Wong Fei-hung

Wong Fei-hung
The entrance of the Wong Fei-hung Memorial Hall in Foshan
Traditional Chinese	黃飛鴻
Simplified Chinese	黄飞鸿
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Fēihóng Bopomofo ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄈㄟㄏㄨㄥˊ Wade–Giles Huang Fei-hung IPA [xu̯ǎŋ féi̯xʊ̌ŋ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Hwáng Fēihúng IPA [wɔ̏ːŋ féihʊ̏ŋ] Jyutping Wong4 Fei1-hung4

Wong Fei-hung or Huang Feihong (9 July 1847 – 25 March 1924) was a Chinese martial artist, physician, and folk hero, who has become the subject of numerous martial arts films and television series. He was considered an expert in the Hung Ga style of Chinese martial arts. As a physician, Wong practised and taught acupuncture and other forms of traditional Chinese medicine in Po Chi Lam (宝芝林; 寶芝林; Bǎozhīlín; Bou²-zi¹-lam⁴), a medical clinic in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. A museum dedicated to him was built in his birthplace in Foshan City, Guangdong Province.

Among Wong's students, the more notable ones include Lam Sai-wing (Lin Shirong), Leung Foon (梁寬; Liang Kuan), Dang Fong (Deng Fang), and Ling Wan-kai (凌雲階; Ling Yunjie).

Wong is sometimes incorrectly identified as one of the "Ten Tigers of Canton". His father, Wong Kei-ying, was one of the ten but Wong himself was not. Wong is also sometimes referred to as the "Tiger after the Ten Tigers".

Wong's original given name was Sek-cheung or Xixiang (锡祥; 錫祥; Xīxiáng; Hsi-hsiang; Sek³-coeng⁴) before it was changed to Fei-hung (Feihong). His courtesy name was Dat-wan or Dayun (达云; 達雲; Dáyún; Ta-yun; Daat⁶-wan⁴).