新派武狀元，文武兼備，擅長做傳統排場戲目，1930年代成名，40至50年代喺舞臺上紅極一時，喺香港拍咗好多武俠電影同粵劇電影。70年代佢同老婆任冰兒嘅燕新聲劇團係香港頗有威望嘅猛班，喺紀錄片《六國大封相》可一睹佢武狀元嘅風采。
He became famous in the 1930s and became a smash hit on stage in the 40s and 50s, and made many martial arts films and Cantonese opera films in Hong Kong. In the 70s, he and his wife Ren Bing'er's Yan Xinsheng Theatre Troupe was a prestigious class in Hong Kong, and he can be seen in the documentary "The Great Seal of the Six Kingdoms".