程砚秋(1904-1958),满族,原名承麒,乳名小石头,排行为四。艺成后曾与文亮臣、曹二庚、郭仲衡义结金兰,程最小亦行四,故同仁称其程四爷。幼因家贫仅读一年私塾即辍学,6岁时写与名旦荣蝶仙为手把徒弟,立字八年,自此踏上梨园之路。先后从师荣蝶仙、陈彤云、陈啸云、乔蕙兰、九阵风 Cheng Yanqiu (1904-1958), Manchu, formerly known as Cheng Qi, a small name of a small stone, ranked four. After the arts had with Wen Liang Chen, Cao Ergeng, Guo Zhongheng righteousness knot, the youngest is also the fourth line, so my colleagues called Cheng Siye. Young children due to poor family only read one year private school drop out of school, at the age of 6 with the name of Dan Rongxian cents for the handle apprentice, the word eight years since then set foot on the road to pear. Successively from the division wing cents, Chen Tongyun, Chen Xiaoyun, Qiao Cymbidium, nine gusts