Niu Ben

Zhang Xuejing (张学景; born 1935), stagename Niu Ben (牛犇) is a Chinese film actor.

[1] He lost both of his parents at the age of six, then lived with his oldest brother, who worked as a driver at the third film factory in Beijing.

In 1946, 11-year-old Ben was chosen to act as a village boy "little ox" and became a child star.

His stage name Niu Ben is composed of Niu the Chinese character of "牛" (ox, a common surname) and Ben "犇" (three oxen together, a less common personal name).

He later played child roles in old Chinese films, and went to Hongkong.