Chapter 106: Shang Yunxiang
As September enters, Shang Yunxiang comes to Sun Lutang's house to sit in a guest.
Shang Yunxiang is not tall, looks a little fat, and is a person who is free to talk and laugh.
There are two things about him that have deeply remembered by future generations. One is the inspirational story of going from childhood to Kuangya, and the other is the invitation of Song Zheyuan, the commander of the 29th Route Army, to train soldiers with Xingyi sword skills.
The nickname of Xiaotanggua was Shang Yunxiang when he was first to learn Xingyi. He practiced martial arts since he was a child, but was knocked down by a man who had only learned Xingyi for three years, so he found Li Cunyi to learn boxing. But Li Cunyi thought he was small and a little fat, so he said, "Like a little sugargua", but refused to accept it. Fortunately, his classmates pleaded with each other, so he barely stayed. When he first started learning boxing, others also called him Xiaotanggua, which made Shang Yunxiang swear that "Although the sugargua is small, it wants to let it break its teeth." After several times of sweat, he quickly pulled the top among his brothers. Li Cunyi took back his words and taught him.
Shang Yunxiang put in a lot of effort and didn't even care about doing business to maintain a living. He had no money to buy shoes for martial arts practice, so he simply practiced boxing barefoot. Over time, his feet were as hard as iron. He gave the name "Iron Foot Buddha".
Not only did he learn Xingyi from Li Cunyi, he also got the essence of Baguazhang from Cheng Tinghua. In addition to communicating with his classmates, he also became good friends with the famous Bagua artist Ma Gui, the famous Tongjie master Zhang Ce, and the famous Tai Chi master Wang Maozhai.
Because Li Cunyi killed foreigners, he went to Shanxi for a while. When he came back, he taught Shang Yunxiang the entire Xingyiquan that had been supplemented from Shanxi. It is said that Shang Yunxiang went there twice himself. When Guo Yunshen heard that Shang Yunxiang had a rising star, he was very pleased, so he brought him by his side for more than half a year and became one of the several disciples who personally taught boxing skills. In this way, Shang Yunxiang gathered many Xingyi schools and put in great effort to regulate his boxing skills. Therefore, the Xingyiquan he passed down from the beginning to the connection between routines and equipment, is the most organized among the various schools of Xingyiquan.
In the Chinese martial arts circle, Shang Yunxiang is really a Buddha. He has skills and is not easy to move around. He only studies the Xingyi area in Zhili. He has never heard of him taking the initiative to take the initiative to ask for anything, but instead he was beaten on the spot, so he was respected by the northern martial arts circle.
No one of the peers or juniors dares to compete for his reputation. With his experience of learning boxing with Guo Yunshen alone, there are no ones who dare to pretend to be a senior in front of him in Xingyiquan. Therefore, a street stall novel tells someone who asked Shang Yunxiang to stand for another eight years, which has long become a big joke in the current martial arts circle, and it is estimated that he can laugh for another two hundred years.
As for the relationship between Sun Lutang and Shang Yunxiang, it was not a senior brother, but the same master taught him step by step, which was even more close than the senior brother. Decades later, the two daughters worshiped the photos of them together.
Some people later spread rumors about how Sun Lutang and Shang Yunxiang were not in harmony. Haha, if these two people were not in harmony, the entire Zhili martial arts circle would have to choose to take sides. Is it possible? I can only say that the grandchildren are unfilial and shame their predecessors.
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Shang Yunxiang likes to eat dumplings, and Zhao Jingzhi and his master's wife make dumplings behind him. Wang Hong approached the two of them, responsible for serving dishes, serving dumplings, and pouring wine. I don't know what allusions they said, so they pulled Wang Hong.
Shang Yunxiang said to Wang Hong, "Boy, let's take a look at it when you're playing a few swords."
Wang Hong could only stand in the center of the venue with a sword according to the uncle's wishes. He was not good at practicing the sword techniques taught by Mr. Sun, the Pure Yang Sword, the Bagua Sword, and the Tai Chi Sword, but he didn't learn for a long time. He also paid attention to fine techniques, not as rough as his own sword techniques, based on battle formations.
There is really something wrong in practicing. Was it because the master taught it wrong or did he practice it wrong in practicing it yourself?
This is also the fault of practicing the rules in the National Arts Sect. If you practice it poorly, it is your own fault. If you practice it wrong, it is the teacher who teaches it wrong.
However, in recent years, this rule has been forgotten, and I only care about mocking this sect for not having someone else’s out of it. That sect is not good, but I forgot that I am the wrong person who practices it and says that others have no skills. Where did they come from?
Wang Hong decided to practice his own things. Although they were rough, it is said that this uncle had also used a knife and had seen blood. He should be able to see the trick.
To put it bluntly, Shang Yunxiang and Sun Lutang have different attitudes towards boxing.
Sun Lutang likes to fill up the boxing power, and then starts to go deeper, using the traditional three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. In fact, he has no other way. When it comes to the boxing style, he can only say that the elephant does not talk about scenery. This philosophical technique is annoying in all eras. It is because everyone likes short, fast food and online shopping. Who would have been willing to get started after a long time, and eat it bit by bit? So many people say that Sun Lutang does not talk about real things. But they don’t know what techniques to write with. As long as it does not harm people, the boxing will be so dry and difficult to understand in depth, such as internal alchemy, such as traditional Chinese medicine, you can only read with peace of mind unless you practice it to a certain level. There is nothing on your body, and there may be no one who wants to pick the wrong ones. The books of Qian Naizhou and Sun Lutang are two mountains of martial arts. The former is simple, and no one can read the famous ones, and the latter is complicated, so no one can find a way to get started. It means that good books must be read by good people.
Shang Yunxiang’s Xingyiquan is still the old Xingyi set, and the teaching method is even simpler. If you want to hit people, practice the toughness; if you know the brightness? Practice the toughness; if you know the darkness? Practice the toughness; if you know the transforming strength? Practice the toughness. Because the toughness is the foundation of all strengths, you understand the strongness, and the three turns of the three and nine turns are one move to have a foundation and climb up.
Those who truly practice Xingyiquan, after reading the two martial arts, naturally know that the two martial arts come from the same source. You must know that anyone who emphasizes the three-body style must trace back from these two martial arts to Guo Yunshen.
After Wang Hong demonstrated his sword skills in the boxing ring, he returned to the house and stood beside him.
Shang Yunxiang tsk twice, and didn't say much. He went out to drink and eat, and then had a drink with Sun Lutang for a while.
Wang Hong caught a waste and gave Shang Yunxiang a copy of the four soldiers' teachings and asked Shang Yunxiang for guidance. Shang Yunxiang then pointed to the book and said to him, "You can bring a few copies in the future." Wang Hong agreed repeatedly.
After seeing Shang Yunxiang off, he asked Mr. Sun, and then he realized that someone had run to Shang Yunxiang and said that Wang Hong used a pistol to kill people and did not know much about national skills at all, so he came to worship Sun Lutang as his teacher.
Shang Yunxiang didn't believe it, but he also wanted to know what Wang Hong was. He went to Sun Lutang's house to visit him before August 15th and took a look at Wang Hong.
Shang Yunxiang glanced at Wang Hong, and also gave a point of advice. He turned around and left. It had no effect on Wang Hong's life. But Mr. Zhang suddenly blew up and sent someone to find him and arranged an errand for him.
I don’t know if Zhang Liushao believed Tang Yulin or what happened, so he asked Lao Zheng and Wang Hong to take a guard squad to Chengde to see the Japanese situation.
At this time, the Japanese army had already begun to see Beipiao, the gateway to Rehe Province, and was preparing to win over Tang Yulin. However, Tang Yulin was not confused and flatly rejected all the requests of the Japanese army. He just sent someone to talk to the Japanese in private, which aroused the dissatisfaction of Zhang Liushou.
What else can you see if Mr. Zhang Liu asked Wang Hong, the living king of Hell who killed countless Japanese people? He must have asked him to take Lao Zheng and others to kill some Japanese people and destroy the Japanese conspiracy to win over Tang Yulin.
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Chapter completed!