Peter Wang

Wang Zhengfang was born in 1938 and spent his childhood in Beijing His father linguist Wang Shoukang was a professor in the Department of Chinese Literature of Beijing Normal University at that time and he was also the vice president of the Mandarin Tabloid founded by the Ministry of Education In 1948 the Nationalist government decided to establish the Mandarin Daily in Taipei and hired Wang Shoukang as the vice president Therefore in the spring of 1948 Wang Zhengfang moved to Taiwan with his family He was admitted to study National Taiwan Universitys Department of Electrical Engineering At that time there was a prejudice in Taiwanese society that good boys should not study liberal arts He went to continue his studies in the United States and was at one time blacklisted from both sides of the Taiwan strait at the same time In the 1980s Wang Zhengfang who was over his age felt that there was a calling voice in his heart evoking his hidden drama ability and talent After all being an engineer the professors life is comfortable and stable and drama and film are unknown to him However after thinking about it for a while he resigned from the university teaching position and plunged into the film circle