romance between Huang Yanpei and Lin Suyu (a fictional character) in the television series is an insult to Huang Yanpei's moral character. The romance is a form of "low class" trivia.
- Huang Yanpei was a vegetarian. However in one scene he is shown eating maoxuewang, a Sichuan dish made of pig's blood.
- It is inappropriate for fictional characters, such as Zhuang Ziyun and Shang Yimin, to play significant roles in Huang Yanpei's life.
- The drama did not accurately reflect the struggles in Huang Yanpei's life. Some events in Huang's life deviated largely from how they were in actual history, such as his contributions to education and the economy. Huang's relationship with the Communist PartyCommunist Party of ChinaThe Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...
was inaccurately portrayed.
Huang Fangyi mentioned that he wrote to the producers, providing suggestions for changes to be made. However, except for some kind words, he did not receive any further response. Huang Fangyi was not satisfied as he felt that the television series deeply affected his family emotionally and they would continue to protest.
External links
Huang Yanpei official page on Sina.comSina.com
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