Xue Dian's master is Li Cunyi, a martial arts master in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.
Li Cunyi founded the Chinese Warriors Association and served as an instructor in Jingwumen. When the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, he joined the Boxer Rebellion at the age of 53, assisted Cao Futian, the leader of the Boxer Rebellion, and led a group to attack Laolongtou Railway Station at night.
More than 1,500 Tsarist Russian soldiers were stationed at the railway station. The two sides fought fiercely for more than ten hours. The Boxers occupied the railway station several times. Until the fall of Tianjin City and the defeat of the main battlefield, the fighting at the railway station did not stop. It is said that the Russian army suffered more than 500 casualties.
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Regardless of the controversial nature of the Boxer Rebellion, let’s not discuss whether the number of casualties of more than 500 Russian soldiers is reliable. But in that battle, the Boxer Rebellion and the Qing army did recapture the train station and drove away more than 1,500 Russian troops. The Tsarist Russian army retreated.
I dare not come out of the concession for the time being.
Xue Dian was Li Cunyi's most proud disciple in his later years. He looked elegant and gentle, but in fact he was arrogant, had a bad temper, loved face, and was very grudge-bearing.
When he was young, his senior brother Fu Jianqiu pointed out Xue Dian's shortcomings. Xue Dian refused to accept it and started a life-and-death contest, but he lost miserably.
Because of this trivial matter, Xue Dian left without saying goodbye and went to Shanxi to study with famous teachers. He left for ten years. It was not until his master Li Cunyi passed away that Xue Dian came back and challenged his senior brother again in his master's mourning hall.
Who is this special mother?
Now that he is middle-aged, Xue Dian's temper has become a little more tempered, but his face-saving and pretentious personality remains unchanged.
Zhou Hexuan thought of the debate between Chinese and Western medicine during this period, and also thought of the debate between traditional martial arts and modern fighting in later generations. He invited Xue Dian to his office to chat with this martial arts madman alone.
"Master Xue, please take a seat." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
Xue Dian said proudly: "My skills are passable, right? Mr. Zhou will be the honorary vice president of our Chinese martial arts hall. He will not insult your reputation."
"Master Xue is really smart," Zhou Hexuan said, "I am also very interested in Chinese martial arts and I have a few questions I would like to ask."
"You tell me," Xue Dian said.
Zhou Hexuan asked: "Does the legendary internal strength exist?"
Xue Dian laughed loudly: "Mr. Zhou, I have also read your martial arts novels. If you are asking about the kind of internal strength in the novel, of course it cannot exist. Internal strength is just a way of saying that internal strength has been mythologized."
"Then what is internal energy?" Zhou Hexuan asked again.
Xue Dian thought carefully and replied: "Inner strength is a method of using force."
"Method? Isn't it the power that really exists in Dantian?" Zhou Hexuan said in surprise.
Xue Dian laughed and said: "Those are all just trumped up, and I believed it when I was young. In fact, everyone has strength, it depends on how much they can exert, and martial arts training is just to learn how to activate and use it efficiently.
Human potential. Of course, don’t say this to others, otherwise I will become a street rat in the Chinese martial arts world.”
Zhou Hexuan asked again: "How real is martial arts?"
Xue Dian said: "What the closed disciples learn is true, and what ordinary disciples learn is nine percent false and one percent true."
"So fake?" Zhou Hexuan said in surprise, "Then why are you telling me this? Aren't you afraid that I will talk nonsense everywhere?"
Xue Dian said: "You are not a martial artist, so it doesn't matter if I tell you. Anyway, no one else will hear it."
Zhou Hexuan asked: "Are those martial arts routines all just showy?"
Xue Dian said bluntly: "For ordinary people, martial arts routines are equivalent to gymnastics. If you only practice routines for a lifetime, you will not become a master. For martial arts disciples, martial arts routines are equivalent to the basics. They can be used to move the muscles and bones and exercise physical coordination."
and reaction ability. For the inheritance of a boxing skill, martial arts routines are the secrets of moves, but they are modified secrets."
"Yes, and the modifications are too much, which is equivalent to showing off the skills," Xue Dian explained. "For example, in the routine, you need to jump up, turn around and punch. But in actual combat, how can it be so troublesome? Just turn around.
It’s fast and efficient.”
Zhou Hexuan asked: "Why create such an unreasonable routine?"
"It's very simple. In order to facilitate the spread of boxing," Xue Dian said with a smile, "A real fight is ugly, but the routines are much more beautiful. A layman would find it unpredictable. Especially high-ranking officials, such as the Eight Banners disciples of the Qing Dynasty.
There are many people who love martial arts. Naturally, they cannot really practice hard, but they still want to learn something, so routines are very suitable for them to practice."
"Is that why?" Zhou Hexuan was speechless.
Xue Dian continued: "In addition, in order to distinguish the martial arts, you have to know that the competition in the martial arts world is very fierce. Some of the starting moves and signature moves in the martial arts routines are mostly useless, but they can represent their respective
The characteristics of boxing techniques. There are also some remaining weapon movements, such as the cloud hand of Tai Chi, which are useless in real fighting, but it will be different if it is replaced with a sword."
"What's the explanation?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
Xue Dian said: "Tai Chi Yun Shou is actually the movement of changing the hands of a two-handed sword. It is only effective when using a two-handed sword, so that a one-handed sword cannot be used. Besides, when using a one-handed sword, you will not know the sword skills of the left hand.
Will it feel redundant?”
The sword technique is the movement of the left index finger and middle finger together and straightened, which appears in all swordsmanship routines.
Zhou Hexuan nodded: "That's a lot."
Xue Dian said with a smile: "Because in ancient times, soldiers held swords in their right hand and shields in their left hand. After it evolved into martial arts routines, the shield was gone, and the sword skills made with the left hand were equivalent to shields. If a swordsman does not practice shield skills,
That sword technique is just a decoration. Unless you use your left hand to block the opponent's weapon and try to hurt both sides, the sword technique movements are very cumbersome."
Zhou Hexuan asked the biggest doubt in his heart: "Is Tai Chi real? What about lifting a thousand pounds with four ounces?"
"It's nonsense to weigh a thousand pounds with four ounces. In a real fight, you can't even catch the opponent's fist. How can you still have time to use softness to overcome strength?" Xue Dian said disdainfully, "Let me tell you, what Yin Yang Tai Chi, what Five Elements Bagua?
They are all fake. I have studied Baguazhang, and the Bagua theory in it is fake; my sect has studied Xingyiquan, and the Five Elements theory is also fake. Putting these into boxing is nothing more than making the respective sects become
You have to have a cultural background and become unfathomable."
Zhou Hexuan asked: "There are so many fake ones, so what is real?"
Xue Dian answered very directly: "The ones that can hit people are real, and the rest are all fake. Today's martial arts world is very bad. In order to show that they are different, each faction has created a lot of messy moves. In fact, those moves have no effect at all."
Used in actual combat. I despise Tai Chi the most, it’s too pretentious.”
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "You can't do Tai Chi?"
"Of course I can fight," Xue Dian said without hesitation. Tai Chi was originally called Chenjiagou Boxing. It was practiced by villagers to deal with rebels and bandits. What can you do if you can't practice it? The problem is that Yang Luchan."
"Isn't Yang Luchan a great master?" Zhou Hexuan said.
"He is a great master," Xue Dian said with a smile, "but if he wants to promote boxing in the capital and teach those Eight Banners disciples, can he use a local name like Chenjiagou Boxing? So the Tai Chi yin and yang came into being.
The useless showmanship tricks have also come. After a hundred or two hundred years, Tai Chi has become a box of wealth. Very few people can fight the disease of wealth. If you have seen the practice methods of Tai Chi disciples, and then compare the routines of ordinary disciples
, you will find that they are completely two kinds of boxing techniques. They are both deceptive."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "In order to make a living and make money, everyone cheats?"
"You lied, I lied too," Xue Dian said, "I created a Xingyiquanxiang form myself. I dare not say that I created it myself. I have to say that I learned it from the old gods on Mount Wutai. I don't say that.
How to convince people? How to attract disciples to become your disciples?"
"The image form you created is very powerful?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
"Of course it's great," Xue Dian coaxed, "even if you look at the martial arts arena in recent years, most of the winners are Xingyiquan disciples, but Xingyiquan also has great shortcomings. My Xiangxiangquan can make up for it.
Eliminate the loopholes of Xingyi Quan."
Zhou Hexuan asked curiously: "What are the flaws of Xingyiquan?"
Xue Dian said: "The biggest flaw is that the moves and the strength are not consistent. The hitting moves push people's strength. They look fierce and can hit people, but the lethality is actually insufficient. Therefore, my master's generation practiced Xingyiquan
, I often communicate with Baguazhang, Bajiquan, and Taijiquan, and use the advantages of other martial arts to make up for my own shortcomings. The Xingyiquan image form I created borrowed the power of Bajiquan, but it doesn’t seem to be influenced by it.
Approved by fellow students.”
"You have made up for the shortcomings of Xingyiquan, but you are still not recognized by your peers?" Zhou Hexuan was a little confused.
Xue Dian sarcastically said: "Those people, aren't they jealous? Besides, my Xingyiquan style is very similar to Bajiquan, which is also quite similar to Western boxing. How embarrassing, according to them
, that is, the ancestors of Xingyiquan have been forgotten.”
Zhou Hexuan asked: "According to you, the things taught in the martial arts hall are just fake?"
Xue Dian nodded and said: "Most of them are fake, but you can still strengthen your body. A few more years of training are more than enough to deal with ordinary people. If you really want to enter the palace and learn the secret method, you must have the qualifications and character. This kind of murder
Don’t spread your tricks randomly.”
"The Wudang swordsmanship announced by Li Jinglin is also fake?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
"That's true," Xue Dian said speechlessly, "Dashuai Li has also made public the cultivation methods, and it's not just routines. But, he is a warlord and does not rely on martial arts to make a living, so naturally he doesn't care about this."
Zhou Hexuan continued to ask: "Who is more powerful, you or Li Jinglin?"
Xue Dian said confidently: "If I don't use weapons, I can kill him within a minute. If he uses a sword, I can also use a knife, and it can be solved in a few minutes."
"Is he that bad?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
Xue Dian smiled and said: "Of course he is bad. Looking at him walking in vain, you can tell that he has neglected to practice. Coupled with old age and weak strength, even your guard named Sun can easily defeat Marshal Li. He is just a name.
It’s just a loud head.”
Well, it turns out that the so-called "Sword Immortal" is so tragic in actual combat.
What a pity for Xue Dian. In a few years he would become addicted to feudal superstition and be shot to death in New China. His martial arts were also lost, including his own Xingyi boxing form.