Bruce Lee - Early Life

Early Life

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Terms
  • Kung fu (功夫)
  • Wushu (武術)
  • Qigong (氣功)
Historical places
  • Shaolin Monastery (少林寺)
  • Wudang Mountains (武當山)
  • Mount Hua (華山)
  • Mount Emei (峨嵋山)
  • Kunlun Mountains (崑崙山)
Historical people
  • Yue Fei (岳飛)
  • Yim Wing-chun (嚴詠春)
  • Hung Hei-gun (洪熙官)
  • Fong Sai-yuk (方世玉)
  • Dong Haichuan (董海川)
  • Yang Lu-ch'an (楊露禪)
  • Wu Quanyou (吳全佑)
  • Ten Tigers of Canton (廣東十虎)
  • Chen Fake (陳發科)
  • Chan Heung (陳享)
  • Wong Fei-hung (黃飛鴻)
  • Sun Lu-t'ang (孫祿堂)
  • Huo Yuanjia (霍元甲)
  • Yip Man (葉問)
  • Wang Zi-Ping (王子平)
Famous modern actors
  • Bruce Lee (李小龍)
  • Sammo Hung (洪金寶)
  • Jackie Chan (成龍)
  • Jet Li (李連杰)
  • Donnie Yen (甄子丹)
  • Vincent Zhao (趙文卓)
  • Yuen Baio
 Legendary figures
  • Bodhidharma (菩提達摩)
  • Zhang Sanfeng (張三丰)
  • Eight immortals (八仙)
  • Five Elders (五祖)
Related
  • Hong Kong action cinema
  • Wushu (sport)
  • Wuxia (武俠)

Bruce Lee was born on 27 November 1940, at the Chinese Hospital, in San Francisco's Chinatown. According to the Chinese zodiac, Lee was born in both the hour and the year of the Dragon, which according to tradition is a strong and fortuitous omen. His father, Lee Hoi-chuen (李海泉), was fully Chinese, and his mother, Grace Ho (何愛瑜), was of part Chinese and part Caucasian descent. Grace Ho was the daughter of Ho Kom-tong and the niece of Sir Robert Ho-tung, both notable Hong Kong businessmen and philanthropists. Bruce was the fourth child of five children: Phoebe Lee (李秋源), Agnes Lee (李秋鳳), Peter Lee (李忠琛), and Robert Lee (李振輝). Lee and his parents returned to Hong Kong when he was three months old.

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