Huang Yanpei (TV series)

Huang Yanpei
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Genre	Biographical, historical drama
Written by	Feng Boming Xiao Guilin Hu Guangming
Directed by	Hong Baosheng Zhao Lei
Creative director(s)	Li Xinjie
Presented by	Zhou Shaoxi Wang Dafang Liu Wanli Li Xiaofeng
Starring	Zhang Tielin Tang Guoqiang Liu Jin Ma Xiaowei Gu Wei Zheng Weili Hao Yang
Composer(s)	Guan Xia Yang Fan
Country of origin	China
Original language(s)	Mandarin
No. of episodes	25
Production
Executive producer(s)	Hong Baosheng Yan Jinming Ren Huanqi Huangfu Yingjie Zhang Min Yang Yali Deng Changming Qian Jian Zhang Sheng He Xuewen Guo Lishuang Zhang Xuelai
Producer(s)	Chen Guangqing Chen Zhemin Pan Wanqing Zhu Yong Ou Chengzhong Lu Xiaozhong Liu Shunfa Huang Xiang
Location(s)	China
Cinematography	Zhao Lei Wu Changyan Chen Yunfeng
Editor(s)	Zhang Zhimin Zhao Zhuoya
Running time	45 minutes per episode
Distributor	辽宁广播电视音像出版社
Release
Original network	CCTV-8
First shown in	27 May 2010

Huang Yanpei is a Chinese historical television series based on the life of Huang Yanpei, a prominent 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 eponymous character. The series was first broadcast on CCTV-8 in China on 27 May 2010.

Cast

• Zhang Tielin as Huang Yanpei
• Tang Guoqiang as Mao Zedong
• Liu Jin as Zhou Enlai
• Ma Xiaowei as Chiang Kai-shek
• Gu Wei as Chen Yi
• Zheng Weili as Wang Jiusi
• Hao Yang as Yao Weijun
• Mi Xuedong as Du Yuesheng
• Zhang Wei as Zhuang Ziyun
• Liu Yibing as Wang Qingli
• Xiao Daiqing as Shang Yimin
• Sun Meng as Sun Yutang
• Lei Zhenyu as Shi Liangcai
• 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 Sun Yat-sen
• 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 Cai Yuanpei
• 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 Zhang Bojun
• 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 Pan Hannian
• Liao Chongru as Zou Taofen
• Yang Chong as Zou Jialiu
• Zhao Lei as Ino Osamu
• Liu Xiaoxi as Wang Jingwei
• 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 Zhang Tielin 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 Communist Party 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.^[1]

References

External links

• (Chinese) Huang Yanpei official page on Sina.com