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Ten Tigers of Kwangtung ( simplified Chinese :  ; traditional Chinese :  ; pinyin : Gungdng Shí H y hòu W H ) is a 1979 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Chang Cheh and produced by Mona Fong . It is one of Chang Cheh ' s tales of Shaolin ' s historic rivalries with the Qing Dynasty and the Canton Tigers . Along with the The Brave Archer series , Ten Tigers had an all - star cast of Shaw martial artists . The Ming dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China  then known as the  for 276 years ( 1368  1644 ) following the collapse of the Mongol - led Yuan dynasty . The Ming , described by some as " one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human ___MASK38___ ," was the last imperial dynasty in China ruled by ethnic Han Chinese . Although the primary capital of Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng ( who established the Shun dynasty , soon replaced by the Manchu - led Qing dynasty ), regimes loyal to the Ming throne  collectively called the Southern Ming  survived until 1683 . Mona Fong Yat Wah , Lady Shaw ( born January 1 , 1931 ) is a Hong Kong film and television producer and production manager . She was born in Shanghai to a singer , and her original name was Li Menglan . She achieved fame as one of the most popular nightclub singers and recording artists in Singapore and Hong Kong in the 1950s . She often sang English covers of top hits of the time . She is the Deputy Chairman and General Manager of ___MASK45___ and Television Broadcasts Limited ( TVB ). She is the second wife of media mogul Sir Run Run Shaw . The Qing dynasty , officially the Great Qing , also called the Qing Empire or the Manchu dynasty , was the last imperial dynasty of China , ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief , abortive restoration in 1917 . It was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China . The Qing multi - cultural empire lasted almost three centuries and formed the territorial base for the modern Chinese state . Sir Run Run Shaw , GBM , CBE ( November 1907  7 January 2014 ), also known as Shao Yifu and Siu Yat - fu , was a Hong Kong entertainment mogul and philanthropist . He was one of the most influential figures in the Asian entertainment industry . He founded the ___MASK45___ , one of the largest film production companies in Hong Kong , and TVB , the dominant television company in Hong Kong . China , officially the People ' s Republic of China ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over 1 . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of China , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over ___MASK76___ . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower .