Lan Ping

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Lan Ping was the stage name of Jiang Qing, a Chinese actress who later became a powerful and controversial political figure as Mao Zedong’s fourth wife and a leading member of the Gang of Four.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf stage name
activeIn Shanghai film industry
alsoKnownAs Madame Mao
arrestedIn 1976
associatedWith personality cult of Mao Zedong
causeOfDeath suicide
chargedWith counter-revolutionary crimes
convictedOf counter-revolutionary crimes
countryOfCitizenship China
dateOfBirth 1914-03-19
dateOfDeath 1991-05-14
detainedIn Qincheng Prison
education drama training in Shanghai
era People's Republic of China
Republic of China period
familyRelation fourth wife of Mao Zedong
gender female
influenced Chinese cultural and artistic policy during Cultural Revolution
legacy highly controversial figure in modern Chinese history
mediaPortrayal symbol of Cultural Revolution excesses
memberOf Chinese Communist Party
Gang of Four
nativeLanguage Chinese
notableFor leadership in the Gang of Four
role in the Cultural Revolution
notableWork promotion of revolutionary model operas
occupation actress
politician
partOf Mao Zedong's inner circle
placeOfBirth Zhucheng, Shandong, China
placeOfDeath Beijing, China
politicalFaction radical left during Cultural Revolution
politicalIdeology Maoism
politicalRole cultural policy leader during Cultural Revolution
politicalStatus purged after Mao Zedong's death
positionHeld de facto leader of the Cultural Revolution
predecessorInMaoMarriageOrder He Zizhen
realName Jiang Qing
religion atheism
residence Shanghai
Zhongnanhai, Beijing
sentence death sentence with two-year reprieve
sentenceModifiedTo life imprisonment
spouse Mao Zedong
trialDate 1980-1981
triedBy Special Court of the Supreme People's Court of China NERFINISHED
usedFor early acting career

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Jiang Qing
Li Yunhe
alsoKnownAs

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