Watch the movie trailer and read the synopsis of Fearless (2006) by ‘Jet’ Li:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBVQjnOCdd4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearless_(2006_film)
Then compare the information with the following articles,
http://www.biographicon.com/view/p9lao/Huo_Yuanjia
http://www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/192537.htm
http://www.chinwoo.org/history.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/16/content_4187427.htm
What are the differences between the historical account of the life of Huo Yuan Jia and his character in the movie. Identify at least 3 such differences.
Possible differences...
1. Was he really from a rich family? If not, what were the occupations that he engaged in?
2.Did he really fight an American Wrestler? If not, what actually happened?
3.Did he really die because he was poisoned in the match? If not, what are some possibilities that lead to his death?
4.Was his entire family killed, leaving him with no descendants? If not, how many grandsons and great grand sons does he have?
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no he is only a farmer
ReplyDeleteno he only fight a british wrestler
he died of illness
no he has now 3 sons 5 grandsons 8geat grandsons and 14 great great grand sons
by alan
he was farmer
ReplyDeletehe fought a British wrestler
he died of illness
he has 3sons,5 grandsons,8 great grandsons
1.
ReplyDeleteNo,he is not from a rich family instead he is a farmer.
2.
No, he did not fight a American Wrestler but instead he fight a British Wrestler.
3.
No,he did not die poisoned in match but rather he was suspected to die by either malicious poisoning in the medicine , wrong prescription of medicine or simply die of hemoptysis disease.
4.
No, it was make up and Huo Yuanjia got 7 grandsons and 11 great grandsons/
Tay Yu Xuan 13
Answers:
ReplyDelete1)No, he is not from a rich family.His family's main income was agriculture,but they also made a living by escorting merchants caravan to Manchuria and back.
2)No,he had not fight an American wrestler.Instead,he fought a russian wrestler.
3)No,he was not poisoned in a match.He was suspected to die from malicious poisoning or wrong prescription of medicine, as the poison had been used as part of chinese medicine.
4)No,his entie family was not killed.He had 7 grandsons, and had 11 great grandson.
Yap Jia Hao(1-3)
1. No, he is not from a rich family, he is a farmer.
ReplyDelete2. No, he did not fight a America wrestler, instead, he fought a Russia wrestler.
3. No, he did not die due to being poisoned in a match. He died most probably because his Japanese doctor had poison him or that his new chinese doctor after the Japanese doctor left prescribe a wrong medicine for him.
4. No, his entire family was not killed. He have 7grandsons and 11great grandsons.
1. No. He was not from a rich family. His family occupation was to guard merchant caravans but the main income was farming. He was a porter in the Tianjin Huaiqing pharmacy in 1896.
ReplyDelete2.No.He did not fight a America wrestler.He fought a Russia wrestler and British Wrestler and won.
3.His death was caused by malicious poisoning or wrong prescription of medicine because arsenic was discovered in his pelvic bones.
4.He had 7 grandsons and 11 grand childrens.
Ong Ming Hao
1)
ReplyDeleteNo, he was not from a rich family. He worked as a farmer and he also worked as a porter in medicine in a medicine shop in Tianjin and sold firewood too.
2)
No, he did not fought with a America wrestler. Instead, he fought with a Russia wrestler and a British wrestler.
3)
His death was caused by the wrong prescription of medicine the doctor had prescript to him.
4)
No, he had seven grandsons and eleven great grandsons.
Pang Yi Ler Eddy(30) 1/3
1)No The family's main source of income was from agriculture, but Huo Endi also made a living by escorting merchant caravans to Manchuria and back.
ReplyDelete2)No he did not fight with a american wrestler
but was challenged by a Russian wrestler who claimed to unbeatable in China, he is also challenged by a British boxer.
3)He was not killed during the match as said in the movie'Fearless' but passed away due to a prescriptionof medicine given to him by a japanese doctor his medicine was also brought by his students to be tested, and it was found to be a poison causing the lung tissue to break down.
4)Huo Yuan Jia family did not die out as stated in the movie killed by an enemy.He had 7 grandsons and 11 great grandsons.
by Tan hong liang
1)No,he was from not a rich family.He was a farmer.
ReplyDelete2)No,he fought a russian and british wrestler
3)No, he did not die due to being poisoned in a match.He was probably poisoned by the doctor.
4)They did not die.He had 7 grandsons and 11 great grandsons.
Md Aiman 1/3
1)No, he was not from a rich family. He worked as a farmer and he also worked as a porter in a
ReplyDeletemedicine shop in Tianjin and sold firewood in his life.
2)No, he did not fight with a American wrestler,instead he fought with a Russia wrestler and a British wrestler and won
the fight.
3)His death was caused by the wrong prescription of medicine the doctor had prescript to him that made him die.
4)No, he had 7 grandsons and 11 great grandsons.
Oh Shin Yun 1-3
1) No he was not from a rich family but worked as a farmer and a porter.
ReplyDelete2) No, he did not fight the American wrestler but a Russia wrestler who claimed to unbeatable in China and a British wrestler.
3) No, his death was caused by the poison in the medicine given by the doctor who just found out after testing on his pupils.
4) No, he still have 7 grandsons and 11 great grandsons.
Chua Wan Qi (2) 1-3
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ReplyDeletei have already answered this question in the first entry for this and this is just extra information
ReplyDeletehuo yuan jia actually have never ever shows his skills in public the fighting that is done is by his disciple
as his disciple is very powerful so people think that his master was also as powerful or even more powerful hence huo yuan jia was known to be powerful
by alan chua yi sheng