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Zhang Sanfeng, the Glossary

Zhang Sanfeng (also spelled Zhang San Feng, Chang San-Feng) refers to a legendary Chinese Taoist who many believe invented tai chi.^[1]

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Alex Man

Alexander Man Chi-leung (萬梓良) better known simply as Alex Man is a Hong Kongese actor.

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Asceticism

Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals.

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Baoding

Baoding is a prefecture-level city in central Hebei province, approximately southwest of Beijing.

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Baoji

Baoji is a prefecture-level city in western Shaanxi province, People's Republic of China.

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Chinese martial arts

Chinese martial arts, commonly referred to with umbrella terms kung fu, kuoshu or wushu, are multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater China.

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Chinese Television System

The Chinese Television System Inc. is a terrestrial television station in Taiwan and was founded in 1971.

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Confucianism, also known as Ruism or Ru classicism, is a system of thought and behavior originating in ancient China, and is variously described as a tradition, philosophy (humanistic or rationalistic), religion, theory of government, or way of life.

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Courtesy name

A courtesy name, also known as a style name, is a name bestowed upon one at adulthood in addition to one's given name.

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Daoyin

Daoyin is a series of cognitive body and mind unity exercises practiced as a form of Daoist neigong, meditation and mindfulness to cultivate jing (essence) and direct and refine qi, the internal energy of the body according to traditional Chinese medicine. Zhang Sanfeng and Daoyin are qigong.

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Dicky Cheung

Dicky Cheung Wai-kin (born 8 February 1965) is a Hong Kong actor and singer.

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Dingzhou

Dingzhou, or Tingchow in Postal Map Romanization, and formerly called Ding County or Dingxian, is a county-level city in the prefecture-level city of Baoding, Hebei Province.

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Donnie Yen

Donnie Yen Chi-tan is a Chinese actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and action director best known for his martial arts films.

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Emperor Yingzong of Ming

Emperor Yingzong of Ming (29 November 1427 – 23 February 1464), personal name Zhu Qizhen, was the sixth and eighth emperor of the Ming dynasty.

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Fujian

Fujian is a province on the southeastern coast of China.

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Fujian White Crane

Fujian White Crane, also known as White Crane Style is a Southern Chinese martial art that originated in Yongchun County, Fujian (福建) province.

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Hebei

Hebei is a province in North China.

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History of Ming

The History of Ming is the final official Chinese history included in the Twenty-Four Histories.

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Huang Zongxi

Huang Zongxi (September 24, 1610 – August 12, 1695), courtesy name Taichong (太冲), was a Chinese naturalist, political theorist, philosopher, and soldier during the latter part of the Ming dynasty into the early part of the Qing.

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Immortality

Immortality is the concept of eternal life.

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Jet Li

Li Lianjie (courtesy name Yangzhong; born 26 April 1963), better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese-born Singaporean martial artist and actor.

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Jian

The jian (Mandarin Chinese:,, English approximation:, Cantonese) is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China.

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Jin Yong

Louis Cha Leung-yung (10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong, was a Hong Kong wuxia novelist.

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Kenny Ho

Kenny Ho Kar-king (born 29 December 1959) is a Hong Kong actor and singer.

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Kublai Khan

Kublai Khan (23 September 1215 – 18 February 1294), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Shizu of Yuan and his regnal name Setsen Khan, was the founder and first emperor of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China.

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Kung Fu Cult Master

Kung Fu Cult Master is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia film adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber.

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Liaoning

Liaoning is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region.

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Ming dynasty

The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.

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Mount Hua

Mount Hua is a mountain located near the city of Huayin in Shaanxi Province, about east of Xi'an.

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Neigong

Neigong (internal strength or internal skill), also spelled nei kung, neigung, or nae gong, refers to a series of internal changes that a practitioner goes through when following the path to Dao, and these changes may be achieved through practices including qigong or tai chi. Zhang Sanfeng and Neigong are qigong.

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Neijia

Neijia (內家) is the collective name for the internal Chinese martial arts.

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Neo-Confucianism

Neo-Confucianism (often shortened to lǐxué 理學, literally "School of Principle") is a moral, ethical, and metaphysical Chinese philosophy influenced by Confucianism, which originated with Han Yu (768–824) and Li Ao (772–841) in the Tang dynasty, and became prominent during the Song and Ming dynasties under the formulations of Zhu Xi (1130–1200).

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New Kung Fu Cult Master 1

New Kung Fu Cult Master 1 is a 2022 Hong Kong-Chinese wuxia film directed by Wong Jing and Venus Keung adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber.

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Qing dynasty

The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history.

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Sammo Hung

Samuel "Sammo" Hung Kam-bo (j; born 7 January 1952) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in martial arts films, Hong Kong action cinema, and as a fight choreographer for other actors such as Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, and Yuen Wah.

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Seoul Broadcasting System

Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters.

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Shaanxi

Shaanxi is an inland province in Northwestern China.

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Shaolin kung fu

Shaolin kung fu, also called Shaolin Wushu, or Shaolin quan, is one of the oldest, largest, and most famous styles of wushu, or kung fu of Chan Buddhism.

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Shaolin Sect

The Shaolin School was founded during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period by the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma,Cha, Louis.

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Shaowu

Shaowu is a county-level city in northwestern Fujian province, People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the Wuyi Mountains and bordering Jiangxi province to the west.

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Six Flying Dragons

Six Flying Dragons is a South Korean television series starring Yoo Ah-in, Kim Myung-min, Shin Se-kyung, Byun Yo-han, Yoon Kyun-sang and Chun Ho-jin.

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Snake kung fu

Snake kung fu is a Shaolin boxing style, one of several Chinese martial arts known as "snake boxing" or "fanged snake style" that imitate the movements of snakes.

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Song dynasty

The Song dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279.

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Tai chi

Tai chi is an ancient Chinese martial art. Zhang Sanfeng and Tai chi are qigong.

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Tai Chi Master (film)

Tai Chi Master, also known as Twin Warriors or simply Tai Chi, is a 1993 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Yuen Woo-ping, and produced by Jet Li, who also starred in the film.

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Tang dynasty

The Tang dynasty (唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705.

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Taoism

Taoism or Daoism is a diverse philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao—generally understood as an impersonal, enigmatic process of transformation ultimately underlying reality.

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The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber

The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, also translated as The Sword and the Knife, is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha) and the third part of the Condor Trilogy, preceded by The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes.

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The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (2009 TV series)

The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber is a Chinese television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title.

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Vincent Zhao

Vincent Zhao Wenzhuo (born 10 April 1972), sometimes credited as Vincent Chiu or Chiu Man-cheuk, is a Chinese actor and martial artist.

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Wu-style tai chi

Wu-style tai chi (p) is one of the five main styles of tai chi.

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Wudang Mountains

The Wudang Mountains are a mountain range in the northwestern part of Hubei, China.

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Wudang Sect

The Wudang School, sometimes also referred to as the Wu-Tang Clan, is a fictional martial arts school mentioned in several works of chinese wuxia fiction.

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Wuxia

italic (武俠, literally "martial arts and chivalry") is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China.

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Xu Xuanping

Xu Xuanping, was a Taoist hermit and poet of the Chinese Tang dynasty.

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Yang-style tai chi

Yang-style tai chi (p) is one of the five primary families of tai chi.

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Yu Chenghui

Yu Chenghui (16 August 1939 – 4 July 2015), sometimes credited as Yue Sing-wai, was a Chinese actor, action director and martial artist.

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Yuan dynasty

The Yuan dynasty, officially the Great Yuan (Mongolian:, Yeke Yuwan Ulus, literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its ''de facto'' division.

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Zhang (surname)

Zhang is the third most common surname in China and Taiwan (commonly spelled as Chang in Taiwan), and it is one of the most common surnames in the world.

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