Jin Yong has seen many characters with historical archetypes, Zhang Sanfeng in "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon" is one of them, and Jin Yong's Zhang Sanfeng is a very special existence in his entire martial arts system, which is known as "the first master of ancient times" by later generations, and is a character who is qualified to compete for the title of "the strongest in Jin Yong's pen", but this role is not much in the book, and the strength presented does not seem to be so convincing, so it has left a lot of mysteries.
(Zhang Sanfeng stills)
For example, Zhang Sanfeng was a hundred years old before he created the Taiji Divine Gong, so before that, how could he be regarded as a supreme being in the martial forest? Didn't he have any other divine skills?
1. Zhang Sanfeng and Tai Chi
In fact, Zhang Sanfeng had appeared as early as the end of "Divine Eagle Hero", when he was just a hairy boy, he followed Jueyuan to learn some martial arts in the Nine Yang True Classics, but he did not know how to control, or Yang Guo pointed out a few moves to help him successfully defeat Xiao Xiangzi, and then after the opening chapter of "Yi tian slaughtering dragons" "Guo Xiang broke into Shaolin", he and Guo Xiang got a part of the Nine Yang Divine Gong taught by Jue Yuan before his death, even so, his martial arts were not particularly high.
Zhang Sanfeng first had a martial arts concept related to tai chi after he and Guo Xiang were separated for more than a decade.
(Jueyuan stills)
The original said: "He had to feel far away from teaching for a long time, and in this "Nine Yang True Classic" he had already recorded five or six out of ten, and in more than ten years, he actually made great progress in his internal strength, and then he read more Daozang, and he had a deeper understanding of the Taoist practice of qi." One day wandering in the mountains, looking up at the floating clouds, looking down at the flowing water, and suddenly thinking of Lao Tzu's so-called 'soft is better than strong', 'things will be the opposite'... Soft wins over rigidity, weak wins strong. He pondered bitterly in the cave for seven days and seven nights, suddenly penetrated, understood the supreme principle of yin and yang mutual assistance in martial arts, and couldn't help but look up at the sky and smile. ”
(Lao Tzu stills)
But here is only to understand the principle of yin and yang mutual assistance, not to practice tai chi.
The real practice of tai chi was after the age of 100, which was mentioned in the tenth time in the original book: "Zhang Sanfeng thought that tomorrow is his hundredth birthday, and the disciples will have a hilarity." Although Yu Daiyan was crippled and Zhang Cuishan was missing, it was inevitable that there was a fly in the ointment, but it was rare to enjoy a hundred years of age in a lifetime, and at the same time, a 'Tai Chi Gong' studied in the retreat had also been deeply understood, and from then on, the Wudang school would certainly shine in the martial arts, and should not lose to the Shaolin martial arts transmitted by Tianzhu Dharma. Early this morning, he turned on and off. ”
This is strange, Tai Chi's blessing for Zhang Sanfeng should be great, so before that, how could he become a martial arts supreme being?
2. Zhang Sanfeng's divine skills
Realizing Tai Chi was certainly a huge improvement for Zhang Sanfeng, but that didn't mean he didn't have any other divine skills before that.
Zhang Sanfeng's lifelong creation is not only Tai Chi, but also such as Wudang Jiuyang Gong, Pure Yang Wuji Gong, Tiyun Zhong, Wudang Long Fist, Mian Palm, Zhenshan Palm, Zhentian Iron Palm, Yitian Slaughtering Dragon Gong, Great Wrestling Hand, Wuji Xuangong Fist, Tiger Claw Hand, XuanXuan Sword Technique, Zhenwu Seven Interception Array and other masters.
However, it is obvious that these martial arts such as Emei, Kuntong, Huashan, Kunlun may not be absent, a sect to base itself in the martial arts, naturally there will be a lot of unique learning, it seems that there is still a lack of a martial art like Tai Chi can make a martial art of a person who practices martial arts qualitative changes, so it is still impossible to explain why Zhang Sanfeng was lifted to such a high position by his fellow martial artists.
Third, Guo Xiang's encounter
In fact, Zhang Sanfeng was regarded as the supreme martial artist before he created Tai Chi, and the fact that he could find the answer from Guo Xiang could be found.
(Guo Xiang stills)
Guo Xiang and Zhang Sanfeng are of the same generation, even Guo Xiang is a few years older than Zhang Sanfeng, her early years of martial arts set hundreds of strengths, the starting point is much higher than Zhang Sanfeng, until Jueyuan taught the two people a part of the Nine Yang Divine Gong, Guo Xiang's martial arts level is definitely above Zhang Sanfeng, it is conceivable that under such a premise, the two continue to improve martial arts, the gap is not to say that it is getting bigger and bigger, at least it is difficult to narrow, as long as Guo Xiang is still learning martial arts, Zhang Sanfeng can only be in a state of "catching up", But why was the person who was later regarded as the supreme martial artist Zhang Sanfeng?
The answer is clear at a glance, Guo Xiang died, Guo Xiang became a nun after painstakingly searching for Yang Guo fruitlessly, and then he was depressed, Zhang Sanfeng lived until he was a hundred years old, during which he did not know how many masters of the same generation had died, the big waves and sand, and the last thing left was that he was such a "living fossil" like a master, how could he not become the supreme martial artist? Therefore, before Zhang Sanfeng created Tai Chi, he was the supreme martial artist because of his extremely high martial arts on the one hand, and his longevity on the other hand.