I just watched Hero and wanted to see how many Zhang Ziyi movies I had. To my surprise, I only had Hero and Memoirs of a Geisha, when I could have sworn she was in Rush Hour 2, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and House of Flying Daggers. It seems there is much disagreement as to what her name is. It could also be Ziyi Zhang. CLT shows about a 50/50 split. I know many Chinese actors are in this predicament. Which way is correct?

You're missing the point. I'm asking what the common name should be as the split is roughly 50/50 and a few of the ones in the DB are certainly wrong.

I agree ther are numerous entries which are without a doubt WRONG. Until they are fixed per the Rules, a reliable result cannot be achieved. The Rules tell everyone how to enter the data AND where to obtain said data. There are users who are not following the rules on either count, and this is why i say a simple association as opposed top something wholly dependent on user inputted data is a bad approach.

Were I a betting man, and I am not, i would bet that most likely the most common entry in reality would be Zhang Zyi.

You know the old saying, Ace...GIGO. Some users are not following the Rules and they are inputting garbage data accordiing to their bias, regardless of what the Rules say to do and they have some interesting ways to rationalize this behavior, the end result is GO.

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Remember , Tim, I am not a betting man.

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Zhang = family name
Ziyi = given name

Zhang Ziyi is understood by the program as Zhang ZIYI, though the real name is ZHANG Ziyi (problem with all asian names).
So we have people who enter her name as Ziyi Zhang, so that the program understands Ziyi ZHANG, and sorts this name correctly.

There is an easy way to make all people happy, adding a tick box in name field, but this request was sabotaged by the most vocal users of this forum.

Quoting sugarjoe:

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IMHO no need to use CLT with ASIAN names or only locally.

Huh?! There is, of course, definitely a need to use the "credited as" feature for Asian names, just as there is for any other name. Whenever the person's credited with a different name variant than the "most-credited" form, then you use "credited as". That stays the same no matter how bad the program deals with Asian names.

She went by Zhang Ziyi but relatively recently she's started to use Ziyi Zhang, presumably because she didn't like to be called Zhang when Ziyi (or Zi Yi) is her "first" name in Chinese.

Current CLT results:

"Zhang Ziyi" is credited in 55 titles (214 profiles)
"Zhang Zi Yi" is credited in 1 titles (2 profiles)
"Zhang Zi-Yi" is credited in 1 titles (1 profiles)

"Ziyi Zhang" is credited in 53 titles (248 profiles)
"Zi Yi Zhang" is credited in 1 titles (1 profiles)

Filmography according to IMDb: (only 20 titles)

Waiting (2009/I) (in production) .... Wu manna
Sophie's Revenge (2009) (post-production) .... Sufei
The Horsemen (2009) .... Kristen
... aka Horsemen (USA: poster title)
Mei Lanfang (2008) .... Meng Xiaodong
... aka Forever Enthralled (International: English title)
TMNT (2007) (voice) .... Karai
... aka Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (USA: long title)
Ye yan (2006) .... Empress Wan
... aka Legend of the Black Scorpion (USA: DVD title)
... aka The Banquet (International: English title)
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) .... Sayuri
Operetta tanuki goten (2005) .... Tanukihime
... aka Princess Raccoon (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title) (UK)
Mo li hua kai (2004) .... Young Mo / young Li / young Hua
... aka Blossoming Jasmine (literal English title)
... aka Jasmine Flower (International: English title)
... aka Jasmine Women (International: English title)
2046 (2004) .... Bai Ling
... aka 2046 - Der ultimative Liebesfilm (Germany)
Shi mian mai fu (2004) (as Zhang Ziyi) .... Xiao Mei
... aka Attack from Ten Directions (International: English title: literal title)
... aka House of Flying Daggers (International: English title)
Jopog manura 2: Dolaon jeonseol (2003) (as Zhang Ziyi) .... The Triad Boss
... aka My Wife Is a Gangster 2 (International: English title)
Zi hudie (2003) (as Zhang Ziyi) .... Cynthia / Ding Hui
... aka Purple Butterfly (International: English title)
Ying xiong (2002) (as Zhang Ziyi) .... Moon
... aka Hero (UK) (USA)
... aka Jet Li's Hero (USA)
... aka Quentin Tarantino Presents Hero (USA: promotional title)
... aka Ying hung (China: Cantonese title)
Musa (2001) (as Zhang Ziyi) .... Princess Bu-yong
... aka Musa the Warrior (Canada: English title)
... aka The Warrior (UK)
... aka The Warriors (informal English title)
... aka Wu shi (China: Mandarin title)
Shu shan zheng zhuan (2001) (as Zhang Ziyi) .... Joy
... aka The Legend of Zu (Hong Kong: English title)
... aka Zu Warriors (USA)
Rush Hour 2 (2001) (as Zhang Ziyi) .... Hu Li
Wo hu cang long (2000) (as Zhang Ziyi) .... Jen Yu (Mandarin version) / Jiao Long (English dubbed version)
... aka Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
... aka Ngo foo chong lung (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
... aka Wo hu cang long (China: Mandarin title)
Wo de fu qin mu qin (1999) (as Zhang Ziyi) .... Zhao Di, Young
... aka The Road Home (International: English title) (USA: DVD title)
... aka My Father and Mother (literal English title)
Xing xing dian deng (1996) (TV) (as Zhang Ziyi) .... Chen Wei

Quoting Unicus69:

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I think sugar Joe means we should not use the CLT just to reverse the name.  In other words, if she is always credited as 'Zhang Ziyi', we enter her as 'Zhang/ /Ziyi'.  We do not create 'Ziyi/ /Zhang (Zhang Ziyi).

No argument there, of course.