Peking Opera: Xiao Yao Ferry VCD
Performed by Li Hezeng with Shanghai Peking Opera Troupe in 1976
Produced by Shanghai Cinema Factory
VCD published Audio-Visual Department of Beijing Film, 1999
ISRC CNA089901060

A traditional Peking Opera play depicts the story of a plot from a historic fiction Romance of Three Kingdoms Chapter 66: Han emperor Xiandi expressed his feeling of hatred against his prime minister, Cao Cao, in a letter to his empress' father Fu Wan that intended to ally Sun Quan and Liu Bei suppressing Cao Cao. Cao Cao raged by the seized letter, ordered to kill all the families involved and brought solders into the court to kill the empress and her two sons, princes.

Li Hezeng (1921-), a native of Beijing. In his childhood he entered Zhonghua Traditional Opera Training School to learn lao sheng, and was taught by Gao Qingkui. After graduation he was well known across the country for his competence of performing the Gao style. In 1960 he took Zhou Xinfang as his tutor to learn the Qi style. His repertoire has included Crying over Qin Court, Stabbing Emperor's Robe, the Meeting of Heroes, Zhu Xian Town, Removal of Three Evildoers, General and Minister Are Reconciled, etc.