Speaking of The "Sick Man of East Asia" in Hangzhou, Wu Dianyang was the first to be promoted.
He was a martial arts master in Zhejiang at the end of the Qing Dynasty, with excellent arm strength and a martial artist in the former Qing Dynasty. Wu Dianyang was born in a family of traditional Chinese medicine, originally trained by his family as a doctor, and later his father saw that he loved martial arts, so he asked him to learn martial arts.
When Wu Dianyang was young, he was extremely accurate in throwing stones, and with his strange appearance, he was said to be the reincarnation of the bodhisattva in the temple. Wu Dianyang has been studying martial arts for nearly ten years and has shown his skills in the county's tong test.
Later, he went to Hangzhou to participate in the township examination and obtained the status of a lifter. However, at that time, the Qing court abolished the imperial examination, and all the martial artists were sent to the Zhejiang Wubei Academy to study. At this time, the ground of Hangzhou was also affected by the general environment, and Japanese samurai appeared, and this group of ronin was extremely strong, and no one dared to compete.
One day in 1906, two Japanese samurai, Saburo Nozuki and Zoyuki Takagi, swung in the ring at the Gongchen Bridge. They took advantage of the fear of foreigners in the local government of the Qing court and demanded that the students of the Martial Arts Academy must come to the scene. The People who go up to fight are either making up numbers, or they don't want to provoke the Japanese, or they are praising the Japanese. The students who look at the beating below are angry one by one, but there is nowhere to vent.
Some classmates saw that Wu Dianyang seemed to have the strength to go to the ring, so they encouraged him to go up. As soon as Wu Dianyang heard the words of encouragement, he jumped onto the high platform with a loud cry.
Wu Dianyang first fought with Takagi Zaoxiong, who had never been defeated by Chinese, and did not last a few rounds in Wu Dianyang's hands, and then got out of the ring. When Nozukisaburo saw this, he showed his murderous spirit and fought with Wu Dianyang. Wu Dianyang came down a few rounds and successfully defeated Nozuki Saburo by showing off flaws.
The defeated Nozuki Saburo shouted angrily, "He has magic, this game does not count." Wu Dianyang said boldly, "Watch me decompose my movements." ”
The audience burst into warm applause, which made the Japanese people have to be convinced.
This kind of thing quickly spread everywhere, and the Japanese consul could not sit still and drove away the two ronin.
There are also two Japanese teachers in the school, who do not pay attention to the students on weekdays, and see the scenery of Wu Dianyang, and the Japanese are humiliated and deliberately try to make it difficult for Wu Dianyang. For a time, the school atmosphere was strange, and the students stood on the side of Wu Dianyang against the teacher.
In order to resolve the contradiction, the general office of the school asked Wu Dianyang to come out to perform martial arts performances, hoping to subdue the Japanese in this way. At that time, Wu Dianyang first performed soft skills, then played shaped boxing, and then performed sticks. The audience admired Wu Dianyang's superb martial arts, and the Japanese had to admire.
After the success of the Xinhai Revolution, the Wuchang Uprising. Some people in Zhejiang also decided to revolt, and Wu Dianyang at that time had already joined the New Army and was a member of the Guangfu Society. When it came time to act, Wu Dianyang led people to attack the Inspectorate. When the Zhejiang soldiers and horses went to attack Nanjing, Wu Dianyang returned home because of the funeral of his mother.
During the Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army, Wu Dianyang's patron fell, and he went home to teach people to practice martial arts. When the Zhejiang GuoshuGuan was established, Wu Dianyang was hired to teach because of the lack of bow and arrow teaching. After Hangzhou was occupied by the Japanese army, the Guoshuguan was disbanded and Wu Dianyang returned home.
After liberation, Wu Dianyang once practiced medicine and was widely praised. After all, there are family studies, and there are famous doctors to teach each other, and the medical techniques are mainly based on the treatment of pediatrics and injuries. He practiced medicine and paid no fees for the poor, and he also delivered medicines for free, so he had a good reputation.
He was depressed in 1972 and died in May 1975 at the age of 97.