Ma Lianliang

Ma was best known for his "old man" roles (老生, lǎoshēng) and was considered one of Peking Opera's "Four Great Beards" (t 四大鬚生, s 四大须生, p Sì Dà Xūshēng), along with Tan Fuying, Yang Baosen, and Xi Xiaobo. He served as a mentor to Li Yuru.^[1] For most of his life, he stayed in mainland China, except for 1948–1950, when he lived in Hong Kong (which was still a colony of Britain) for medical treatment.

During Mao Zedong's cultural revolution, Ma was named a "poisonous weed" after having appeared in a production that Mao believed implicitly criticized him. A group of revolutionaries called the Red Guards assaulted Ma in the street and broke his leg. Before the end of the year, he would die of his injuries.^[2]

• "马连良" on Baike.com (in Chinese)

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