Xun Huisheng

Xun Huisheng
Chinese荀慧生
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXún Huìshēng
Wade–GilesHsün Hui-sheng
In this Chinese name, the family name is Xun.

Xun Huisheng (5 January 1900 - 26 December 1968) was one of Peking Opera's "Four Great Dan", along with Mei Lanfang, Cheng Yanqiu, and Shang Xiaoyun.[1][2] All four were men who played the female lead roles (dan) during the generation when such roles became open to actresses again, after two centuries of exclusively male portrayal.

  1. ^ "Peking Opera". China Internet Information Center. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  2. ^ Goldstein, Joshua (2007). Drama kings: players and publics in the re-creation of Peking opera, 1870-1937. University of California Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-520-24752-9.