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Text | Xu Congzhen
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In the early morning of July 21, 1973, the neon lights on the streets of Hong Kong were still shining with colorful brilliance. This is an ordinary night for some people who go to bed late.
But at this time, Hong Kong's major newspapers were busy because they were busy with the upcoming blockbuster news, and this news was the sudden death of kung fu superstar Bruce Lee.
The next day, the streets of Hong Kong reported the news of Bruce Lee's death, and the bad news exploded in the hearts of hundreds of millions of people around the world like a boulder falling into water.
For a time, shock, regret, and doubts arose.
Bruce Lee has hundreds of millions of fans around the world, they really can't imagine that Bruce Lee, who is only 32 years old, is in the prime of life, and his body has become very strong when he practices martial arts on weekdays, and he has no injuries, how could he die unexpectedly?
For Bruce Lee's sudden death, the hospital and the police have not given a clear answer, which makes people have different opinions about the reason for Bruce Lee's death.
Some people think that Bruce Lee was murdered, some people think that Bruce Lee died suddenly because of excessive exercise and his body could not bear it, and some people think that Bruce Lee died of love killing.
However, even if there are many speculations, there is still no one that can convince everyone, so until many years after Bruce Lee's burial, the cause of his death is still an unsolved mystery.
And 49 years later, in 2022, a Spanish expert made a new discovery, that is, Bruce Lee drank a lot of water before he died.
Is this incident related to the cause of Bruce Lee's death? What is hidden in this?
Bruce Lee's contribution to Chinese martial arts
"I dare not say that I am the first in the world, but I will never admit that I am the second."
Such confident words come from Bruce Lee, of course, he has the capital to say such words.
Bruce Lee is a martial arts master in China and even the world, and under his impetus, Chinese kung fu has gone to the world, allowing the world to see the masculinity and strong character of Chinese.
He is the founder of Jeet Kune Do and the pioneer of kung fu films.
Bruce Lee, as a martial arts actor, spread Chinese kung fu around the world through martial arts movies.
It is no exaggeration to say that it is precisely because of Bruce Lee that the world recognizes Chinese Kung Fu, which is synonymous with "Chinese Kung Fu".
Most of what we know about Bruce Lee comes from watching his movies.
In the movie, he has a lean body, obvious and developed muscle lines, he has a firm and murderous eye, and in the fight with his opponent, he can also play a wonderful nunchuck, even with one against ten, without falling behind.
Bruce Lee's tough fighting style and the continuous integration and innovation of martial arts have made the movies he starred in more and more sought after by audiences around the world, and as his fans have grown, many people know Chinese kung fu.
In the minds of many foreigners, Bruce Lee is a symbol of Chinese kung fu.
In the United States, Britain, France and many other countries, Bruce Lee's name has long become a household name.
After Bruce Lee's death, the movies he starred in became the treasures treasured by many fans.
Later, he was named "one of the twenty great icons of the 21st century" by Time magazine in the United States.
The reason why Bruce Lee can make such great achievements in the world is that his attainments in martial arts are very high.
He is a pioneer of martial arts reform in the world, the founder of UFC, the father of MMA, the founder of Jeet Kune Do, etc., and these great contributions have made him undoubtedly the "King of Kung Fu".
Bruce Lee's path to martial arts
Bruce Lee, formerly known as Lee Zhenfan, was born in the United States and later returned to Hong Kong with his family.
Bruce Lee's father is named Li Haiquan, a famous Cantonese opera star in Hong Kong, and his mother is of mixed race, so the family is relatively wealthy.
Due to the relatively rich family conditions and his mother's loose discipline of him, Bruce Lee developed an unruly and competitive personality when he was a child.
In addition, Bruce Lee has been weak and sick since childhood, so his father let him learn Tai Chi, so that he can not only exercise his body, but also hone his mind.
Bruce Lee lost interest after learning Tai Chi for two days, and he felt that the "four or two pounds" that Tai Chi emphasized were not suitable for him, and he liked the fast, ruthless, accurate style of play.
For this reason, Bruce Lee found the famous boxer Shao Hansheng to learn boxing, and Shao Hansheng saw that he was a good seedling for learning boxing, and he was willing to endure hardships and accepted him.
Under his teaching, Bruce Lee's martial arts also improved by leaps and bounds, and his boxing techniques gradually took shape.
At this time, Bruce Lee was still far from satisfied, he felt that he was far from the real "martial arts master", and he needed more teaching.
At that time, Ip Man was very famous in Hong Kong, and he had defeated masters from all walks of life with Wing Chun, and he was a generation of grandmasters.
So fourteen-year-old Bruce Lee came to Ip Man's martial arts hall and wanted to worship him as a teacher.
As soon as the two met, Ip Man was shocked by Bruce Lee's strong body and talent for martial arts.
But he also saw Bruce Lee's flamboyant personality, which is a taboo for people who practice martial arts, and practicing martial arts is a practice, so if you can't overcome this problem, you can't become a first-class martial artist.
In order to correct Bruce Lee's shortcomings, Ip Man asked Bruce Lee to practice horse steps for a period of time at the beginning of martial arts.
Bruce Lee didn't know what the master's intentions were, so within two days he began to get a little irritable, and approached Ip Man to ask why he hadn't taught himself boxing.
Ip Man said to him seriously, Zama step is the basis for learning boxing techniques, and only after laying a good foundation can there be results, if you can't even stick to Zama Bu, let alone learn any boxing techniques.
Bruce Lee remembered Ip Man's words, and he stopped complaining, but concentrated on his horse.
Bruce Lee was very engaged when he was learning boxing, and he rushed to Ip Man's gym every afternoon after class, and when Ip Man taught the technique, he would listen attentively.
On the way home from the gym, Bruce Lee would also practice punching while walking.
In this way, Bruce Lee studied boxing at Ip Man for six years, which allowed Bruce Lee to truly master Ip Man's Wing Chun boxing, and also defeated his opponents in many competitions and proved himself.
Promote Chinese martial arts and become the king of a generation of kung fu
In 1959, Bruce Lee's family increased their training in order to improve him, allowing him to come to Los Angeles alone with a hundred dollars.
Although Bruce Lee was born in the United States, he grew up in Hong Kong, so he is still very new to the United States. In order to support himself, Bruce Lee worked odd jobs while going to school.
Even though life is hard, Bruce Lee has never given up his passion for martial arts, and he will practice some boxing techniques and footsteps whenever he has free time.
Later, Bruce Lee also rented a corner of the school's parking lot, where he built a martial arts hall called "Zhenfan Guoshu Hall". Bruce Lee's purpose is to be able to communicate martial arts with others and promote Chinese martial arts.
Under the guidance of Bruce Lee, more and more students began to have a great interest in Chinese martial arts, and they found Bruce Lee to learn boxing techniques from him, and Bruce Lee would explain to them carefully, so Bruce Lee's school became a celebrity.
During this period, Bruce Lee also met Linda, who was deeply attracted by Bruce Lee's strong body and confident smile when she came to the martial arts gym.
Of course, Bruce Lee also had a good impression of the youthful, beautiful, lively and cheerful Linda. So the two of them confirmed their feelings as soon as they came and went.
After a year of dating, Bruce Lee and Linda are also officially married.
With the joint efforts of Bruce Lee and Linda, the fame of the "Zhenfan Guoshu Hall" has become more and more famous in the United States, and after being reported by major TV stations, major martial artists in the United States have also come to compete with him in martial arts.
Bruce Lee welcomed them very much, and he adhered to the principle of "meeting friends with martial arts", while constantly refining his skills by absorbing the advantages of other martial arts.
After that, in order to promote Chinese martial arts on a wider scale, Bruce Lee set his sights on the world, and he participated in martial arts performances in many countries, and his superb martial arts and unique performances soon attracted many fans.
For a while, Bruce Lee's name spread all over the world and became an idol in the hearts of a generation.
The truth about Bruce Lee's sudden death
Just when Bruce Lee's martial arts career was thriving, hundreds of millions of fans across the country received the news of his sudden death, and everyone could not accept this reality for a while.
Bruce Lee was pronounced dead at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong after ineffective rescue.
His mysterious death has caused many people to question, why did the good Bruce Lee die suddenly?
For Bruce Lee's death, there are roughly three speculations: the first is that Bruce Lee's body is overloaded for a long time due to long-term excessive martial arts practice, and eventually leads to sudden death.
The second speculation is that Bruce Lee was jealous of some villains because of his great fame, so they plotted to kill Bruce Lee.
The third speculation is that Bruce Lee was killed by his lover Ding Pei.
Bruce Lee, as a "martial idiot", pays great attention to his body management, and in order to maintain a better figure, he will exercise for up to ten hours every day.
In the later stage, due to the need to shoot movies, although he could not maintain a training for that long, he would exercise whenever he had time.
In order to keep his body fat rate low, Bruce Lee eats some egg whites and special foods every day, which can effectively maintain his muscles, but will still affect his health in the long run.
Moreover, Bruce Lee also purchased an electrotherapy machine, which can stimulate muscles by doing work with electricity, which solves the problem that he does not have time to exercise every day.
Bruce Lee also pays great attention to his image on the screen, and in order to better show his charm, he also has surgery to remove sweat glands.
Sweat glands are important sweating organs in the human body, and removing sweat glands is likely to cause fluid imbalance in the body. Bruce Lee has left his physical health behind in order to maintain a perfect figure.
This is why some people believe that Bruce Lee died of excessive exercise.
But there are also many doubts about this explanation, because although these problems will endanger his health, they are not enough to be fatal, and even if the condition is serious, Bruce Lee has time to go to the hospital in advance.
People focused on the second possibility, but this claim quickly disproved itself, because after police investigation, there were no traces of fighting on Bruce Lee, and he did not die from firearms or poison.
What about the third possibility? In fact, this statement is not groundless, because Bruce Lee was in Ding Pei's house without breathing, and was later sent to the hospital by ambulance.
So why did Bruce Lee go to Ding Pei's house? What happened in the middle of this?
It turned out that although Ding Pei and Bruce Lee had always had an ambiguous relationship, Bruce Lee went to Ding Pei that day to discuss the script of the movie "Game of Death", accompanied by producer Zou Wenhuai.
After the three discussed the script, Bruce Lee felt a little headache and wanted to rest, so Ding Pei let him take the painkillers he usually took and then helped him to the bed to rest.
In order not to disturb Bruce Lee's rest, Ding Pei and Zou Wenhuai went out one after another.
When Ding Pei returned home again and found that he was called Bruce Lee anyway, he did not respond.
She was a little panicked instantly, so she quickly called Zou Wenhuai to call him over, and when Zou Wenhuai arrived, she found that Bruce Lee was no longer breathing.
So the two hurriedly called an ambulance, and although they carried out emergency rescue after arriving at the hospital, they still failed to save Bruce Lee.
Later, after dissecting Bruce Lee's body, it was found that Ding Pei gave Bruce Lee ordinary painkillers and there was no abnormality, so Ding Pei was not Bruce Lee's murderer.
Since none of these three statements are true, what is the cause of Bruce Lee's death?
This was also an extremely headache for the investigating police at the time, but there was no evidence, so Bruce Lee's death was characterized as an accidental death.
This is an ambiguous statement, which naturally will not satisfy hundreds of millions of fans, so some people have been worried about this matter.
It wasn't until 2022, more than forty years later, that an expert in Spain made a new discovery.
This expert is a martial arts enthusiast on weekdays, so he is also very curious about Bruce Lee's sudden death.
He checked all the investigation reports at the time of Bruce Lee's death and found a suspicious place.
That is, Bruce Lee drank a lot of water every day for some time before his death, and he also smoked marijuana, as evidenced by Bruce Lee's autopsy report.
Smoking marijuana can make him more dry mouth, so that's why Bruce Lee always likes to drink a lot of water.
We all know that drinking more water is good for our health, but drinking too much water can lead to dilutive hyponatremia, which is what we often call water poisoning.
Water poisoning can lead to headaches, physical exhaustion, and at this time, if not treated in time, it is likely to cause death.
So experts believe that this may be the reason for Bruce Lee's sudden death.
Of course, there are many people who do not accept this statement, but the Sri Lankan has passed away, and there is no concrete evidence to prove the cause of Bruce Lee's death, which may also become a clue.
Although Bruce Lee has passed away, as the "king of kung fu", he promoted Chinese martial arts to the world, allowing countries around the world to see the brilliance of Chinese martial arts, he is synonymous with "martial arts" and is a figure worthy of our respect.