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Ting Shan-hsi

Chinese film director and screenwriter (1936-2009)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ8804050 ↗
Source-derived summary

Ting Shan-hsi (29 May 1935 – 22 November 2009), also known by his pseudonym Erh Yang, was a Chinese filmmaker and screenwriter who directed over 50 films in Taiwan and Hong Kong, mainly in the 1970s and 1980s.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Ting Shan-hsi” as chinese film director and screenwriter (1936-2009). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ting, Shan-hsi and Chinese.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1935, 2009—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1935-05-29. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ting, Shan-hsi and Chinese providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Ting Shan-hsi”, the useful work is to connect “chinese film director and screenwriter (1936-2009)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8804050. VIAF identifies the subject as 120741131. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1935 and 2009.

Critical limits

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  • Locating cited institutions
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This entry incorporates text from “Ting Shan-hsi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.