When it comes to Wu Zhuangyuan, most of us immediately think of the movie "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qi'er", in which light gong, drunken fist, and eighteen palms of the dragon are shocking. However, most of the martial arts in the movie are made of special effects, which are not available in reality, and Wu Zhuangyuan is not as powerful as the movie says. In reality,
What did the ancient Wu Zhuangyuan learn? How good are they?
Like the liberal arts, Wuke is divided into four levels: the children's examination, the township examination, the meeting examination, and the temple examination.
1: The child examination is conducted in the county and the government, and the winner of the examination is Wu Xiucai.
Second: The township examination is conducted in the provincial city, and the winner of the examination is a martial artist.
Three: The examination will be conducted in the capital, and the winner of the examination is a martial artist.
Fourth: Temple examination, after the examination has obtained the qualification of martial arts, and then through the temple examination to divide the grades, a total of three grades, called "three first".
The first is the top three, the first is Wu Zhuangyuan; the second is Wu Bangyan; and the third is Wu Tanhua.
The first three were called "Dingjia" and were qualified as "Zhiwu Di and Di". There are more than ten people in the second class, who have obtained the qualification of "giving martial arts to the military". Those below the second division are the third class, and they are "granted the qualification of the same martial arts scholar"
The temple examination is generally presided over by the emperor himself, the examination process is very strict, the results are naturally relatively fair, and there is almost no cheating. After the results of the examination are announced, they will be roll-called in the main hall and a list will be hung outside the city gate. Then special personnel escorted Wu Zhuangyuan back to his hometown to show off the emperor's grace. The next day, a "meeting trial banquet" was held at the military headquarters, and Wu Zhuangyuan's armor, waist knife, etc., and the two grades of silver were given to the soldiers. The difference in rank A is very large, and the same is a martial arts soldier, but the rank and honor of the first, second, and third grades are very different. Wu Zhuangyuan is naturally eye-catching, and within three days after ascending, he can wear red and hang colors and go to the streets to praise officials, which can be described as full of scenery. And those who pass the examination for the wu zhuangyuan can immediately become the military generals of the DPRK and be awarded the official position of authenticity. Compared with the other ones, two or three who are not champions, it is more prosaic, because people often only recognize and remember the first place.
The martial arts system was first established in the second year of Wu Zetian's Chang'an (702).
In the Tang Dynasty, as the early days of martial arts, the system was not yet perfect.
In the Tang Dynasty, martial arts mainly examined techniques such as weightlifting, riding archery, rifle shooting, and horse guns; in addition, there were also requirements for the appearance of candidates, requiring "majestic torso". In the Song Dynasty, it was stipulated that martial arts should not only have force, but also have strategies, understand the art of war, and so on. In the Ming Dynasty, it was changed to "first with strategy, followed by martial arts", and if you fail in the written test of answering the strategy, you cannot refer to the martial arts test. It can be seen that the initial martial arts are biased towards the side of the martial arts.
From the beginning of the Song Dynasty to the future, martial arts are required to be both literate and martial, so those who take the exam need to be promoted from two aspects, and all those who obtain wu zhuangyuan are the best in both culture and martial arts.
In the history of our country, there are many famous generals and ministers from wuzhuangyuan. They all have something too ordinary about people. For example
The first Wu Zhuangyuan in history, with half a thousand members
, the character Rong Period, Tang Dynasty Qi Prefecture Quanjie people. At the beginning of the Tang Xianheng period, Lianzhong eight disciplines were held up and became the head of the liberal arts. He was awarded the post of Lieutenant of Wuzhi County. During the Reign of the Emperor (685-688), he served as a left guard to join the army and serve as an envoy to Comfort Tubo. In the second year of Chang'an (702 AD), Wu Zetian officially opened a martial arts to select military generals. Yuan Banqian signed up again, thus becoming the first Wu Zhuangyuan in history. After Emperor Ruizong ascended the throne, he enlisted the title of Crown Prince Right Counselor, concurrently a scholar of Chongwenguan, a doctor of Jiayin Qingguanglu, and a duke of Pingyuan County. He resigned in his later years. He died in the second year of the new century (714) at the age of 94. After death, the people wept in the wild. This historical first wu zhuangyuan can be described as both literary and martial, that is, able to write, but also good at martial arts. He contributed to the politics, military, and culture of the time.
Then there is the more popular Tang Dynasty general - Wu Zhuangyuan Guo Ziyi.
Because of his martial arts achievements, Guo Ziyi initially served as the left guard changshi. After the Outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, Ren Shuofang was an envoy to recover Hebei and Hedong and was promoted to Bingbu Shangshu and Tongping Zhangshi. In the second year of De (757), he assisted Li Yu (李俶), the King of Guangping (also known as Li Yu of the Tang Dynasty), to recover Liangjing, move Situ, and make him the Duke of Guo. In the first year of the Qianyuan Dynasty (758), baizhong shuling. In May of the second year of Qianyuan (759), he assumed the responsibility for the defeat of the Xiangzhou army and was dismissed from his post. At the beginning of the first year of Baoying (762), after the Hedong Mutiny, he was made the King of Fenyang, raised an army to quell the rebellion, and later relieved his military power.
In the winter of the first year of Guangde (763), after Tubo attacked Chang'an, he was ordered to dispatch troops to expel the Tubo enemy army. In the second year of Guangde (764), when the servant Gu Huai'en led the Tubo and Hui hui to invade, one person persuaded the Hui to join forces to break the Tubo. In the second year of Jianzhong (781), he died at the age of eighty-five, and was posthumously given the title of Taishi (太師), with the title of Zhongwu (忠武), accompanied by the temple court of Emperor Daizong, and was buried with Jianling. This Wu Zhuangyuan was infinitely beautiful, with countless military achievements in his lifetime, quelling the chaos of Anshi, recovering lost land, and expelling foreign enemies. After his death, he also has a temple and is buried with the imperial tomb. It can be seen how high his status is.
Above, Hebei Zizi "Hitting the Golden Branch", Tang Dynasty Emperor and Guo Ziyi
There are many other such figures in history. For example, Zhu Huchen, the youngest but highly skilled martial artist, Xu Tai, the Wuzhuangyuan who was adopted as a son by Emperor Mingwuzong, and Zhang Yujing, a Wuzhuangyuan who was born as a woman. They are all remembered by history. There are also many Zhongwu Zhuangyuan who are not famous, or are not recorded, and some are forgotten by history. They have no talent.
In general, the historical Wu Zhuangyuan were all born through martial arts, and they had extraordinary talents. Especially in martial arts, archery and riding skills are all proficient. At the same time, it is necessary to master cultural knowledge. However, they also need to endure the real battlefield to show their talents, otherwise they are just ordinary people with developed limbs. Those who can really exert their true strength in the battlefield, command a large army, resist foreign enemies, and defend the country are the most powerful.