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Over 650 Peking Operas performed by Zhou have been identified by the Zhou Xinfang Arts Research Centre in China by 2015, topping all actors in recorded Chinese performing arts history in terms of known number of repertoire titles. One of his operas, "Hai Rui Submits His Memorial", was regarded as an attack on Chairman Mao Zedong, and for which he was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution.