Shen Chengkuan
#Taoist classics
·2022-08-20 23:32:13
Shen Chengkuan, also known as the Taoist Priest Qingfeng, was a Taoist in Wudang during the early Ming Dynasty. According to the origin records of the "Wudang Hengshan School of Mihun Quan", Shen Chengkuan traveled to Shanxi from Wudang Mountain in the early Ming Dynasty and settled at Baiyun Temple on Hengshan Mountain, thus passing on the Wudang Mihun Quan. Later generations thus spread martial arts on Mount Heng, which originated from Wudang, and thus it was called "Wudang Hengshan School Martial Arts". The martial arts of the Wudang Hengshan School, in addition to boxing techniques, also include the Soul-Confusing Blade, Soul-Confusing Sword, Soul-Confusing Spear, Taiyi Palm, and Cloud-Shifting Palm, etc. This school of martial arts was passed down by Shen Chengkuan. Due to the school's rule of "speaking of ancestors but not of teachers", it has now passed through eighteen generations, and it is impossible to trace what happened fourteen generations ago. Since the 14th generation, the inheritance relationship has been as follows: The 14th generation leader, Cheng Qiangyun, with the Taoist name Yunfeizi, was from Guandao Kou, Henan Province. He was born in the ninth year of the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty (1804) and died in the third year of the Guangxu reign (1877), at the age of seventy-three. The 15th abbot, Liu Youchun, was known by the Taoist name Yunchunzi. Liu Daoguang, the 16th generation leader. There were also successors such as Liu Daorong and Liu Daonian. The 17th generation leader, Liu Qingyu. Zhang Kaiwen, the 18th generation leader, is the son-in-law of Liu Qingyu. He has remained hidden among the common people in Jiangsu and has never passed on his lineage.