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In this Chinese name, the family name is Meng.

Meng Xiaodong (Chinese: 孟小冬; pinyin: Mèng xiǎodōng) (December 9, 1908 – May 26, 1977) was a Chinese actress of Peking opera who specialized in old sheng (male) roles.

Life

In August 1925, Meng met Mei Lanfang and they co-starred in the film Yóu lóng xī fèng (游龙戏凤). In 1927 Meng married Mei Lanfang as his concubine. At that time, Mei Lanfang already had two wives, official wife Wang Minghua and concubine Fu Zhifang.^[1]

In August 1930, Mei's aunt died.

The Mei family did not recognize the marriage between Meng and Mei and refused to allow Meng to wear mourning clothes as their daughter-in-law.

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The two then broke up but reunited soon after. However, in mid-1931, they officially broke up. Under the mediation of Meng's lawyer, Zheng Yuxiu, and Du Yuesheng, Mei paid Meng 40,000 yuan in alimony.^[2] Two years later, in 1933, Meng announced that she had ended relations with Mei and