Editing Run Run Shaw (section)

==Early life==

Shaw was born in [[Ningbo city]], as the youngest of the six sons of a Ningbo textile merchant who was based in Shanghai, Shaw Yuh Hsuen ({{lang|zh|邵行銀}}) (1866–1921) and his wife, Huang Shun Xiang ({{lang|zh|黃順香}}) (1871–1939).<ref>{{cite web |title=About Shaw: The Beginning 1924–1933 |url=http://www.shaw.sg/sw_abouthistory.aspx?id=1_1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115654/http://www.shaw.sg/sw_abouthistory.aspx?id=1_1 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=9 January 2014 |publisher=Shaw Theatres}}</ref><ref name="who">{{Cite book|title=Who's Who 2007: an Annual Biographical Dictionary|publisher=A&C Black|year=2007|edition=159th Annual|isbn=978-0-7136-7527-6}}</ref> His name at birth was Shao Renleng ({{lang|zh|邵仁楞}}), which was later changed to Shao Yifu (邵逸夫) because he thought that the average Chinese person would not know how to pronounce the character {{lang|zh|楞}} (''léng'').<ref name="mingbao">{{cite web |last=Wen |first=Yaqiong |author-mask=Wen Yaqiong (温雅琼) |date=8 January 2014 |title=「Run Run」來自原名譯音 |url=http://www.chinanews.com/ga/2014/01-08/5711000.shtml |work=[[China News Service]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbnewsworld.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/unprecedented-tvb-kingdom-end-with-sale.html|title=Unprecendented TVB Kingdom end with Sales|date=9 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109194058/http://tvbnewsworld.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/unprecedented-tvb-kingdom-end-with-sale.html|archive-date=9 January 2014}} Translation of the content of preceding Chinese news website in its last three paragraphs.</ref> There are a number of explanations given for the use of his English name Run Run Shaw,<ref name="chinadaily">{{cite news |author=Zhou |first=Raymond |date=8 January 2014 |title=Movie mogul dies in HK |url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2014-01/08/content_17224049.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109183556/http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2014-01/08/content_17224049.htm |archive-date=9 January 2014 |access-date=9 January 2014 |work=[[China Daily|China Daily USA]]}}</ref><ref name="NYT"/> but Shaw reportedly said that it was simply a transcription of his birth name Shao Renleng in the [[Ningbo dialect]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.cri.cn/7146/2014/01/09/3301s807331.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140110081247/http://english.cri.cn/7146/2014/01/09/3301s807331.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 January 2014|title=Run Run Shaw: A Legend of A Century|work=News Plus|date=9 January 2014 }}</ref>

He celebrated his birthdays on the 14th day of the 10th month of the [[Chinese calendar]], which fell  in November 2007, his 100th [[Lunar Calendar]] birthday.<ref name="Wall Street Journal">{{cite news |last=Ng |first=Jeffrey |date=2014-01-07 |title=Media Mogul Run Run Shaw Dies at 106 |url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304887104579305953209628512 |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 January 2014 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref><ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last=Kandell |first=Jonathan |date=6 January 2014 |title=Run Run Shaw, Chinese-Movie Giant of the Kung Fu Genre, Dies at 106 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/movies/run-run-shaw-movie-mogul-seen-as-creator-of-kung-fu-genre-dies-at-106.html |access-date=8 January 2014 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> However, the 14th day of the 10th month of the Chinese calendar corresponds to 19 November 1907 on the [[Gregorian calendar]], which according to ''[[China Daily]]'' was his birthdate.<ref name="chinadaily2">{{cite news |last=Gu |first=Cindy |date=7 January 2014 |title=Shaw remembered for his pioneering work in cinema |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2014-01/07/content_17220665.htm |access-date=8 January 2014 |newspaper=[[China Daily]]}}</ref>

As a child, his family moved to Shanghai.<ref name="NYT"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Frater |first=Patrick |title=Run Run Shaw, Producer of 'Blade Runner,' Martial Arts Films, Dies at 106 |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/sir-run-run-shaw-producer-of-blade-runner-martial-arts-films-dies-at-106-1201032539/ |access-date=16 January 2014 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> He graduated from the Shanghai YMCA School, where he learned English.<ref name="scmp">{{cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1400191/sir-run-run-shaw-legend-heart-gold|title=Sir Run Run Shaw: The legend with a heart of gold|newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=8 January 2014|access-date=8 January 2014}}</ref>