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2006-11-10 01:49:09 · 10 answers · asked by appu 1 in Sports Martial Arts

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Lee Jun Fan is his birth name however he is also is accredited as Little Dragon Lee / Siu-Lung Lee / Yam Lee / Xiaolong Li / Lee Siu Lung / Bruce Lee Siu-Lung

2006-11-10 05:53:50 · answer #1 · answered by M&M_89 2 · 0 0

Bruce Lee.

2006-11-10 13:02:30 · answer #2 · answered by Joe B 5 · 1 0

Lee Jun Fan is his given name (in the Asian cultures it's not uncommon to put the surname first before the actual individual's name; so else where it would read Jun Fan Lee) Bruce was born in San Francisco during one of the Cantonese Opera's stops (which his Father was a part of at the time)

The attending physician gave him the name Bruce on his certificate, which his father loved, but found it unexpected since he had another name in mind.

Bruce used the Jun Fan name for his early schools he opened in Seattle, Wash. and later Oakland, Calif. when he began teaching Martial Arts, as suggested by his future wife Linda Emory.

Jun Fan Gung Fu would later be revised in to the discipline it is today Jeet Kune Do or "Way of the Intercepting Fist".

2006-11-10 13:16:51 · answer #3 · answered by quiksilver8676 5 · 0 0

Lee Jun Fan

2006-11-10 09:50:57 · answer #4 · answered by Steve 2 · 0 0

Bruce's Cantonese given name, 振藩 (Jun Fan Cantonese: Janfàan Pinyin: Zhènfán), literally means "invigorate San Francisco."[4] At birth, he was given the English name "Bruce" by Dr. Mary Glover. Mrs. Lee had not initially planned on an American name but deemed it appropriate and concurred with Dr. Glover.[5] Interestingly the name "Bruce" was never used within his family until he enrolled in La Salle College, a Hong Kong high school, at 12 years of age, [4] and then again at another Catholic boys' school, St Francis Xavier's College.

In addition, Lee initially had a birth name 李炫金 [1] (Cantonese: Léi Yùngām Pinyin: Lǐ Xuànjīn) given by his mother, as at the time Lee's father was away on a Chinese opera tour. After several months, when Lee's father returned, the name was abandoned because of a conflict with the name of Lee's grandfather. Lee was then renamed Jun Fan. Finally, Lee was also given a feminine name, 李細鳳 (Cantonese: Léi Saifung Pinyin: Lǐ Xìfèng), literally "small phoenix". It was used throughout his early childhood in keeping with a Chinese custom traditionally thought to hide the child from evil spirits.

Bruce Lee's screen name was 李小龍 (Cantonese: Léi Síulùng Pinyin: Lǐ Xiǎolóng) which literally means "Lee Little Dragon". He was commonly known by this name in Asia. These were first used by the directors of the early Cantonese movies in which Lee performed. It is possible that the name "little dragon" was chosen based on his childhood name "small phoenix". In Chinese tradition, the Chinese dragon and phoenix come in pairs to represent the male and female genders. However, it is more likely that he was called Little Dragon because he was born in the Year of the Dragon in the Hour of the Dragon, according to the Chinese zodiac.

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2006-11-10 11:58:57 · answer #5 · answered by vikram 1 · 1 0

Jun Fan Lee

2006-11-10 09:51:06 · answer #6 · answered by DrunkenDialer 2 · 0 0

Bruce Jun Fan Lee (Chinese: 李振藩 Cantonese: Léi Janfàan Pinyin: Lǐ Zhènfān);

2006-11-10 09:50:53 · answer #7 · answered by huckypeep2 5 · 1 0

Lee Little Dragon

2006-11-11 21:13:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Bruce lee is bruce lee no matter which way you slice it.

2006-11-10 12:32:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

LEE SHAO LONG

2006-11-10 14:45:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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