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A few days later, at the invitation of Wu Tianying, Chai Jianhua came to the "Tianying Martial Arts Hall" opened by Wu Tianying.

The "Tianying Martial Arts Gym" is not large in scale. Apart from a classroom, there is also a training ground. On the plaque in the main hall of the Martial Arts Museum, there are four characters of "serving the country with loyalty". This is a private civil and military school.

Wu Tianying pointed to the four characters on the plaque "serving the country with loyalty" and said, I admire Yue Fei very much. Tangyin County is the hometown of Yue Fei, a national hero, and Tangyin, Anyang, Henan, the birthplace of "Book of Changes". The inheritance of "Book of Changes" has bred the wisdom of the children of the Central Plains; the spirit of "serving the country with loyalty" has nurtured the loyalty of Tangyin people.

Our school specially hired Professor Zhan Lisong, vice president of Yue Fei Thought Research Association, as the honorary principal of our school, and Sheng Yaoqiang, a disciple of Yue Fei Martial Arts School, as the head coach of our school's Yuejiaquan. This is a step forward for our school to truly inherit Yue Fei's martial arts culture and the spirit of loyalty A solid step forward.

Accompanied by Wu Tianying, Chai Jianhua visited the school history exhibition. I saw many competition awards on display. Among them is a "Zhongxiao Cup". Wu Tianying said that it was harvested in the Yuejiaquan exchange match. The sonorous and powerful Yuejiaquan, Yuejia Dao and Yuejia marksmanship of the participating teams conquered all the referees and contestants present.

Chai Jianhua asked: Who is stronger, Guan Yu or Yue Fei? I heard that Guan Yu, Wu Zixu and Yue Fei were candidates for Wu Sheng. Why did Emperor Kangxi choose Guan Yu?

Wu Tianying replied: Confucius, the "sage of literature", and Emperor Guan, the "sage of martial arts", seem to be very traditional, but they are not too old. Confucius' status as a "sage" has long existed, and the name "Wen Sheng" comes from the birth of "Wu Sheng". The title of "Wu Sheng" only began in the Kangxi year of the Qing Dynasty.

In 1644, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, formally replacing the Ming Dynasty and Li Zicheng's "Dashun regime", and took control of China. After decades of running-in, the gentle Han people got used to the rule of the Manchus; the lean Manchus, also under the guidance of the power of the supreme ruler, reluctantly unified the Han people whose population was thousands of times larger than theirs. The enlightened Emperor Kangxi, from the temple to the rivers and lakes, from the dragon case to the dining table, guided and advocated the concept of harmony between Manchu and Han. One of the eye-catching actions is "Feng Wu Sheng". The Han nationality has only one "sage" Confucius. Confucius is "Wen". In order to promote this spirit in the land of China and to unify with the Han nationality, the martial arts of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties came up with the term "Wu Sheng". This is considered to be the academic embodiment of the martial spirit in Confucian countries.

Following the emperor's advice, Han civil and military ministers were crowded, and they were busy selecting "Wu Sheng". It is said that after many discussions, some opinions from the people have also been collected. People who have been famous for martial arts since ancient times were screened out almost one by one. Finally, Wu Zixu in the late Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Yu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and Yue Fei in the Southern Song Dynasty in the Northern Song Dynasty were collectively presented to the emperor.

The reasons for Wu Zixu's selection are respectively——Wu Zixu lived in the Spring and Autumn Period known as "Thirty-six Kings Killed and Fifty-two Destroyed Nations", which was the period of "unjust war" when big fish eat small fish. The only situation where "small fish eat big fish" is the late Wu Mie Chu. After all, Xiao Wu did not really occupy Chu Wupeng on a large scale, but it was indeed Wu Jun who occupied Chu Yingdu. "Yingdu" means "capital" in Chu culture at that time. And the leader who accomplished this feat is Wu Zixu. Judging from the "direct results", Wu Zixu can indeed be said to be an excellent handsome talent who is weak and strong.

Guan Yu is definitely not "handsome", but "general". "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" praised him to the sky, becoming the embodiment of loyalty and bravery. In "Three Kingdoms", except for the ever-victorious general Zhao Zilong, Guan Yu has the lowest defeat rate. He only lost once, and it was also the last time. But even the final defeat becomes a heroic myth. The two-person bridge section of riding thousands of miles alone and going to the meeting alone takes his righteousness and bravery as the benchmark. The Hong Kong police and Hong Kong triads seen in Hong Kong film and television dramas all worship Guan Gong.

Yue Fei is just a grassroots man, but he has great ambitions. He started as a small officer, has both courage and courage, and can't stand the battle. He is also an eternal model of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. If Wu Zixu and Guan Yunchang, they can also make people pick faults. Among warriors, Yue Pengju and Yue Wumu could be described as "perfect". When it came to Emperor Kangxi, the first person to be "excluded" was the "perfect man" Yue Wumu. The reason is simple. All of Yue Fei's achievements are attributed to "anti-gold". "Jin" is our ancestor. But the money that Yue Fei resisted, although it has a different origin from ours, but to a large extent, it is against us. Calling him "Wu Sheng" doesn't encourage the Han people to use force to reject Qing Dynasty? Can't! So far, three people have been selected, and after elimination, Wu Zixu and Guan Yu are left.

In the eyes of Emperor Kangxi, although Guan Yu was not as handsome, nor as arrogant as Wu Zixu, he followed Liu Bei all his life. If you get lost, you would rather bear the voice of cursing, protect Liu Bei's wives and concubines, and hand them over to Cao Cao. If you have the opportunity, you will not be afraid of difficulties and dangers to find them. In the whole process, apart from respecting Liu Bei's wives and concubines, Qiu did not commit any crimes; in the end, in order to defend Jingzhou, which is actually impossible to defend, I will work hard to the death. Really loyal! Hua Rongdao letting Cao Cao escape is also an expression of loyalty! Looking at Wu Zixu again, he is from Chu, and he has indeed been wronged. The world has been wronged, and resentment is like a sea. After Hunjun's victory, he dug the tomb of King Chuping, dug up the remains, and whipped him for several days to vent his anger. Look at the narrowness... don't wait for the emperor to go on. Obviously, Wu Zixu was also ruled out. Only Guan Yu was left.

Chai Jianhua asked Wu Tianying: "Since the Qing emperor recognized Guan Yu as a martial sage, why do you insist on recognizing Yue Fei as a martial sage?"

Wu Tianying explained: Before the Qing Dynasty, Yue Fei was recognized as a martial saint by the Chinese people. It was only after Emperor Shunzhi entered the customs that Guan Yu was granted the title of martial saint. If you can travel through time and space, who is better, Guan Yu or Yue Fei? Such a question is actually equivalent to Guan Gong fighting Qin Qiong, and it can only be left to future generations to imagine. If you want to compare Guan Yu and Yue Fei, I think there are a few similarities:

Martial arts competition: Guan Yu beheaded the famous general Qi Wushuang

Guan Yu and Yue Fei are both military generals, and the official history here cannot be determined, so according to the descriptions in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Shuo Yue Quan Zhuan", the Liquan gun in Yue Fei's hand is also the same as Guan Yu's Qinglong Yanyue knife. The story of Guan Yu beheading six generals after passing through five passes, and beheading Yan Liang with warm wine has been passed down through the ages, but Yue Fei only said that he "picked Xiaoliang King with a gun". In addition, Yue Fei experienced countless battles in his life. There are also quite a few Jurchen generals, and I have never heard of a fierce person who was "clicked" by Yue Fei himself.

Literary Talent Competition: Manjiang Hongqu has been sung to this day

According to "Jiang Biao Zhuan", Guan Yu likes to read "Zuo Zhuan". It is also said that Guan Yu likes to read "Spring and Autumn". In the couplets of Guan Temple, it is even said that Guan Yu "has learned from ancient times and graduated in Spring and Autumn. Besides poetry, books and etiquette, he has special scriptures". However, reading "Spring and Autumn" is also reading "Zuo Zhuan", but apart from this, Guan Yu has few poems and calligraphy handed down from generation to generation.

Although Yue Fei was born in a farming family, his mother engraved the words "serving the country with loyalty" on his back, and he received a good traditional education since childhood. And Man Jianghong, who read "Thirty years of fame and dust, eight thousand miles of road, cloud and moon", is especially generous now.

Site competition: Yue Fei's site is bigger than Guan Yu

Guan Yu's biggest official position is "Dong Du Jingzhou Affairs", but there are only three counties of Nanjun, Wuling and Lingling.

During Yue Fei’s last Northern Expedition, Yue Fei’s position was the Xuanfu Envoy of the West Beijing Road in Hubei and the Recruitment Envoy of the North Henan Road. The Jurchen-occupied area in Hebei.

Competition in the management of the army: Beiwei's army is famous all over the world

How is the combat effectiveness of Guan Yu's army? I don't know. No matter the official history or the romance, I have never heard of the strength of Guan Yu's troops.

"It's easy to shake the mountain, but it's hard to shake the Yue family's army." A few figures can show the strength of the Yue family's army, and the Beiwei army is one of the top ten elite troops in ancient times.

Competition in the Northern Expedition: Guan Yu is more deterrent

Both Guan Yu and Yue Fei's Northern Expedition failed, so it's hard to say which one is more powerful. As far as the Northern Expedition is concerned, Yue Fei recovered six prefectures near Xiangyang in the Northern Expedition, and also recovered the vicinity of Luoyang in the sixth year of Shaoxing, and even approached Kaifeng in the tenth year of Shaoxing. Guan Yu attacked Xiangyang, but he still hadn't taken it down; but according to records, Guan Yu surrounded Xiangyang and was defeated by Jin's reinforcements. Cao Cao was so frightened that he wanted to move the capital. Fortunately, he was persuaded by Sima Yi and Jiang Ji. Zhen Huaxia".

After comparing Guan Yu and Yue Fei, Wu Tianying said:

The history books did not leave any of Guan Yu's art of war or martial arts tips, but left Yue Fei's Yuejia boxing, Yuejia sword and Yuejia marksmanship. These martial arts essentials are also the key points for our school to inherit ancient martial arts.

Wu Tianying said: Our school's martial arts class has established Yuejia boxing, Yuejia spear, Shaolin Kungfu, competition routines, and 18 kinds of weapons such as knives, spears, sticks, swords, and whips. There are also Sanda, wrestling, taekwondo, hard qigong, military and police fighting, women's self-defense and so on. Chinese traditional cultural education courses mainly focus on learning the "Disciples Regulations". "Di Zi Gui" inherits the essence of Confucianism such as "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", "Book of Rites", "Book of Filial Piety", etc., and its core idea is filial piety, benevolence and love. Today, when there is an urgent need to strengthen moral construction, "Disciple Rules" helps children inherit traditional culture and cultivate a healthy personality. Our school attaches great importance to students' martial arts education, people-oriented, and promotes the comprehensive cultivation of students' knowledge, physical fitness, martial arts, quality, and etiquette. In addition to practicing literature and martial arts, we have set up a colorful team activity room for the children. The school holds spring outings and summer camps every year, taking children to the wild to experience the breath of nature.

After listening to Wu Tianying's introduction, Chai Jianhua gained a new understanding of traditional Chinese martial arts.