A friend asked whether the wudang sect martial arts of a generation of grandmaster Zhang Sanfeng were learned by another adventure after leaving the Shaolin Temple, or was it self-taught and self-created?
As we all know, in Mr. Jin Yong's novel "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", a generation of grandmasters Zhang Sanfeng founded the Wudang School and created his own Wudang School of Martial Arts.
However, there is a lot of controversy on the Internet about this.
There are many people who believe that not all of the Wudang Sect martial arts are created by Zhang Sanfeng himself, and some of them inherit the martial arts of the Quanzhen Sect.
The reason for this statement is mainly that many people do not believe that Zhang Sanfeng can create his own Wudang school of martial arts based on part of the Nine Yang True Classics and a set of entry-level martial arts "Luohan Fist".
Of course, there are also some people who are influenced by the historical connection between Zhang Sanfeng and the Quanzhen Sect Of Taoism, as well as the popular TV series "Wudang" of that year. However, these are not related to Mr. Jin Yong's novel "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", and they are not in the same system at all, so we will not discuss them. Only discuss the novel "The Book of the Dragon Slayer in the Heavens".
Returning to the main topic, is Zhang Sanfeng's Wudang Sect martial arts all created by himself?
The answer is yes. Wudang is a school of martial arts, all of which are created by Zhang Sanfeng.
This is already explained in the novel.
Zhang Sanfeng rushed upwards, but thought about it, "Although the martial arts of my Wudang Sect were created by me later, but the origins were traced back, if it were not for Master Jueyuan passing on my Nine Yang True Scriptures, Guo Nüxia gave me a pair of Shaolin Iron Arhats, and after that, all martial arts were completely relied upon." ...... (The newly revised edition of "The Book of the Dragon Slayer in the Heavens")
The martial arts of the Wudang Sect were all created by Zhang Sanfeng after he was forty years old. And his foundation is only part of the Nine Yang True Scriptures and a set of Shaolin "Luohan Fist", at most plus the four martial arts that Yang Guo passed on to him.
In other words, the early martial arts of the Wudang Sect, such as "Wudang Long Fist", "Youlong Bagua Palm", "Tiyun Zhong", "Zhenshan Palm", "Circumferential Finger Sword Method", "Mian Palm", etc., including "Pure Yang Wuji Gong" and "True Martial Seven Interception Formation", were all created by Zhang Sanfeng.
In fact, after Zhang Sanfeng left the Shaolin Temple, he did not have an adventure, let alone learned other martial arts, he studied Daozang by himself and realized a lot of martial arts, just like Huang Bao, the author of the Nine Yin True Scriptures.
With the self-enlightened fist theory, the Taoist way of chong xuan yuan tong, and the internal gong of xiangsheng xiang ke contained in the Nine Yang True Classics, he created the Wudang school of martial arts that reflected future generations and shone through the ages. Only because he concentrated on the study of Taoism, he became a Taoist priest in the True Martial Arts Temple of Wudang Mountain. ...... (The newly revised edition of "The Book of the Dragon Slayer in the Heavens")
The martial arts of the Wudang School were created by Zhang Sanfeng combining the martial arts principles he had learned and realized.
Some friends may ask again, since the Wudang Sect martial arts have nothing to do with the Quanzhen Sect, then why is it so similar?
This is indeed the point of inquiry, the Wudang Sect martial arts and the Quanzhen Sect martial arts are similar, not because they come from the Quanzhen Sect, but because these two schools of martial arts have the same source, both are Taoist martial arts, including the Nine Yin True Scriptures, which are also Taoist martial arts.
If you want to talk about the image, in fact, the Quanzhen Sect martial arts are really similar to the Nine Yin True Scriptures. In contrast, the martial arts of the Wudang Sect are still relatively distinctive.
All in all, the martial arts of the Wudang Sect were indeed independently created by Zhang Sanfeng, otherwise how could he be on the same level as the Dharma Ancestor of the Shaolin Sect?
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