Lingren Wangshi (Chinese: 伶人往事; pinyin: Língrén Wǎngshì; lit.

It was written by Zhang Yihe[4] and originally published by Ming Pao Press in Hong Kong in 2005.

[7] Lingren Wangshi records the tragic experiences of eight Peking opera masters,[8] namely Shang Xiaoyun, Yan Huizhu, Yang Baozhong, Ye Shenglan, Ye Shengchang, Xi Xiaobo, Ma Lianliang, and Cheng Yanqiu, during the Anti-Rightist Movement and the Cultural Revolution.

[9] The depictions of their unjust suffering and the destruction of their art resulted in this book's ban[10][11] by China's General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP)[12] on 11 January 2007.

[13] In addition, Hunan Literature and Art Press was criticized[14] and severely punished by GAPP for publishing the book.