From ancient times to the present, the endings of many heroes are mostly beautiful, but there is a historical figure, and his ending is unexpected, that is, Fang Shiyu, the death of Fang Shiyu is still very controversial, but most people who have read historical novels know that he was kicked to death by Wushi Taiyi at the age of 24.
(Young Hero Fang Shiyu)
Some 80s and 90s must be very familiar with the name Fang Shiyu, "Young Hero Fang Shiyu", a large-scale costume TV series starring Zhang Weijian, Tian Yu and others, tells the story of a physically strong, optimistic teenager Fang Shiyu who practiced a copper wall and Shaolin martial arts, performed heroic battles, and got to know Hong Xiguan, Hu Huiqian and others, and jointly defeated the villain
(Film and television drama "Young Hero Fang Shiyu")
So who was Fang Shiyu in history? And why did it end up with an unspeakable ending? In fact, Fang Shiyu, a native of the Qianlong dynasty, whose home was in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, belonged to the Shaolin sect under the sect at that time, and was a brave and warlike person. The reasons for his ending are as follows:
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="36" > the influence of the political situation in the Qing Dynasty</h1>
During the Qing Dynasty, the Shaolin faction was engaged in activities to "oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty", and during the Kangxi Dynasty, after the Shaolin Temple in Fujian was destroyed and burned down by the Qing army, most of the gang organizations fell all the way to Guangdong. In the Qing Dynasty, it had long been forbidden for people to learn martial arts, especially the martial arts of the Shaolin school, so at that time, the imperial court did not side with the Shaolin faction, and even suppressed the Shaolin faction.
Later, the Shaolin faction was divided into two major gangs, namely the Shaolin faction represented by Zhishan and Miao Xian (two of the five elders of Shaolin), who insisted on opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and the Wudang faction represented by Bai Mei and Feng Daode and WuMei Shitai (the three elders of Shaolin) advocated maintaining orthodoxy. This was also the political situation at that time caused Fang Shiyu to die at the age of 24.
Li Xiaohuan's father, Li Bashan, was the head of the Wudang sect and was also an envoy of Chen Wenyao, a scholar of Wenyuange University in the Qing Dynasty, who gathered hundreds of thousands of Qing soldiers at that time and assisted the Wudang faction in attacking the Shaolin faction in the name of helping the imperial court suppress the gangster fire. The Qing Emperor Qianlong also wanted to get rid of the Shaolin faction, and also indirectly assisted Li Bashan and others. In the end, Fang Shiyu, as a top figure in the Shaolin Temple, was one of the objects that must be eradicated.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="35" > second, martial arts atmosphere</h1>
Fang Shiyu's mother, Miao Cuihua, is the daughter of Miao Xian, one of the "Five Elders of Shaolin", and is also a martial arts practitioner, known as "a generation of female heroes", who acts as a bodyguard in the jianghu. Once Fang De was robbed on the road, fortunately met Miao Cuihua, Fang De was able to save his life, the two got along well, and they liked each other. Fang De was nearly half a hundred years old, married 16-year-old Miao Cuihua, and gave birth to Fang Shiyu.
As we all know, Zhaoqing was still a military stronghold in the Qin Dynasty, and the people in this place were still martial. Fang Shiyu's father was ostensibly a silk merchant, but in fact advocated "anti-Qing restoration" and was also the master of the Shaolin sect. He also sent his two sons, Fang Xiaoyu and Fang Meiyu (both of whom were born to his ex-wife), along with Fang Shiyu, to the Shaolin Sect as disciples.
(Fang Shiyu's parents)
Miao Cuihua injected a lot of effort into Fang Shiyu's growth, such as taking a full-body shower with iron vinegar potion, and then wrapping her body with bamboo chips, iron bars and firewood bars. Under the influence of such a "parent doubles" and a strong martial arts atmosphere, Fang Shiyu only trained a body that was not bad, but did not exercise his brain, which was also one of the reasons for Fang Shiyu's death.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="34" >3. Achievements</h1>
From a very young age, Fang Shiyu put on an iron hat and copper boots to practice jumping, learn zama, learn fist and foot kung fu, learn pile pillars, and in his teens he was already proficient in various martial arts, especially Shaolin boxing, which indirectly led to his brave and good fighting, uneven personality.
Fang Shiyu later entered Shaolin and was unharmed in every case, and both brothers were injured in the fight. Later, Fang Shiyu became famous and was known as the second place of "Guangdong's Top Ten Outstanding Youths", which was also attributed to his own courage and well-trained body, which once again showed Fang Shiyu's strength
(Fang Shiyu et al.)
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="33" >4</h1>
Once, Fang De took Fang Shiyu to Hangzhou, and encountered Lei Tiger of the Wudang Sect who was running amok in Hangzhou and was not inferior. Fang Shiyu was furious when he saw this, so he went on stage to compete and beat Lei Tiger to death on the spot. Lei Laohu's wife, Li Xiaohuan, was the daughter of Li Bashan, the leader of the Wudang Sect, and Li Xiaohuan took his disciples to Guangdong to avenge Lei Laohu, while Fang Shiyu Hongxiguan expanded the number of recruits in Guangzhou to fight with the Wudang faction.
Hu Huiqian's family opened a grocery store in the Xiguan computer room, and his father was framed and killed, Hu Huiqian wanted to avenge his father, and later studied art with the Shaolin Master Of Goodness. Hu Huiqian later killed Zhang Jinhong, a disciple of Feng Daode of the Wudang faction, and occupied the Xichan Temple, and the Wudang faction waged a major struggle with Shaolin. Because of the above two events, the relationship between the two major gangs of Wudang Shaolin has deteriorated.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="32" >5. Enemy and Combat Effectiveness</h1>
Some people speculate why Fang Shiyu got such an unexpected death method, the direct reason is that the five Masters (one of the Five Elders of Shaolin), as a former female disciple of the Shaolin Temple, are excellent in martial arts, discerning and discerning, and have a keen sense of observation, and the number of enemies is large, Fang Shiyu and others, the number is small, and it is difficult to win with few enemies and more enemies.
There was also a direct reason that before the fight with the Five Divisions, he had already defeated dozens of Wudang Sect and not a few Qing soldiers, even if it was an iron body, under a long period of fighting, there would be times when his physical strength was weak, so his body began to be tired, and the combat effectiveness began to be insufficient, so he was exploited by the Five Divisions and discovered this weakness.
Of course, people also have doubts about Fang Shiyu's death, 1. The position of the Five Pieces ShiTai, according to the reason, the Five Pieces Division Tai originally came to aid the Shaolin Sect, but in the end they turned to the Wudang Sect. Second, Fang Shiyu's weakness, the Hood Gate Valley Dao Acupoint, which is what we call the anus.
In general, the reason why Fang Shiyu's ending was so miserable was actually the result of the favorable time and place, and perhaps he himself could not have imagined that his weakness was this place, but it was a pity that such a martial arts wizard.
In fact, the above is just our speculation, the real reason for Fang Shiyu's death is unknown, but we only need to remember Fang Shiyu as a person. Although Fang Shiyu died, his heroic deeds are still praised to this day, and even known as film and television dramas, and the happy ending in film and television dramas also meets the wishes of the audience.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="29" > summary</h1>
Why did Fang Shiyu die at such a young age and die at the hands of the Five Masters in this way? It may be inseparable from its own personality, family education, the background of the times, and the political situation, which also reflects the corruption and decline of the Qing Dynasty at that time from the side, attacking the darkness and decay of the society at that time with the death of heroic figures, and also proving that "anti-Qing and restoration" is impossible to achieve.