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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Huo Yuan Jia did not fight with a wrestler from America. However he fought with a british boxer named Hercules O'brien.
ReplyDelete1. Was he really from a rich family? If not, what were the occupations that he engaged in?
ReplyDelete- Yes. The Huo family had a long tradition of being practitioners of Wushu.
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his father was actually a farmer so he is actually not so rich as in the movie.
ReplyDelete1.No,the family's primary source of income was from farming.
ReplyDelete2.No,he fight with a british boxer.
3.Yes,he died because he was poisoned during his fight.
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The wrestler had openly insulted the Chinese, calling them "Sick man of Asia" and the "Weak Men of the East" because no one would accept his challenge to a fight. When Yuanjia accepted his challenge, the Russian, who claimed to be the strongest man in the world, forfeited. He said through an interpreter that he was merely putting on a performance and that he had to make such challenges in order to make a living. Huo Yuanjia then asked the Russian if he would write an apology in the newspaper, which the Russian reportedly obliged.
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ReplyDeleteo In the movie, Huo YuanJia's father was known to be a martials art trainer.But in real life, his father made his living by guarding merchant caravans traveling to Manchuria and back, but the family's primary source of income was from farming.
o In the movie,he fought with a British boxer but in his real life, he fought with a Russian wrestler
o In his real life,He died because of a serious illness.It was just a rumour that the Japanese poisoned for a revenge.
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The movie has make the story of HUO YUAN JIA's whole entire family killed, which is not true actually. His family are farmers, but the movie puts HUO YUAN JIA's family until very rich, which is also not true. He also didn't fight with the american wrestler too.
ReplyDeleteI can say, the movie is almost all are fake!
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ReplyDeleteHuo Yuan Jia's family was being killed in the film but actually, Huo Yuan Jia's family has seven grandsons and 11 greatgrandsons including Huo Zizheng.
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Huo Yuanjia was borned in Xiaonan Village in Jinghai County in Tianjin, the fourth of his father Huo En Di's ten children. Huo En Di made his living by guarding merchant caravans traveling to Manchuria and back, but the family's primary source of income was from farming.
2.
Yes.
3.
Yes. Huo Yuanjia may have died due to incorrect changes made to his medicine and incorrect treatment by his new Chinese doctor. Others speculate that the European colonists were threatened by the rise of Chinese nationalism and had him poisoned. He was poisoned by the Japanese doctor Akino who was introduced by the Japanese Judo instructor. He was admitted to Shanghai Red Cross Hospital and died 2 weeks after. His students Zhang Wen Da and Chen Gong Zhe took the medicine to the Shanghai Public Concession Hospital for test and results confirmed that the medicine contained arsenic.
4.
No. Huo Yuanjia had seven grandsons and 11 greatgrandsons.
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ReplyDelete1)No , the family's primary source of income was from farming.
2)No , he was poisoned when he fought with a british boxer .
3)He was poisoned in the match .
4)Yes,he died because he was poisoned .
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Huo Yuan Jia's family was being killed in the film but actually, Huo Yuan Jia's family has seven grandsons and 11 greatgrandsons including Huo Zizheng.
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Huo Yuanjia was borned in Xiaonan Village in Jinghai County in Tianjin, the fourth of his father Huo En Di's ten children. Huo En Di made his living by guarding merchant caravans traveling to Manchuria and back, but the family's primary source of income was from farming.
2nd Question:Yes
3rd Question:No,Huo YuanJia was not poisoned to death during the match,he was being poison to death by a Japanese Doctor
4th Question:No