Is Bruce Lee American or Chinese?

Bruce Lee (English: Bruce Lee, November 27, 1940, July 20, 1973), formerly known as Li Zhenfan, is a world-renowned Chinese martial arts actor, Bruce Lee is also considered a martial artist, philosopher, and the founder of Jeet Kune Do martial arts, Bruce Lee lived in Hong Kong when he was young, and participated in many Hong Kong films, including literary films and romance films, such as "Thunderstorm" and so on. In 1959, Bruce Lee went to the United States to study, majoring in philosophy, and during his study abroad, he opened a martial arts gym to teach apprentices while honing martial arts, and made guest appearances in many American TV series, such as "The Green Hornet".

In 1970, Bruce Lee was invited by Zou Wenhuai of Hong Kong's Golden Harvest Film Company to return to Hong Kong to star in the kung fu-themed action film "Tangshan Big Brother", which was well received, and Bruce Lee quickly became popular. Since then, he has starred in "Martial Arts", "Raptors Crossing", "Enter the Dragon" and "Game of Death", four action movies that shook the entire film industry and quickly became an international phenomenon.

On July 20, 1973, Bruce Lee died suddenly at the home of Taiwanese actress Ding Pei in Kowloon Tong during his participation in the performance of "Game of Death". [2] However, Bruce Lee's fame continued after his death, and his screen image was influential among Chinese people around the world and around the world, and his name was a symbol of martial arts movies and even Chinese martial arts[3]. In addition, Bruce Lee led Hong Kong films to break out of Asia, accumulating rich capital, technology and audiences for Hong Kong films, laying the foundation for Hong Kong films to become popular all over the world in the 1980s and become the Hollywood of the East.

Bruce Lee (English name: Bruce Lee, November 27, 1940 - July 20, 1973), whose real name is Li Zhenfan, was born in San Francisco, California, USA, and his ancestral home is Jun'an Town, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China.

His four-and-a-half-film films in Hong Kong have broken multiple records three times, including "Raptors Crossing" breaking the Asian box office record, and "Enter the Dragon" with Hollywood, which grossed $100 million worldwide. [1]

In 1962, Bruce Lee opened the "Zhenfan Guoshu Museum", in 1967, he created his own Jeet Kune Do, and on July 20, 1973, Bruce Lee died in Hong Kong at the age of 32. In 1979, the city of Los Angeles** in the United States designated June 8, the opening date of the remake of "Game of Death", as "Bruce Lee Day" (July 8 was a mistranslation). In 1993, the United States issued banknotes commemorating the 20th anniversary of Bruce Lee's death, and the Hollywood Walk of Fame was paved with Bruce Lee's commemorative star emblem; In the same year, he was awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

In November 1998, he was awarded the "Martial Arts Film Superstar Award" by the Chinese Wushu Association.

Bruce Lee's daughter, Li Xiangning, said in an interview with CNN that her father, Bruce Lee, is American. From a legal point of view, Mr. Bruce Lee is indeed an out-and-out American, and Li Xiangning's statement is not wrong. However, from a cultural point of view, it is not necessarily reasonable to say that Bruce Lee is Chinese.

It would be most appropriate to say that he is Chinese.

The vast majority of Chinese people around the world are influenced by Confucian culture. There is a special thing about Confucianism, she thinks that Chinese have two meanings. Chinese in the narrow sense refers to people with Chinese nationality, that is, Chinese in the legal sense.

Chinese in a broad sense refers to people who have accepted traditional Chinese culture, that is, Chinese in the cultural sense.

For example, there were some ethnic minorities outside the Central Plains in Chinese history, who were not originally considered Chinese, but gradually accepted Chinese culture, and they themselves claimed to be Chinese, so that they could be considered Chinese. For example, Temujin was not Chinese, but Kublai Khan, Temujin's grandson, was Chinese.

Li Xiangning was born in 1969.

Bruce Lee, a martial arts theorist and performer, was born in San Francisco, California, USA, and his nationality is the United States of America. His original name was Li Zhenfan (i.e., the revitalization of Sanfan City, USA), and he was a standard American in law. Whether it's legal, or where he was born, Bruce Lee is American.

Even though Bruce Lee considers himself a "Chinese born in the United States," he is still an American and has to bear American obligations. And Cui Yongyuan is not an American. Although Cui Yongyuan himself and his children have long had a US green card, he has not yet become a US citizen, so Cui Yongyuan is currently considered Chinese.