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Li Cun-Yi
Li Cun Yi (1847 - 1921)
(The source of this biographical information is the Pa Kua Chang Journal Vol. 4, No. 3 March/April 1994)
Li Cun Yi, who was also known as Li Cun Yi, Li Su Tang, and Li Zhong Yuan, was born in Nan Xiao Ying Village, Shen County, Hebei Province in 1847. When Li was young his family was very poor and so Li did not go to school but worked for a man who owned a wagon and ran a hauling service. From a very young age Li was interested in the martial arts. The first martial art he studied was Chang Quan (Long Fist). He became increasingly interested in the martial arts as he grew older and began to travel to look for new teachers. He also developed a group of friends who would frequently get together and practice martial arts. Among this group was Li's cousin Geng Ji Shan and his friend Zhang Zhao Dong. When Li Cun Yi was young, he was also good friends with Cheng Ting Hua. Cheng and Li were only one year apart in age and grew up in the same area of Hebei Province.
When Li Cun Yi was in his late twenties, he and a group of his friends, which included Geng Ji Shan and Zhang Zhao Dong, went to meet the renown Xing Yi Quan teacher Liu Qi Lan and Liu accepted them as students. Liu Qi Lan was a Xing Yi student of Li Neng Ran (1809 - 1890). Li Neng Ran was also a native of Shen County, Hebei Province. Li Neng Ran's most famous Xing Yi students were Che Yi Zhai (1833 - 1914), Song Shi Rong (1849 - 1927), Guo Yun Shen and Liu Qi Lan. Liu Qi Lan and Guo Yun Shen taught in Shen County while Song Shi Rong, and Che Yi Zhai moved to Shanxi Province to teach. Li Cun Yi studied with Liu Qi Lan in Shen County for more than ten years. Liu was a very open Xing Yi teacher and taught Li all he knew of the art. Li eventually became one of Liu Qi Lan's best Xing Yi students.
While studying Xing Yi with Liu Qi Lan, Li Cun Yi also traveled to Beijing to visit his good friend Cheng Ting Hua. Li exchanged martial arts knowledge with Cheng and was very interested in the Ba Gua that Cheng was learning from Dong Hai Chuan. Li asked Cheng if he could study Ba Gua with him. Cheng told Li that since they were the same age and Li was already a skilled martial artist, it would not be right for Li to call him teacher. Cheng Ting Hua then took Li to meet Dong Hai Chuan to ask if Dong would accept him as a student. Dong did not want to accept Li as a student since he was already skilled in an art closely related to Ba Gua. Eventually Cheng Ting Hua and Liu Feng Chun convinced Dong to accepted Li as a student in the Ba Gua system. However, Li was only Dong's disciple in name. He learned the majority of his Ba Gua Zhang from Cheng Ting Hua. It is said that Li's Ba Gua also had a strong Xing Yi flavor. This makes perfect sense since Xing Yi was his first love.
During the early 1890's Li formed a bodyguard and escort service and hired skilled martial artists to work for him. In addition to those who were already highly skilled in martial arts, Li also hired strong, courageous young men who showed an aptitude for the fighting arts and he trained them himself. This is how one of Li's most famous students, Huang Bo Nian, came to study with him.
In 1900 Li and his students joined the fight against the foreign armies. Li Cun Yi's long time friend, Cheng Ting Hua, lost his life in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion.
Li Cun Yi spent the last twenty years of his life teaching and promoting Xing Yi Quan and Ba Gua Zhang. After the founding of the Republic (1911), he and his friend Zhang Zhao Dong were responsible for establishing a martial arts curriculum in the public schools in Tianjin. In 1912 Li Cun Yi, Zhang Zhao Dong, Ye Yun Biao, and Ma Feng Tu established the "China Boxer's Association" in Tianjin. Through his work with the association Li spread his teaching to thousands of people. Li was also invited to teach at the Jiangsu Province martial arts school, taught his martial arts to the Army, and taught for a short time at the Jing Wu Association in Shanghai. Li did not think much of money and he emphasized righteousness, loyalty and martial virtue.
Li Cun Yi died in 1921 at that age of 74. Although Li practiced and taught Ba Gua Zhang, he and the majority of his students are known primarily for their Xing Yi Quan skills. Li's most famous students are as follows: Shang Yun Xiang, Huang Bo Nian, Ma Yu Tang, Zhou Yu Xiang, Li Wen Biao, Ai Yong Chun, Hao En Guang, Li Yun Shan, Li Hai Ting, Guo Yong Lu, and his son Li Bin Tang. Other famous Ba Gua instructors, including Sun Lu Tang, Gao Yi Sheng, and Zhang Jun Feng, were said to have studied Xing Yi to some degree with Li Cun Yi.
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Li Cun Yi (1847 - 1921)
(The source of this biographical information is the Pa Kua Chang Journal Vol. 4, No. 3 March/April 1994)
Li Cun Yi, who was also known as Li Cun Yi, Li Su Tang, and Li Zhong Yuan, was born in Nan Xiao Ying Village, Shen County, Hebei Province in 1847. When Li was young his family was very poor and so Li did not go to school but worked for a man who owned a wagon and ran a hauling service. From a very young age Li was interested in the martial arts. The first martial art he studied was Chang Quan (Long Fist). He became increasingly interested in the martial arts as he grew older and began to travel to look for new teachers. He also developed a group of friends who would frequently get together and practice martial arts. Among this group was Li's cousin Geng Ji Shan and his friend Zhang Zhao Dong. When Li Cun Yi was young, he was also good friends with Cheng Ting Hua. Cheng and Li were only one year apart in age and grew up in the same area of Hebei Province.
When Li Cun Yi was in his late twenties, he and a group of his friends, which included Geng Ji Shan and Zhang Zhao Dong, went to meet the renown Xing Yi Quan teacher Liu Qi Lan and Liu accepted them as students. Liu Qi Lan was a Xing Yi student of Li Neng Ran (1809 - 1890). Li Neng Ran was also a native of Shen County, Hebei Province. Li Neng Ran's most famous Xing Yi students were Che Yi Zhai (1833 - 1914), Song Shi Rong (1849 - 1927), Guo Yun Shen and Liu Qi Lan. Liu Qi Lan and Guo Yun Shen taught in Shen County while Song Shi Rong, and Che Yi Zhai moved to Shanxi Province to teach. Li Cun Yi studied with Liu Qi Lan in Shen County for more than ten years. Liu was a very open Xing Yi teacher and taught Li all he knew of the art. Li eventually became one of Liu Qi Lan's best Xing Yi students.
While studying Xing Yi with Liu Qi Lan, Li Cun Yi also traveled to Beijing to visit his good friend Cheng Ting Hua. Li exchanged martial arts knowledge with Cheng and was very interested in the Ba Gua that Cheng was learning from Dong Hai Chuan. Li asked Cheng if he could study Ba Gua with him. Cheng told Li that since they were the same age and Li was already a skilled martial artist, it would not be right for Li to call him teacher. Cheng Ting Hua then took Li to meet Dong Hai Chuan to ask if Dong would accept him as a student. Dong did not want to accept Li as a student since he was already skilled in an art closely related to Ba Gua. Eventually Cheng Ting Hua and Liu Feng Chun convinced Dong to accepted Li as a student in the Ba Gua system. However, Li was only Dong's disciple in name. He learned the majority of his Ba Gua Zhang from Cheng Ting Hua. It is said that Li's Ba Gua also had a strong Xing Yi flavor. This makes perfect sense since Xing Yi was his first love.
During the early 1890's Li formed a bodyguard and escort service and hired skilled martial artists to work for him. In addition to those who were already highly skilled in martial arts, Li also hired strong, courageous young men who showed an aptitude for the fighting arts and he trained them himself. This is how one of Li's most famous students, Huang Bo Nian, came to study with him.
In 1900 Li and his students joined the fight against the foreign armies. Li Cun Yi's long time friend, Cheng Ting Hua, lost his life in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion.
Li Cun Yi spent the last twenty years of his life teaching and promoting Xing Yi Quan and Ba Gua Zhang. After the founding of the Republic (1911), he and his friend Zhang Zhao Dong were responsible for establishing a martial arts curriculum in the public schools in Tianjin. In 1912 Li Cun Yi, Zhang Zhao Dong, Ye Yun Biao, and Ma Feng Tu established the "China Boxer's Association" in Tianjin. Through his work with the association Li spread his teaching to thousands of people. Li was also invited to teach at the Jiangsu Province martial arts school, taught his martial arts to the Army, and taught for a short time at the Jing Wu Association in Shanghai. Li did not think much of money and he emphasized righteousness, loyalty and martial virtue.
Li Cun Yi died in 1921 at that age of 74. Although Li practiced and taught Ba Gua Zhang, he and the majority of his students are known primarily for their Xing Yi Quan skills. Li's most famous students are as follows: Shang Yun Xiang, Huang Bo Nian, Ma Yu Tang, Zhou Yu Xiang, Li Wen Biao, Ai Yong Chun, Hao En Guang, Li Yun Shan, Li Hai Ting, Guo Yong Lu, and his son Li Bin Tang. Other famous Ba Gua instructors, including Sun Lu Tang, Gao Yi Sheng, and Zhang Jun Feng, were said to have studied Xing Yi to some degree with Li Cun Yi.
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