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Yang Baosen
Born(1909-10-09)9 October 1909
Died10 February 1958(1958-02-10) (aged 48)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Bǎosēn
Wade–GilesYang Pao-sen
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Baosen (9 October 1909 – 10 February 1958) was a Peking opera singer.

Life

Yang was best known for his "old man" roles (Chinese: 老生; pinyin: lǎoshēng) and was considered one of Peking Opera's "Four Great Beards" (simplified Chinese: 四大须生; traditional Chinese: 四大鬚生; pinyin: Sì Dà Xūshēng), along with Tan Fuying, Ma Lianliang, and Xi Xiaobo. He served as a mentor to Li Yuru.

Notes

  1. Li (2010), p. 226.

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