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The silver saddle shines on the white horse and sprinkles like a shooting star. Ten steps to kill a person, a thousand miles do not stay. The thing is whisked away, and the merit and name are hidden deeply.
This is from Li Bai's "Chivalrous Journey", which depicts the scene of martial arts masters navigating the enemy line with ease.
In Traditional Chinese Culture, there are martial arts that can make people different from ordinary people. Although many martial arts in modern times have been lost, which makes many people not believe that there is such a miraculous martial art, the modern martial arts stars Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee prove that there were incredible martial arts in China's past era.
In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, under the Qing court run by Empress Dowager Cixi, the country was becoming more and more decaying, and she also hired three martial arts masters to protect her safety because of the turmoil of the times. These three bodyguards of Cixi explain what a true master is,
Even now, he is a first-class kung fu master.
1. Gongjia Bagua Palm
Zhou Yi and Bagua represent the most traditional culture in China, and Gong Baotian's life also practiced traditional Chinese virtues.
Gong Baotian was born in a small village in Shandong, and since he was a child, because his family was poor, he could only go to the rice shop as an apprentice to deliver rice to people. Because he often sent rice to the palace, he met Yin Fu, the palace guard at that time, Yin Fu was a disciple of Dong Haichuan, a generation of martial arts scholars, and he introduced his master to Gong Baotian.
The master thought that he was a good seedling for practicing martial arts, so he personally taught him carefully and
Taught their housekeeper's skill, the Bagua Palm.
In a fortuitous coincidence, Prince Su saw the scene of Gong Baotian using light work to deliver water, and he couldn't help but be amazed, and began to reuse him, recommending him to serve in the palace.
In the palace, Gong Baotian impressed everyone with his superb martial arts, was named the leader of the guards, and was also called "Palace Monkey" because of his light feats.
When the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China in 1900, Gong Baotian was also ordered to protect Cixi and Guangxu from fleeing west, and he was also given a yellow coat for his meritorious escort. Although Miyakata is highly valued in the eyes of the nobles in the palace, it is
He was not accustomed to the corruption of the imperial court
When the people were displaced, they took the initiative to resign and return to their hometowns.
At that time, he also heard that the warlord Zhang Zuolin in the northeast took the initiative to resist the Japanese and was openly recruiting troops, so Gong Baotian took the initiative to participate in the selection. During the selection process, Zhang Zuolin questioned Gong Baotian's ability, so Gong Baotian asked Zhang Zuolin to hit him 20 steps away with the gun in his hand.
As a result, he dodged Zhang Zuolin's two bullets in a row with his strange movement speed, and then stood behind Zhang Zuolin when he wanted to fire a third shot.
Zhang Zuolin was also completely impressed by him,
Think of him as your personal bodyguard. Unfortunately, people are not as good as heaven, and Zhang Zuolin still died of bombs. Gong Baotian also felt guilty after experiencing this incident, took the initiative to return to his hometown, and finally died at home due to illness.
2. Li Jia Tai Chi
The Shaolin Temple represents the pinnacle of Chinese martial arts and is where many martial arts practitioners come out of here.
The second master's name is called
Li Ruidong
He began to learn martial arts since he was a child, and once spent some time in the Shaolin Temple, proficient in various kung fu, and the best one was tai chi.
On her sixtieth birthday, Empress Dowager Cixi performed a cornice walk for everyone, because the internal force was too great and even shattered the green bricks in the palace. Empress Dowager Cixi did not treat him badly, and made him a bodyguard with a sword.
When the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded, he fought with the foreigners with his own kung fu, dodging bullets with one hand, and killed several British soldiers, and even when the foreigners' military dogs bit his feet, he used his own internal strength to shatter the internal organs of the vicious dogs.
He did not stay with Empress Dowager Cixi all his life, and he also exchanged ideas with many martial artists and defeated well-known martial artists such as Huo Yuanjia. After he resigned, he did not choose to go into hiding, but rather
A martial arts club was founded to cultivate martial arts talents
, pass on your own kung fu.
3. Zhang Jiawu Zhuangyuan
The name of the last master of the guards was
ZHANG Shujin,
Unlike the two previous masters from the folk, he was the last Wu Zhuangyuan of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the examination of Wu Zhuangyuan had to go through the general selection of the ring, and the selection scope was national, so this Wu Zhuangyuan also had a certain gold content.
He had great strength, he could easily lift nearly 300 pounds of stones, and played with a good sword, so in the selection of Wu Zhuangyuan, Empress Dowager Cixi immediately took a fancy to him and appointed him as the Great Inner Guard. Later, when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, Cixi fled, and the guards around him had him. On the way west he rescued the car many times,
Back in the palace, he was given the title of General of Jianwei
, can be described as grace plus body.
However, apart from the fact that this Wu Zhuangyuan was named a general, there is no more record of his life in the historical records, so his experience in the second half of his life is unknown. After all, it was a chaotic world at that time, but presumably there must be such a martial arts figure, and there is also an unknown legendary experience!
These great masters all have their own housekeeping skills, some are from the grass but are accustomed to the hands of famous masters; some are born in the Shaolin Temple, the holy land of martial arts; and some are selected by the whole country, all of them are people with high martial arts.
As you can see
Cixi still attaches great importance to the defense of her own security,
In order to protect their own safety, they also spared no expense and meritorious fame, and the yellow robe and horse coat and the general position were not spared at all. Under such heavy protection, Cixi was able to be her "dictatorial empress" with peace of mind, so that the courtiers could not attempt to deviate.
On the other hand, however, the previous emperors liked to call themselves "lonely people", while Cixi usurped the government, deposed and controlled the emperor who was still underage, and enjoyed supreme power. It can be said that it also belongs to another form of "emperor", but it is also a lonely person in the deep palace.
At the same time as having power, she will also gain endless fear: fear of losing her power, afraid that others will plot against her, so she can only hire these Ouchi masters to protect her own safety, and the security measures in the palace are also paid attention to the extreme.
The wheels of time and history roll in,
Even if he is the world's first master, he cannot defeat the ever-changing modern technology
。 Gong Baotian can fight dozens of people with one enemy, but it is not as powerful as the bomb, and Zhang Zuolin, who he protected, still died at the hands of the Japanese.
The Qing court ruled by Empress Dowager Cixi was corrupt, and the masters were reluctant to do things under her. And because she is lagging behind the times with backward and outdated ideas, she has gradually withdrawn from the center of power, and naturally no one needs to harm her, which is not known whether it is the misfortune or luck of Empress Dowager Cixi.
But in general, the martial arts masters do have something unusual in modern society, and they can even be said to be incredible. But with the deconstruction and support of modern science, everything will not seem too mysterious, and many things will be traced.