According to many historical records such as the "Nocturnal Genealogy", "Xunzi Discussion Soldiers" and "Hanshu Criminal Law Chronicle", the term "technical strike" has become a label for Qi soldiers as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Since then, as a martial art often used in actual combat, it can be said that it has been passed down throughout the dynasties.
Zhou Tong
And today Xiaobian wants to talk to you about the Zhou Dong ancestor, he is a generation of martial arts masters in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty. So what about the kung fu achievements of Zhou Dong's ancestors? In other words, how high is his kung fu attainment? Next, Xiaobian will give you a careful analysis.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > First of all, from Zhou Tong's curriculum vitae. </h1>
Zhou Tongzushi (Zhou Tong in the canonical records) is a historically famous person who was born in 1040 at Tongguan in Huazhou (present-day Huazhou District and the surrounding areas of Weinan City, Shaanxi). Among them, the "Biography of Song Shi Yue Fei Lie" has a clear record of "learning to shoot in Zhou Tong, doing his best, and being able to shoot left and right".
Yue Fei
However, there are not many exact records of Zhou Dong's ancestors in the main historical materials. In fact, the description of the image deeds of Zhou Dongzu is mainly composed of folk commentaries and interpretations. For example, Master Zhou Dong is famous for his archery in folk commentaries, and he is in the lineage of Master Tan Zhengfang of Shaolin.
In addition, according to the relevant contents in the "Biography of Yue Quan" and the "Biography of Zhou Dong with an Iron Arm Golden Sword", the zhou dong ancestors after the completion of the art were so strong that their careers had been unhappy because they strongly advocated fighting against Liaojin, so he began to focus all his energy on martial arts, and successively established many routines in the official martial arts at that time (including five steps and thirteen guns poking feet, flip fists and Zhou Dong sticks).
"The Complete Biography of Yue Yue"
However, if you only look at the historical records. We still do not have enough historical evidence to prove that whether the historical Zhou Dong ancestors had other aspects of martial arts skills in addition to their excellent bow skills remains to be examined. Moreover, the historical documents related to it did not mention whether Zhou Tong taught Yue Fei the art of fighting.
But nevertheless, we can at least be sure that Zhou Dongzushi is indeed not a fictional character in the commentary. Coupled with the fact that Master Zhou Dong could serve as Yue Wumu's second master, it could be inferred that his old man's actual combat skills on the battlefield would certainly not be bad.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="15" > secondly, from the perspective of Zhou Dong's martial arts career. </h1>
According to the commentaries and interpretations circulated by the people, the zhou dong ancestor who was dressed in martial arts soon received the admiration of Bao Zheng and Bao Xiangye to join the army and become an officer. Subsequently, Master Zhou Dong served as a teacher of Tianzi Xi at the Imperial Boxing Gymnasium of the Beijing Division. It is said that in the Northern Song Dynasty, there are three levels of seats in the Imperial Fist Hall of the Northern Song Dynasty, namely "Heaven", "Earth" and "Man", and Zhou Dong's teacher as a teacher of the "Heaven" character seat can be said to be the highest rank among them.
"The Legend of Zhou Dong with an Iron Arm Golden Sword"
In addition, according to the commentaries "The Complete Biography of Yue Yue" and the "Biography of Zhou Dong with the Iron Arm Golden Sword", Zhou Dong's ancestors also officially accepted 2 apprentices during his time at the Royal Boxing Gym (these 2 people were Lu Junyi, the "Jade Qilin" of the 108 Generals of the Water Margin, and Lin Chong, the "Leopard Head"). It is said that Zhou Dongzushi later accepted Shi Wengong (later a martial arts teacher in Zengtou City) as the third disciple under his disciples, and even Wu Song and Lu Zhishen were unnamed disciples under Zhou Dongzu's ancestors in folklore, and Yue Fei was his old man's late disciple.
Lu Junyi
It is worth noting that in addition to Yue Fei's explicit records in the historical records of following Zhou Dong's ancestors to learn art, as to whether Lu Junyi, Lin Chong, Shi Wengong, Wu Song and Lu Zhishen and others once studied art under his disciples, in fact, it needs further research and examination (these claims are now debated in academic circles).
Lin
Finally, on the topic of Zhou Dong's ancestor's ancient battlefield martial arts, we will talk about it here for the time being today. I don't know what other opinions you have about whether the traditional martial arts skills of the ancient battlefield period can withstand the test of actual combat? Feel free to leave your own views and opinions below.
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