Huang Shixiang (born 1934) is a Chinese

Beijing opera Peking opera, or Beijing opera (), is the most dominant form of Chinese opera, which combines instrumental music, vocal performance, mime, martial arts, dance and acrobatics. It arose in Beijing in the mid-Qing dynasty (1644–1912) and became ...

singer best known for his performances in "Jade River" ''Taijun Cichao'' (太君辭朝) and ''Hongzong Liema'' (紅鬃烈馬). His father,

Pugong Pugong (19 March 1904 – c. 1960s), also referred to as P'u Kuang, was a Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty. He was the son of Zaixun and a cousin of Puyi, the Last Emperor of China. He married Huang Yongni (黃詠霓) in 1934, an ethnic Hui B ...

, was the son of Zaixun, a

Manchu The Manchus (; ) are a Tungusic peoples, Tungusic East Asian people, East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized Ethnic minorities in China, ethnic minority in China and the people from wh ...

prince of the late

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

. Had the empire not been abolished, he would be fourth in line to the throne if eligible as of 2024, behind

Jin Yuzhang Jin Yuzhang (, born May 3, 1942), born Aisin-Gioro Yuzhang, is a Chinese civil servant, politician and former nobleman. He is the current head of the House of Aisin-Gioro, the ruling house of the Qing dynasty, and is heir apparent to the defunct ...

and his brothers. Huang has gone to some lengths to conceal his imperial ancestry. Rather than his father's family name

Aisin Gioro The House of Aisin-Gioro is a Manchu clan that ruled the Later Jin dynasty (1616–1636), the Qing dynasty (1636–1912), and Manchukuo (1932–1945) in the history of China. Under the Ming dynasty, members of the Aisin Gioro clan served as chie ...

or its Chinese form Jin, he goes by the maiden name of his mother Huang Yongni (stage name Xue Yanqin), who was also a famous Beijing opera actress. He is likewise registered as a member of his mother's

Hui Chinese The Hui people are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the northwestern provinces and in the Zhongyuan region. According to the 2 ...

ethnic group rather than as a

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