Chapter 68, The Inheritance of China

Jiang Qiang has returned home, at this time his mother has already prepared a meal, Jiang Qiang and the family after eating, and Tingting and a few sisters said, you practice hard these days, when the time comes, I will take you to visit those martial arts seniors, Tingting said, is it true, Jiang Qiang said, our Chinese martial arts are broad and profound, what we learn is fur. When the time comes, I will take you to see what is called the real martial arts, Chinese martial arts are generally healthy, so most people rarely show up, because this era does not allow it, and the Nanjing government does not support it, so this depends on our Hongkou luck, I hope they can come.

Shanghai is still in a hurry, one by one like a machine every day repeating the same process, today Tang Juwu took ten high-ranking officials to Shanghai's sixteen shop wharf to personally greet the first batch of martial arts people, at this time I saw our country's cruise ship Qingdao cruise ship slowly approaching the wharf, at this time Gong Baotian asked his apprentice to say, is there a high-ranking official to visit Shanghai today, why so many officials greeted. The apprentice said, why don't I go and ask those who are soldiers, well, after a while, the apprentice comes back and says, the master is General Tang Juwu who came to greet you in person, master, those who are soldiers said that it is true that all the most important officials in Shanghai are there, master, why is your face so big. Ha ha. Gong Baotian said, you won't hear it wrong, the apprentice said, it must be right, he really came to greet the master.

Gong Baotian said that these people are really not simple, Gong Baotian, a native of Rushan, Shandong. Boxer at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the last chief of the internal guards of the Qing court. Gong Baotian was summoned to the palace, served as the head of the guard, added the four-rank sword guard, successively served as the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Guangxu Emperor's close guard, and the last chief of the internal guard of the Qing court. During the Gengzi period, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded China, the palace was given a yellow coat because of its effective protection, and Gong Baotian often sent rice to the palace when he was a child, and was able to meet Dong Haichuan (the head of the Qing court, the ancestor of the gossip wandering body) proud disciple Yin Fu. Yin Fujing observed and studied many times, and decided that Baotian was a rare talent for practicing Baguazhang, so he accepted him as a disciple. In this way, at the age of 23, Baotian has entered the hall and practiced excellent kung fu, especially light skills, which can be called exquisite, and is known as "palace monkey".

Gong Baotian was a child in a private school, because of the poor family background, at the age of 13 was introduced to Beijing Yuan Henry Rice House (rice line) apprentice, the other party boss is Huangqi dragon ticket, the rice for the palace to eat. Gong Baotian often sent rice to the palace, and was able to meet the proud disciple Yin Fu (the word Xiupeng) of Dong Haichuan (the ancestor of the Bagua Wandering Body) who was in the palace nursing home. Yin Fu observed and studied many times, and decided that Baotian was a rare talent who practiced Baguazhang, so he led Baotian to meet his teacher Dong Haichuan. This is the first time Gong Baotian has visited his ancestor Dong Haichuan, Dong Haichuan held his hand and looked it up and down, and said repeatedly: "Rare, rare!" repeatedly told Yin Fu to cultivate with intention. Since then, Gong Baotian resigned from his errand in the rice industry, performed the apprenticeship ceremony, and became Yin Fu's apprentice. Yin Fu took care of Gong Baotian's life meticulously, and in terms of practice, he was required to start from the basic skills in a down-to-earth manner, and every move and style was taught by Master Yin, repeatedly corrected, and practiced thousands of times. It is said that Master Yin has to give Baotian a wooden bowl every day, and the sweat drips are not enough to the wooden bowl, and the practice cannot be stopped. Baotian has many uncles, and they are moved by the young man's intelligence and perseverance, and they are willing to teach him their tricks. Five years later, because of his diligent study and hard practice, his martial arts grew rapidly, and he was photographed by Dong Haichuan, and he personally taught the Bagua Secret Sect and Bagua Boxing Spectrum, becoming the second generation of authentic Bagua Youlian Zhang. In this way, at the age of twenty-three, Baotian had already entered the hall and practiced a good kung fu, especially light skills, which can be called exquisite, and is known as the "palace monkey".

In 1905, Gong Baotian, who saw clearly the corruption and incompetence of the Qing court and was disheartened by fame and fortune, said that he was sick and resigned, and returned to his hometown after more than 20 years of absence. He has been in the township for 17 years, and he has lived in a simple place. Later, at the request of the villagers, in the village and Haiyang Guocheng area, teach Baguazhang introductory kung fu, and there is an endless stream of people who come to apprentice and seek art. In 1922, the Northeast warlord Zhang Zuolin invited Gong Baotian to serve as a martial arts instructor of the Fengjun, and actually made Gong Baotian his bodyguard. When they first met, Zhang saw that he was thin and small, and his appearance was not outstanding, and he suspected that his martial arts were fraudulent. He saw through Zhang Zhi's thoughts, and was willing to compete with him, so he retreated twenty steps away and asked Zhang to shoot him. Zhang Zuolin, who is known as a 100-step marksman, fired two shots in a row, but both missed, and when he was about to look for another shot, he heard Gong Baotian say behind his back: "If I want the life of the big handsome, I'm afraid I don't need the big man to turn his head." Zhang admired him so much that he was appointed as the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces and the chief coach of the Fengjun. Under Zhang Zuolin's account, he protected Zhang Zuolin many times in the incidents created by the Japanese. In the spring of 1928, Gong Baotian was ordered to stay in Beiping to guard Zhang Xueliang. In 1928, in the Huanggutun incident, Zhang Zuolin was killed by the Japanese, and Gong Baotian, who did not accompany him, was very sad after hearing the news, and then when Zhang Xueliang withdrew his troops and marched westward, he resigned and returned to his hometown for the second time.

What I didn't expect was that the overseas famous Tang Juwu General came to greet him personally, and the apprentice at this time also stepped forward to sort out the outfit for the master, and the boat docked for a while, at this time, the Tang Juwu General did not set up a protective guard, or wore a Tang suit, where was he and District Chief Cao, Gao Qiming, and Luo Tiangang, they were waiting for the last row of martial arts people, at this time, the reporter seemed to feel that the opportunity had arrived, and immediately gathered around to see that it was really General Tang Juwu, as if he was waiting for someone.

Those reporters didn't wait there like this, this is big news, and there are a lot of bonuses for going back this time, those reporters can't help but be secretly proud, and there will be more than 50 representatives of martial arts to get off the boat at this time, General Tang Juwu stepped forward, and asked loudly, but Master Gong Baotian in front, Gong Baotian can't pull up the shelf, and walk forward quickly, isn't it Gong Baotian, Master Gong, hello, I'm Tang Juwu, welcome to Shanghai, welcome, take Gong Baotian's hand at this time, Say goodbye to old friends for many years, Gong Baotian said, thank you General Tang, what I didn't expect is that General Tang also came to pick up the old man in person, ashamed, please, at this time Tang Juwu said, Master Gong, this is our Hongkou District Mayor Cao District Mayor, this is Luo Tiangang, Director of the Land Bureau, this is Director Gao Qiming, Gong Baotian said, there is a little girl, fortunately, at this time, a little girl came over, and she didn't recognize her life and called, Uncle Tang, I am the apprentice of Li Xian of Yanzimen called Li Yunxin, at this time Tang Juwu walked over and said, Yanzimen in Jinan, Your grandfather is Yanzi Li San, Li Yunxin was very excited at this time, Tang Juwu said, you are also an orphan, so since you called me uncle, I also have to have a little expression as an uncle, otherwise this palace master will definitely laugh at me when he goes back, at this time he took off the watch in his hand, and took 5,000 yuan with the guard, took Li Yunxin's hand and said, this is a little bit of an uncle's heart, don't shirk, I know your sect, your master Li Xian Master Li is in the rivers and lakes and cares about the country, The Shimen incident shows Master Li's open-mindedness. As Fan Zhongyan said, the height of the temple is worried about the people, and the distance of the rivers and lakes is worried about the king. It is a worry about advancing and a worry about retreating. It can be called a generation of heroes.

At this time, Gong Baotian heard General Tang Juwu comment on a martial arts person, which was something he never expected, so he said to Li Yunxin, you just accept it, your master is also a great person, and Li Yunxin's tears flowed down at this time. Tang Juwu said, this is not like our Mulan, remember that there is an Uncle Tang in Shanghai here, take it, at this time all the martial arts people are extremely excited, Li Yunxin is embarrassed at this time, she is just a little naughty, she called Uncle with Tang Juwu's gift, Tang Juwu said to Gong Baotian, please.

At this time, after the two buses sent more than 50 people to the gymnasium, Tang Juwu said at this time, this is a community in the gymnasium, which can live more than 800 people, this has security guards, where is the canteen, and the front is the training place and the place for the competition. Master Gong, you will pick one or two to live with you, Tang Juwu at this time can be said to be caring, and then said to Yun Xin, Yun Xin, you and your senior brother live in this villa, which is also three floors, that is, it is a little smaller, Li Yunxin said, thank you, uncle, the others are accompanied by the staff to live in the room, General Tang Juwu said, Master Gong will pick up the wind and wash the dust for you tomorrow, and there is still a little thing to deal with today, Gong Baotian said, thank you General Tang for your meticulous arrangement, thank you.

Tang Juwu and the government staff are gone, Gong Baotian said, I didn't expect their arrangements to be so meticulous, they are all done, these people are not simple, at this time, Li Yunxin walked into the villa where he lived and was simply frightened, wow, the two senior brothers immediately came over and asked, what is wrong with the junior sister, senior brother, you see that this is too luxurious, you see there is also a radio, this also has a kitchen, the windows here are glass, wow, it is too luxurious, there is a small courtyard here, I like it so much, really, Li Yunlong was also surprised, what he didn't expect was that his little junior sister was just naughty, and he didn't expect that General Tang really treated his little junior sister as his niece.

This time the swallow gate is out of the limelight, I didn't expect to have such treatment, Li Yunxin is looking for his own room, Li Yunfei, not a few days Tang Juwu and the palace master went to the dock to meet the Wing Chun heir from Foshan Ip Man, the traditional "poor and rich martial arts", martial arts must be taught by words and deeds, and a famous teacher will bring out at most several children in his life. According to Liang Ting, the tuition fee for Ip Man to study Wing Chun under Chan Wah Shun was 12 taels of gold. Generally, the master educates the children from the shelf to the artistic conception of a or a set of movements, before teaching the mind, this "mind" contains a summary of the action and the core points of the prompt, a complete set of martial arts from top to bottom from the outside to the inside, the practice process is shallow ten years and eight years, deep is thirty or fifty years, for the constant. Often a set of near-perfect martial arts must be supported and inherited by several generations or even more than a dozen generations before it can be achieved, and Ip Man, as a child of an old-style family, can be inherited. Later, when he was exiled to Hong Kong, he received disciples from all walks of life, from the gentry to the common people, and in order to adapt to and benefit everyone, he adopted the original broad and profound "mental methods" (such as the double dragon playing with pearls, the dragon swinging its tail, the white crane flashing its wings, the hungry tiger catching the sheep, and the swallow pumping water...... It was dismantled and changed into simple and popular action names, such as stall, palm, shoulder, volt, slash, hammer, etc., so that Wing Chun was in the most simple and easy-to-understand way.

However, Ip Man teaches boxing, has its language limitations, Ip Man himself is a native of Nanhai (Nanhai County), and his Cantonese is Tuyueyin, and he has difficulties in language communication with Chaozhou Yin, so "even Chaozhou people do not teach". Ip Man adheres to traditional thinking and teaches people not simply to pursue fame and fortune; Those who teach must do their best to make it transparent so that they can practice. Even so, Ip Man still adheres to the gradual process of "teaching boxing, horses, and walking" in Hong Kong, and each stage can be as simple as three to five years, ten years and eight years, or even for life. In addition, many of Ip Man's early children received modern higher education, and they used modern educational ideas and language to gradually spread Wing Chun. When Ip Man was young, he often studied with his second senior brother Ng Chung Su, and Ng Chung Su instructed him on his Wing Chun boxing techniques, and the intelligent Ip Man did not disappoint his senior brother, and his martial arts skills increased greatly in a few years. To say why Ip Man chose Wing Chun is like a choice in the dark. There is a saying in Wing Chun boxing, that is, the Wing Chun boxing method is created by women, not at all like the domineering of Hung Boxing, the femininity of Bagua Boxing, this kind of boxing method is close combat, with stalls, palms, volts, hammers and other techniques, to fight for elimination, even elimination with fighting.

At this time, Shanghai can be said to be one of the best cities in the world, in addition to Washington in the United States, and London in the United Kingdom, Berlin in Germany, that is, Shanghai is the largest, at this time Ip Man was also surprised, I didn't expect Shanghai at this time to be so prosperous, and I didn't expect that General Tang Juwu would personally come to greet him, at this time Ip Man was just a martial artist, and then he also lived in that community, or Wudang's Songbai led the ten junior disciples, the disciples of the Shaolin faction, At this time, Shaolin had already burned Shi Yousan.

Other celebrities in the martial arts world who came to Shanghai were Zhang Sanjia, the martial champion in the twenty-fourth year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1898), and the last martial champion in the history of China's imperial examinations. Since childhood, he has learned a lot of tricks due to the influence of his parents, and his long martial arts have become more and more refined, whether it is a gun, a knife, a sword, a halberd, a bow and arrow, a soft whip, etc., each has its own unique characteristics, especially the big knife dance is known in the township.

Han Muxia, a master of Xingyi Quan and Baguazhang, has successively practiced martial arts with nine masters such as Zhang Zhankui and Ying Wentian, and has compiled hundreds of schools of thought and is unique. Han Muxia is the head of a hundred schools of thought, and has been passed down by nine famous teachers, deliberately innovating on the basis of inheritance, combining Xingyi and gossip; It also integrates the north and south gossip palms, integrates them, is unique, and the art is superior. Beijing, Tianjin and the northeastern provinces competed to hire and teach arts, and became busy people. Some other martial arts masters also rushed to come to apprentice. For a time, Han Muxia's martial arts hall was full of people. Behind Han Muxia is a daughter Han Xiaoxia and a son Han Shaoxia.

Guo Yunshen, known as Yusheng, was a martial arts master in the last years of the Qing Dynasty. Guo Yunshen practiced boxing at an early age, and later worshiped Mr. Nengran as a teacher, practicing day and night for decades, and won the essence of Xingyi boxing. Guo Yunshen later practiced the stunt half-step collapse boxing, and was known for "half-step collapse boxing all over the world". Guo Yunshen was very prestigious in the martial arts world at that time. His boxing practice is as quiet as Mount Tai and moves like a bird. In case of unforeseen things, as long as you hear and see, no matter how fast the opponent's fist stick is, you can avoid it. Once Guo Yunshen wanted to try his kung fu, let the five strong men each hold a wooden stick, one end of which was against Guo Yunshen's abdomen, Guo Yunshen turned his waist and knocked the five people out of the way. He has systematically studied and summarized the theory of Xingyiquan, and his posthumous work includes the book "Can Say Xingyiquan Sutra".

Du Xinwu, known as the hero of the north and south, is a famous martial artist in modern China. He is the sole disciple of Xu Dwarf, the originator of the Natural Gate, and the second generation of the head of the Natural Gate. Later, he joined the League and began his revolutionary career. He was engaged in the reform movement and served as Sun Yat-sen's bodyguard. He once studied in Japan, and during his stay in Japan, he competed with the famous Japanese sumo master Ichiro Saito in Hibiya Park and won the championship of the judo competition, so he became famous.

Sun Lutang's old family inheritance includes Mr. Sun Cunzhou and Mr. Sun Jianyun; Mr. Sun Cunzhou has Mr. Sun Shurong, Sun Wanrong, and Mr. Sun Baoheng; Mr. Sun Baoheng passed on Mr. Sun Yu, Sun Hao, and Mr. Sun Yi. Sun Lutang's name is Fuquan, the word Lutang, the evening name Hanzhai, alias Live Monkey, a native of Beiguan, Shunping County, Hebei Province, the founder of Sun-style Taijiquan and Sunmen Martial Arts, and a famous martial artist in modern China. In modern martial arts, it is known as the martial saint, the martial god, the all-rounder, the tiger head Shaobao, and the first hand in the world.

Xu Shichang, the governor of the three eastern provinces, heard of Sun Lutang's martial arts for a long time, so he hired him as a guest and went to the northeast with him, and Sun returned to Beijing with Xu in 1909. In 1912, Sun Lutang met Hao Weizhen, a famous Tai Chi master, in Beijing. Hao passed on his experience of Taijiquan to Sun Lutang. At this time, Sun Lutang's martial arts were outstanding, his morality was highly respected, and his reputation was full of the capital. In 1918, Sun Lutang finally combined the three schools into one furnace, integrated the old and the new, and founded Sun's Taijiquan, which became a family of its own. In the same year, Xu Shichang invited Sun Lutang to enter the presidential palace and serve as a military propaganda official. In March 1928, the Nanjing Central Guoshu Museum was established, and Sun was hired as the director of the Wudang Gate of the museum, and in July, he was hired as the deputy director and dean of the Jiangsu Provincial Guoshu Museum. Sun Lutang in his later years, when the great powers were waiting, the national strength was declining, and the national danger was becoming more and more serious, in the face of foreign insults, Sun Dayi was awe-inspiring, when he was nearly half a hundred years old, he had stunned the famous Russian martial artist Petrov, when he was over the age of sixties, he defeated the Japanese emperor and ordered the great samurai Itagaki Kazuo, and in the ancient years, he defeated the joint challenge of Japan's five technical masters in one fell swoop, so he is worthy of the reputation of the tiger head and the first hand in the world in the martial arts.

Mr. has been teaching boxing all his life and has traveled all over the country. At the age of seventy, he was hired as the head of the Wudang Gate of the Central Guoshu Museum, and later the dean of the Jiangsu Guoshu Museum. His disciples are more famous such as Jin Yunting, Li Runru, Chen Weiming, Sha Guozheng, etc., his descendants Cunzhou, and his daughter Jianyun can also pass on his father's business. Mr. has many disciples in his life, all over the world and abroad, and his youngest daughter, Ms. Sun Jianyun, is the former president of Sun's Taijiquan Research Association and the second-generation head of Sun's Taijiquan. From 1915 to 1932, in addition to writing "Taijiquan", Sun Lutang also wrote important monographs and articles such as "Xingyi Boxing", "Bagua Zhangxue", "Boxing Yishuzhen", "Bagua Sword Science", and "On the Difference between Inner and Outer Families in Boxing". He died in the winter of 1933 at the age of 73.

There are also Li Chuanwen's descendants Li Dongtang, Li Caotang, Li Yitang all went to Shanghai, Li Shuwen (1862-1934), the word Tongchen, a native of Nanliang Village, southeast of Cangzhou, known for his spear, nicknamed "Divine Spear Li Shuwen", was the third ranked martial arts master in the country at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. In 1895, Yuan Shikai was training at a small station in the southern suburbs of Tianjin, and Li Shuwen's master Huang Sihai recommended him to serve in the army. Taro Ito, the Japanese instructor beside Yuan Shikai, said with contempt that Li Shuwen was a "big sick man in East Asia"! In a fit of rage, Li Shuwen and Taro Ito had a duel in the martial arts hall. Li Shuwen shook the big gun, broke the knife in Taro Ito's hand, and then took advantage of the situation to shoot "loaches and flowers", piercing Ito's throat, and with a big gun, throwing his body outside the martial arts hall. The other three Japanese instructors present Akino, Inoue, and Noda pounced together. Li Shuwen shook the big gun, stabbed left and right, flipped up and down, and where the gun hit, flesh and blood flew sideways. Within a few rounds, these Japanese instructors were stabbed to death by Li Shuwen's big gun. In 1910, the Russian boxing champion Malotov came to China, set up a ring in Beiping, and openly insulted our Chinese sons and daughters. Malotov saw that Li Shuwen, who came to the stage to fight, was thin and withered, and spat contemptuously. Li Shuwen was furious and threw a punch with a thunderous momentum, and Malotov's ribs were immediately broken and he staggered out of the ring.

Most of the martial arts masters of this period practiced kung fu for decades and mastered the essence of traditional Chinese martial arts. In the face of foreign invasion, bravely stand up to serve the country, this is the real hero; As Sima Qian wrote: The great man of chivalry is for the country and the people! This is the inheritance of our Chinese millennium.