In the history of China, there have been more than 400 emperors, but in the impression of many people, if you want to say that there are few who can fight, perhaps the most impressive ones belong to the Yellow Emperor, The Yan Emperor, and the Xuan You of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors period, of course, this group of people only exists in the legend, there is not much record of the battlefield, Genghis Khan once conquered most of the world, but it is not necessarily how high his martial arts are.
Therefore, in ancient times, the emperor who could do martial arts can be described as a rarity, but it is not nothing, for example, Tang Taizong Li Shimin is likely to be high in martial arts, according to historical records after Li Yuan's uprising, Li Shiming was responsible for commanding the right third army, each time was the first to charge if he would not point out martial arts, he would definitely not have the courage, even if he had this courage, he had already hung up.
There is also Ran Min, the founding emperor of Ran Wei, and the History of the Southern and Northern Dynasties of the Two Jin Dynasties has a record: "Ran Min won hundred battles and victories, and the gods resembled Sun Ce", but Ran Min was known for his bravery, and his martial skills were not necessarily so high. To say that among the emperors of the past, the highest martial artist is none other than this person, he is the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin.
Zhao Kuangyin was born in the second year of the Later Tang Dynasty (March 21, 927) in the Luoyang Jiama Camp, born into a military family, he began to learn martial arts from an early age, although he was already successful in his studies, he did not join the military camp at the beginning, but traveled abroad.
When passing through Xiangyang, Zhao Kuangyin passed by a temple, and it was said that there was an old monk in the temple who was very good at looking, so Zhao Kuangyin went to ask for advice, and when the old monk saw Zhao Kuangyin, he was shocked to come in and frightened Zhao Kuangyin.
Later, the old monk instructed him to march north, so Zhao Kuangyin finally joined the Later Han Privy Counsellor Guo Wei in the first year of Qianyou (948), and in the first year of Guangshun (951), Guo Wei was proclaimed emperor, and Zhao Kuangyin was reused, and baihua Prefecture was deputy commander.
In the first year of Xiande (954), Guo Wei died, and Chai Rong ascended the throne as emperor. Chai Rong strives to govern and devote himself to the great cause of reunification. Zhao Kuangyin was a general under Chai Rong, and before Chai Rong's reign, Zhao Kuangyin had been an official to the inspector Taifu.
After the seven-year-old Emperor Gong of Zhou ascended the throne, Zhao Kuangyin, who was a very popular subject, launched the Chen Qiao Mutiny, and finally the yellow robe was changed to "Jianlong", known in history as the "Northern Song Dynasty", at which time Zhao Kuangyin fulfilled the words of the old monk and became a founding monarch.
In addition to his glorious historical deeds, few people have counted the characteristics of Zhao Kuangyin, in fact, Zhao Kuangyin is still a person with extremely high martial skills.
Although there is no record in history that Zhao Kuangyin defeated the martial arts master one-on-one, Zhao Kuangyin left behind a set of boxing techniques, which are now not only Shaolin stunts, but also one of the "six famous fists" in the Chinese martial arts world.
I believe that many people have heard of the name of this set of boxing techniques, that is, "Song Taizu Thirty-two Long Fists" referred to as "Taizu Long Fist", the "New Book of Ji Xiao" has a record: "Ancient and modern boxers, Song Taizu has thirty-two postures, and there are six-step fists, monkey fists, each of which is different, and the reality is the same." ”
This set of boxing methods was already smelled tomorrow during the Ming Dynasty, and it has the reputation of "the mother of a hundred fists", Qi Jia Quan, Taiji Quan, Hong Dong Tong Back Wrapping Fist and other fist techniques are greatly influenced by "Taizu Long Fist", and the Shaolin Stick Method Interpretation Sect even said: "Yang Jia Gun, Taizu Long Fist, Mianzhang Short Fight, Sun Jia Yin Hand Stick, Shaolin Gun with Stick are the five canonical traditions, Gou can practice and master, with his heart seal, Yu Ke abandoned the broom." Being able to create such a profound martial art was enough to see how high Zhao Kuangyin's attainment in martial arts was.