Cheng Zongyou 程宗猷 (1561-1636) was a Chinese martial artist . He is noted for his publication Shaolin Gunfa Changzong or Elucidation of Shaolin Staff Techniques , as well as the Gengyu Shengji ( Skills Beyond Farming ) which described various other weapons systems, including Japanese kenjutsu .
6-600: Little is known of Cheng's life. He was born in Xiuning County into an upper-class family, and as such had a literary upbringing instead of the military (or criminal) childhood that was more common among professional martial artists of his era. He spent around a decade studying at the Shaolin Monastery , and described his training in some of his works. He also learned Japanese kenjutsu techniques from Liu Yunfeng, who had studied under various Japanese masters of
12-830: A pawn brokers business (as stated by the movie shown at the Peabody Essex Museum after exiting Yin Yu Tang House). In early 2008, the BBC broadcast a series of 5 documentaries on the life of pupils at schools in China. Called "Chinese School", the three schools documented were all located in Xiuning County: Xiuning High School, the top school in the county; Haiyang Middle/High School; and Ping Min Elementary School. This series
18-499: Is a county in the south of Anhui Province , China, under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Huangshan City . The southernmost county-level division in the province, it has a population of 270,000 and an area of 2,125 square kilometres (820 sq mi). The government of Xiuning County is located in Haiyang Town ( 海阳镇 ). Xiuning County has jurisdiction over nine towns and twelve townships. Xiuning County
24-480: Is divided to 10 towns and 11 townships. Xiuning County is historically renowned for producing more zhuàngyuán ( 状元 : the scholar with the highest score in the national Imperial examination ), than any other place in China. Accordingly, the large public space in Haiyang Town is called Zhuangyuan Square ( 状元广场 ). In 2009, the Xiuning County People's Government unveiled a monument commemorating
30-584: The 1800th anniversary of Xiuning (208-2008). In 2003, the Peabody Essex Museum , in Salem, Massachusetts, completed a 200 million dollar renovation and expansion, designed by architect Moshe Safdie , moving a 200-year-old 16-room Chinese house from Xiuning County to the grounds of the Museum. While in China this house was home to many generations who made a living in traveling to Shanghai and running
36-696: The sword. His Shaolin Gunfa Changzong was the first documented explanation of Shaolin methods, which had previously been transmitted only orally. Mao Yuanyi, the editor of the Wubei Zhi , was sufficiently impressed with this work that he incorporated it virtually wholesale into his own treatise. This Chinese biographical article related to martial artists is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Xiuning County Xiuning County ( simplified Chinese : 休宁县 ; traditional Chinese : 休寧縣 ; pinyin : Xiūníng Xiàn )
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