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Kong Duen-Yee (Chinese: 江端仪, 1923–1966), known then as Mui Yee, (梅绮) was a Chinese movie star in Hong Kong. In her several films she depicted a wealthy wife scorned and other romantic characters. Her film career ran throughout the 1950s, at a time when mainstream cinema in Hong Kong was just beginning to challenge the conservative Asian culture. Soon after Yee was diagnosed with tongue cancer in 1960, she retired and decided to become a preacher as which she acted for about seven years. Yee died in 1966 due to complications of her cancer.
Conversion to become a Christian leader
In 1963, facing certain death, Kong Duen-Yee turned from a worldly lifestyle to religion and reacted to the Pentecostal revival which had reached Asia to start a Church called the New Testament Church (NTC). She was appointed a prophetess and an Apostle by God to continue the work of the book of Acts in the Bible. In addition to teaching "speaking in tongues" as a means of salvation, she began promulgating "The Blood, Water and Holy Spirit", of which God had inspired her from her Bible readings of 1 John 5:6-8, but is actually a teaching that many Christians have always held dear: that Jesus shed His blood for the remission of sins, began His ministry when He was baptized, and ended His ministry when He sent down the Holy Spirit to build His church on the Day of Pentecost. (It is believed by Bible scholars that the Apostle John wrote this letter to refute some erroneous beliefs of the Gnostics that Jesus was just a man and not God-in-the-flesh.)
Kong also taught her primarily female followers (of which several were former fans) teachings that bordered on numerology, including the "7.21 Inspiration" (referring to July 21), which she dubbed the "rebuilding of the New Testament Church by the Holy Spirit." Yee prophesied that her religious group would become famous and cause worldwide revival. Upon her gruesome death, she was succeeded by her daughter Ruth Chang. But soon afterwards Ruth was convinced by her husband that her mother's teachings were heretical and that the NTC sect is a cult. Chang then moved to Southern California and became a pastor of a Pentecostal Christian church (Assemblies of God). Elijah Hong then succeeded her.
Film career
- 1962: The Reunion
- 1960: Magic Lamp
- 1959: Beauty Slain By The Sword
- 1959: The Road
- 1959: Seven Swordsman Leave Tianshan
- 1958: The Lotus Lantern (Part 3)
- 1958: Marriage On The Rocks
- 1958: Prince Of Thieves (The Sequel)
- 1958: The Prince's Romantic Affairs
- 1958: A Scholar Redeems His Love
- 1958: Story of the Vulture Conqueror
- 1957: The Case Of The Blood Stain
- 1957: Escorting Lady Jing On A 1,000 Mile Journey
- 1957: The Fox-Spirit's Romance
- 1957: Her Tragic Death
- 1957: The Lizhi's Tale
- 1957: The Lotus Lamp
- 1957: Pearl's Reconciliation
- 1957: The Story Of Liang Tianlai
- 1957: The Thunderstorm
- 1956: Beauty In The Mist
- 1956: Fire
- 1956: The King And The Beauty
- 1956: Madam Mei
- 1956: The Peacock's Sad Tale
- 1956: The Precious Lotus Lamp
- 1956: Romance At The Western Chamber
- 1956: The Sad Wife In A Grand House
- 1955: Broken Spring Dreams
- 1955: The Devoted Lover
- 1955: Honeymoon
- 1955: The Hypocritical Heart
- 1955: Love (Part 1)
- 1955: Love (Part 2)
- 1955: Love Trilogy
- 1955: My Wife, My Wife
- 1955: The Next Generation
- 1955: An Orphan's Tragedy
- 1955: The Pagoda Of Long Life
- 1954: The Hills Divide Us
- 1954: The Noble Family
- 1954: Orchid Of The Valley
- 1954: An Unforgettable Song
- 1953: Bird In The Sunset
- 1953: Bright Night
- 1953: Death Of A Beauty
- 1953: Family
- 1953: The Guiding Light
- 1953: In the Face of Demolition
- 1953: Things Of The Past
- 1952: A Couple In Love
- 1950: Kowloon City Fire
- 1950: Laughter And Tears
- 1949: Dead End Case
- 1949: Love And Hate On The Sea
- 1941: Love In The Schoolyard
- 1938: The Beautiful Puppet
- 1937: The Sentimental Woman
- 1937: War And Survival