Li Yu Sheng (Lord Tan) was born in October 1940 and graduated from the China Drama School in 1960. He is regarded as one of China's most distinguished actors and Peking Opera Performing Artists. He starred in "Yandang Mountain," a Peking Opera film produced by the Beijing Film Studio. In 1989, he worked for the Central News Documentary Film Studio for a film on Little Shang River. He has also worked with the China Disk Company with a group of 18 opera singers performing modern Peking Opera. He has written, directed, and performed in "Fighting in Ge River," "The Big God of Qi Tian," "Su Dongpo Trial," "The Prose for Eagle's Worry," "Coming Out Guan Yuchang," "Knife of White Monkey," "Sacrifice for Ludeng" and many others.