''Huang Yanpei'' is a Chinese historical television series based on the life of

Huang Yanpei Huang Yanpei (; 1 October 1878 – 21 December 1965) was a Chinese educator, writer, and politician. He was a founding pioneer of the China Democratic League. Life Huang was born in Neishidi, Chuansha, Jiangsu (now part of Pudong, Shanghai) duri ...

, a prominent educator, industrialist and politician who was also one of the founders of the

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. Directed by Hong Baosheng and Zhao Lei, the series starred

Zhang Tielin Zhang Tielin (born 15 June 1957) is a British actor and film director. He is best known for portraying the Qianlong Emperor in the first two seasons of the Chinese television series ''My Fair Princess''. Early life and education Zhang was born ...

as the eponymous character. The series was first broadcast on

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in China on 27 May 2010.

Cast

Tang Guoqiang Tang Guoqiang (born 4 May 1952) is a Chinese actor best known for portraying historical figures in several films and television series. Some of his more notable roles include: various Chinese emperors (e.g. Emperor Taizong of Tang, Yongle Empe ...

as Mao Zedong * Liu Jin as Zhou Enlai * Ma Xiaowei as

Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...

* Gu Wei as

Chen Yi Chen Yi may refer to: * Xuanzang (602–664), born as Chen Yi, Chinese Buddhist monk in Tang Dynasty * Chen Yi (Kuomintang) (1883–1950), Chief Executive of Taiwan Province * Chen Yi (marshal) Chen Yi (; August 26, 1901 – January 6, 1972 ...

* Zheng Weili as Wang Jiusi * Hao Yang as Yao Weijun * Mi Xuedong as

Du Yuesheng Du Yuesheng (22 August 188816 August 1951), also known by Dou Yu-Seng or Tu Yueh-sheng or Du Yueh-sheng, nicknamed "Big-Eared Du",Lintner, Bertil. ''Burma in Revolt: Opium and Insurgency Since 1948''. Silkworm Books. 1999. p.309 was a Chinese m ...

* Zhang Wei as Zhuang Ziyun * Liu Yibing as Wang Qingli * Xiao Daiqing as Shang Yimin * Sun Meng as Sun Yutang * Lei Zhenyu as

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* 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 Zhizhong * 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 De * Xiao Guilin as Peng Dehuai * Zhou Yemang as

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* Song Weihua as Wang Ruofei * Lin Xin as Soong Ching-ling * 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

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* An Ruiyun as Zhang Jian * Bai Qiulin as Cheng Dequan * Zhang Dongqiang as Zhang Zhidong * Liu Jun as Zhang Xueliang * Choenyi Tsering as Reporter * Long as William Burke * Zhang Jinliang as Chu Fucheng * Cao Yuzhou as

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* Zhang Hongtao as Fu Sinian * Zhang Rihui as Hu Juewen * Chen Zhenghua as Liang Shuming * Li Qiaoke as Sun Qimeng * Wang Yingming as Zhang Qun * An Limin as Wang Genzhong * Wan Zheng as

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* Liao Chongru as Zou Taofen * Yang Chong as Zou Jialiu * Zhao Lei as Ino Osamu * Liu Xiaoxi as

Wang Jingwei Wang Jingwei (4 May 1883 – 10 November 1944), born as Wang Zhaoming and widely known by his pen name Jingwei, was a Chinese politician. He was initially a member of the left wing of the Kuomintang, leading a government in Wuhan in oppositi ...

* Feng Boming as Teshima * Thomas as Thomas Edison * Zhou Qing as guard commander * Wang Weiwei as warden

Controversy

Around March 2009, when ''Huang Yanpei'' was still in production, it elicited strong criticism from Huang Fangyi (黄方毅), one of Huang Yanpei's sons. Huang Fangyi wrote on an online blog that his family members were extremely displeased with the historical inaccuracies and errors in the television series, and that they strongly objected to

portraying his father on screen. Huang Fangyi further described in the following points: * Zhang Tielin's image and temperament, including his speech (Zhang speaks with a strong Tianjin accent), did not match Huang Yanpei's. Zhang is well known to audiences as a comedy actor, so it is inappropriate for him to portray Huang Yanpei, who is known to be a serious man. It is also ironic and disrespectful to allow an actor of non-Chinese citizenship — Zhang took up British citizenship in 1997 — to portray Huang Yanpei, who is known for his deep patriotism. * Huang Yanpei's extramarital affair with Lin Suyu, a fictional character, in the television series is an insult to his moral character. The romance is a form of "low class" trivia. * Huang Yanpei was a vegetarian for most of his life. 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 television series 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

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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 from them. He was not satisfied as he felt that the television series deeply affected his family emotionally, and said that they would continue to protest.反对张铁林主演黄炎培后人对《黄炎培》说不
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References

External links

*
''Huang Yanpei'' official page
on

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