Be Water, My Friend: The Biography of Bruce Lee

Book Description

University Press returns with another short and captivating portrait of one of history’s most compelling figures, Bruce Lee.

Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco on November 27, 1940, while his father, a famous Hong Kong opera singer, was on tour in the United States. The young Lee wasted no time in pursuit of his future stardom – landing his first acting role at the age of 3 months. A few weeks later, Lee and his family returned to Hong Kong.

Lee became a child actor, trained in martial arts, emerged as a talented dancer, wrote poetry, won the Hong Kong cha-cha competition, got into fights at school, joined a street gang, got sent to live with relatives in America, became a dance instructor, started a martial arts school, invented Jeet Kune Do, married his college sweetheart, taught celebrities, had children, got philosophical, mastered personal fitness, became a movie star in Hong Kong, broke box office records, became a movie star in America, died prematurely at age 32, and became a global pop culture icon.

This short book tells the intensely human story of a man who changed the world in a way that no one else could.

中文：

书名：做水吧，我的朋友：李小龙传记

大学出版社带着历史上最引人注目的人物之一李小龙的另一幅简短而迷人的肖像回来了。

李小龙于1940年11月27日出生于旧金山，当时他的父亲是著名的香港歌剧演唱家，当时正在美国巡演。年轻的李安在3个月大的时候就开始了他的第一个演艺生涯，他没有浪费时间去追求他未来的明星地位。几周后，李和他的家人回到了香港。

李小龙成为一名儿童演员，受过武术训练，成为一名才华横溢的舞者，写诗，赢得香港恰恰舞比赛，在学校打架，加入街头帮派，被送到美国和亲戚住在一起，成为一名舞蹈教练，创办了一所武术学校，发明了截拳道，与大学恋人结婚，教名人，生孩子，获得哲学，掌握了个人健康，在香港成为电影明星，打破票房纪录，在美国成为电影明星，32岁过早去世，成为全球流行文化偶像。

这本短书讲述了一个人的故事，他以别人无法比拟的方式改变了世界。