Li, who was trained to perform the style created by Mei, played the role of Lady Zhao, who pretends to be "mad" in order to avoid being made a royal concubine.
Reconciliation Between the General and the Prime Minister, a masterpiece of Peking Opera actors Li Shaochun (1919-75) and Yuan Shihai (1916-2002), focuses on the roles of laosheng (old male) and hualian (painted face).