When Cixi was alive, she was spurned by the world, and the number of people who wanted to assassinate her was innumerable. But she was not attacked in the end, rumored to be because she had an ace bodyguard under her command, known as "Little Meng Taste". He was highly skilled in martial arts, studied all over the world, and finally even created a unique martial art. In addition, this legend also befriended heroic warriors, had a very good reputation, and often gave generously to help those who did not meet.
He is Li Ruidong, the founder of Li Style Taijiquan.
The Li family was born in Shanxi, and the Ming Dynasty moved into Wuqing City. Presumably, you can immediately react when you see this: The Li family must be inseparable from Jinshang. The Li family's herbal medicine business became bigger and bigger, and at that time it was known as the "Li family of herbs". After 10,000 years, it was named "Jishengtang", in addition to the medicinal materials business, grain stores, porcelain goods, etc. are also involved, and gradually become a rich man.
Strong economic backing laid a good foundation for the development of Li Ruidong, at the age of 5 Li Ruidong accepted a private school teacher, but unfortunately it is not the material for reading, and later at the age of 7, he opened up martial arts, and he was out of control. By the time he met The NobleMan Wang Lanting, he had already learned Shaolin and Poke His Feet from various families. Even if his learning was not how to improve when he was young, more than ten years of polishing finally gave Li Ruidong a strong literary temperament. Wen wu double cultivation, Gong Shi Du Wu. It is a rare talent, so it is included in the door, and there are many promotions in front of major masters, such as Yue Qingshan, Hui Hai, etc., and they are not limited to one family, each faction has absorbed, and the four martial arts are widely absorbed. Eventually grew into a generation of martial arts masters.
In the twentieth year of Guangxu, on the sixtieth birthday of Cixi, many major events occurred on this day, some people were bleeding on the bridge, and some people were named "Condor". Li Ruidong and his apprentices, Zai Yi and Li Jinxiu, went to the capital to wish Cixi a happy birthday. Li Ruidong first punched a set of punches, and suddenly the "white crane spread its wings" and flew to the top of the girder of the Summer Palace, and Cixi was called a "condor". With the approval of Cixi, Li Ruidong became more famous from then on, and soon after, he was promoted to the position of Instructor of the Four Pins with a Sword.
Waiting for Cixi to escape and return, everything changed, Zaiyi was also exiled to Xinjiang, and Li Ruidong had to go to Tianjin to hide his name and concentrate on creating boxing techniques. Li-style Taijiquan is here at this time.
People have always heard a saying called "Ten Masters of the Late Qing Dynasty", and Huo Yuanjia was listed among them, and it was powerful. His wind and bones of benevolence and righteousness have always been appreciated by the world. Although Li Ruidong is not on the list, there has always been a legend in the folklore that Huo Yuanjia originally challenged Li Ruidong, and even Li Ruidong's half-step could not be shaken.
It turned out that before Huo Yuanjia became famous, he had been working hard in a small dock, working hard and complaining, and once an unknown foreman bullied Huo Yuanjia's head, and he repeatedly tolerated it, but the other party deceived people too much. In the end, Huo Yuanjia offered an invitation to the contest, and the foreman named Jin Daguan happily agreed, and finally was beaten into a flower very painfully. But he still had a hard mouth, saying that there was a master named Li Ruidong in Tianjin, and you Huo Yuanjia would definitely lose under him. In fact, there is a question here, that is, what is the relationship between Jin Daguan and Li Dongrui? Why did Jin Daguan let Li Dongrui go to Huo Yuanjia? Perhaps his original intention was to let Li Ruidong avenge him, but he overestimated his position, and finally fulfilled the acquaintance of Huo Yuanjia and Li Ruidong, two masters.
However, Huo Yuanjia's personality was very cheerful, and when he heard that there was a hermit gaoren, he immediately came to Li Dongrui's martial arts hall to challenge him. When Li Ruidong heard this, he first asked the other sect, and after learning huo Yuanjia's identity, Li Ruidong welcomed him into the door with great courtesy.
The two harmonious qi discussed the way of the competition, and finally decided on a method that would not hurt the faces of both sides: Li Ruidong stood firmly, Huo Yuanjia kicked Li Ruidong three feet, and if he shook half a point, he would win when Huo Yuanjia won. Huo Yuanjia knew that it was extraordinary as soon as he heard it, and sure enough, the two kicks came out, and Li Ruidong still did not change his face. Huo Yuanjia knew that the reason why Li Ruidong proposed to use this kind of competition method was to sell himself a love face. If he kicks a third kick, he will officially try to be a male and female. Moreover, in terms of the previous two feet, Li Ruidong's internal strength was extremely extraordinary. Huo Yuanjia thought about this, so he also accepted his hand, bowed deeply to Li Ruidong and went out.
This story can be described as quite legendary, and whether it is true or not, it shows the humble demeanor between the heroes.
Li Ruidong's life does not have too many magnificent legends, and most of the time he devotes himself to the study of martial arts and teaching his disciples. Before his mentor Wang Lanting left home, he once gave Li Ruidong a letter and asked him to open it ten years later. Li Ruidong did as he was told, and ten years later he opened the letter and found that it was a painting, but when he tried to find Wang Lanting according to Tu Suoji, he found the second clue, that is, the appointment map had already been bitten by insects and was difficult to read. Li Ruidong was greatly sorry, and simply went up the mountain to search around for Wang Lanting, but he never saw him. According to the descendants of the Li family, Li Ruidong has gone up the mountain many times in his life to look for traces of his mentor, but he has never been able to see him again, and the ten-year covenant has become a farewell.
In his later years, Li Ruidong and his friends founded the "Wude Society" and made outstanding contributions to the spread of Chinese martial arts. Looking at his life, he can also be called a generation of heroes!