Claim: Jet Li played a doctor.

Wong Fei-hung or Huang Feihong -LRB- 9 July 1847 -- 25 March 1924 -RRB- was a Chinese martial artist , physician , and folk hero , who has become the subject of numerous martial arts films and television series . He was considered an expert in the Hung Ga style of Chinese martial arts . As a physician , Wong practised and taught acupuncture and other forms of traditional Chinese medicine in Po Chi Lam , a medical clinic in Guangzhou City , Guangdong Province . A museum dedicated to him was built in his birthplace in Foshan City , Guangdong Province .   Among Wong 's students , the more notable ones include Lam Sai-wing -LRB- Lin Shirong -RRB- , Leung Foon -LRB- 梁寬 ; Liang Kuan -RRB- , Dang Fong -LRB- Deng Fang -RRB- , and Ling Wan-kai -LRB- 凌雲階 ; Ling Yunjie -RRB- .   Wong is sometimes incorrectly identified as one of the `` Ten Tigers of Canton '' . His father , Wong Kei-ying , was one of the ten but Wong himself was not . Wong is also sometimes referred to as the `` Tiger after the Ten Tigers '' .