Huo Yuanjia, whose real name is Jun Qing, 1868 was born in Xiaonanhe Village, Jinghai County (now the western suburb of Tianjin). His father Huo, with superb martial arts, often went to Kanto and worked as a bodyguard for businessmen. He is quite famous in the Wulin. Huo Yuanjia was weak when he was young, and he was often bullied by urchins in the village and often teased by ten brothers. Huo was greatly displeased. Afraid of damaging the family style, Huo Yuanjia was forbidden to practice martial arts and let him go to school. This greatly hurt Huo Yuanjia's self-esteem, so he secretly practiced martial arts and secretly competed with his brothers.
There is a jujube forest in the west of Xiaonanhe Village, which is a cemetery and cannot be entered at ordinary times. Huo Yuanjia secretly learned three strokes and five styles from his father and brothers every time, and went to the depths of Zaolin to practice, thinking while practicing. Sweating in summer, wind and frost in winter, rapid progress. Later, my father learned about martial arts and was reprimanded, but Huo Yuanjia never gave up halfway. He promised his father not to compete with anyone and not to lose face at home.
/kloc-in the autumn of 0/890, a Wulin hero came to the Huo family, saying that it was long heard that the Huo family had "lost skills", but it was actually a competition. Between words, he insulted the Huo family and his son, and Huo Yuanjia's third brother Yuan Qing also fought with him, but he was defeated in three rounds. Huo was about to play in person when he heard "Watch me!" Huo Yuanjia jumped out like a whirlwind. The old man was furious at the sight of him, but it was too late to stop him. The two of them have already started work, and Huo Yuanjia struck like lightning, firmly as a cornerstone. Only a few rounds later, Huo Yuanjia took advantage of his opponent's leg instability, bent down and swept away, and his opponent suddenly fell to the ground. Huo Yuanjia stepped forward and grabbed his opponent, dropped him more than ten feet, and broke his opponent's leg.
This unexpected scene surprised and delighted everyone. Huo Yuanjia's reputation as a "martial arts expert" spread from now on.
From the hike in the twelfth lunar month 1895 to the pharmacy, Huo Yuanjia picked a load of firewood and went to Tianjinwei to sell it. At this time, he is married and has children, and his life is somewhat embarrassing. His firewood is different. A special elm pole, long and thick, weighs three or four hundred Jin, but he can carry it easily, which makes pedestrians relish and praise it.
Huo Yuanjia came to the west bend outside the west gate. Before the business opened, there were "gangsters" asking for "travel expenses" and "land money". The two men went from quarreling to fighting. Gangs are no match for Huo Yuanjia. He made a fool of himself in public and then ran away. After a while, a group of "gangsters" came to take revenge with swords, guns and clubs. With a genial smile, Huo Yuanjia pulled out the pole. When the gang surrounded him, he suddenly let out a cry, waved a pole, stabbed left and right, swept back and forth, and only heard the wind whistling and the weapons in the hands of the "gangsters" fell to the ground; Then, he came to the "old tree packaging" to sweep the chamber, swung the pole at the "gangster", and the "gangster" screamed and fled.
Not long after, more than 40 people came and surrounded Huo Yuanjia. Huo Yuanjia is red in the eye, too. He snapped the pole in half, one in each hand, ready to fight. At this tense moment, I suddenly heard someone shouting "Stop!" It turns out that Feng, the boss of "gangsters", has arrived. He invited Huo Yuanjia to his home, gave a banquet, and wanted him to do something to maintain the site. Huo Yuanjia promised to go back and discuss with his family.
The following spring, Huo Yuanjia went to Tianjinwei to join the shopkeeper Feng because of poverty. After he followed suit, he gradually abolished the "exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous fees" that extorted farmers and vendors, which caused dissatisfaction among the "gangsters". After that, I quit my job and went to Huaiqing Medicine Stack in Zhugan Lane outside the North Gate as a porter.
One day, a batch of raw materials was put into the medicine pile, each bundle weighed 500 Jin. A big fellow wanted to compete with Huo Yuanjia, so he carried the 500-Jin bundle of raw materials three times in a row by himself, and then said in front of all his buddies, "Master Huo, people say that you are skilled in martial arts and have great strength. Why not show off in front of all the buddies today and let us open our eyes? " Huo Yuanjia had long heard that he bullied the weak in the stack, so he wanted to take this opportunity to sweep away the power and prestige. So, Huo Yuanjia smiled at him, found the thickest and heaviest wooden pole, provoked two bundles of raw land, and walked unhurriedly into the warehouse. When these guys saw him trying to carry 1000 pounds, they all screamed and cheered. The big fellow blushed and resigned the next day.
Soon, another thing happened. One morning, the guy from Huaiqing Medicine Stack went to fetch water. He saw two large bluestone wheels leaning against the wellhead. If this situation is touched slightly, the wheel will fall into the well. The man had no choice but to go back and please Huo Yuanjia. At this time, there are many people watching around the well platform. Huo Yuanjia came to have a look and said with a smile, "This man is really capable, and I admire him very much. This is obviously aimed at me in Huo Yuanjia. " When he said this, he came to the well platform. The cat bent down, held the wheels with both hands, and only heard a "hi" and pushed the two wheels out at the same time.
The onlookers cheered in unison.
Later, Huo Yuanjia learned that it was someone from Beijing Yuanshun Escort Agency. These events made Huo Yuanjia famous. People nicknamed him "Hercules Huo".
1900 On the Haihe River in early spring, Sun Jin, the shopkeeper of Huaiqing Medicine Stack, took advantage of his busy work and invited Huo Yuanjia to hang out. They came to the Haihe River, found a teahouse and chatted over tea. Nong Sun Jin once studied in Japan, and he was very knowledgeable. He often tells Huo Yuanjia some things, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, which opened Huo Yuanjia's eyes, made him understand a lot of truth, and inspired Huo Yuanjia's patriotism and patriotism.
When they were in the deepest part of Tan Xing, they suddenly heard a sound by the river. The original ship carrying imperial grain needed to break down here. Li Gang, who is in charge of grain, jumped ashore and turned around. He didn't find a place to pile. In a hurry, he kicked off a pillar of a mat shed. Xi Peng's owner fled from Shandong and made a living by frying fruits. Xi Peng collapsed, and he quickly ran out to beg Li Gang. The irrefutable Li Gang tore off the mat shed, put the pile down, hammered it with his arm and started piling. I saw the stake being driven into the ground inch by inch, which shocked many people at once. The fruit shop owner knelt down and begged Li Gang for some compensation. Li Gang kicked him away impatiently, tied the cable to the stake and left.
Just then, I heard Huo Yuanjia shout, "That black boy, come back!"
Li Gang thought he was the bodyguard of the Royal Grain Ship. How can he put Huo Yuanjia in the eye? He turned to Huo Yuanjia and said, "Son of a bitch, you are tired of living. How dare you touch the ground on the lion's den! Knowing that it was Huo Yuanjia opposite, he gasped. But not to be outdone on the surface, he said, "Mr. Huo, don't be ignorant of good or bad." You'd better leave it alone. " The two men disagreed and finally did it. Huo Yuanjia saw Li Gang's extraordinary skill, so he used the formula of "Flash Step to Stop Grenade" in the family's "Fan Trace Art", jumped behind Li Gang, and slammed an "iron sand palm" on his back. Unexpectedly, Li See just stumbled forward a few steps, and with a "wow", he spit out one mouthful blood and fell to the ground.
At this time, the food officer on board saw the guards knocked down and shouted to arrest Huo Yuanjia. The Qing soldiers tied Huo Yuanjia up. Nong Sun Jin was so anxious that he stamped his feet and beat his chest. When he saw that Xu Tong, a great scholar in the Iron Man Pavilion, happened to get off the boat here to change the sedan chair, he went to complain. Xu Tong asked why, lamenting that Huo Yuanjia was a hero, and knowing that Huo Yuanjia was a villager, he let Huo Yuanjia go.
On June 1900, Eight-Nation Alliance captured Tianjin. Wang Wu, the broadsword of Beijing Yuanshun Escort Agency, died in the struggle with foreign devils. Huo Yuanjia personally heard and witnessed many bloody crimes committed by foreign devils, which made him plant hatred against the invaders and resented the Qing government. In order to serve the country, he returned to his hometown to recruit people to practice martial arts.
Win glory for our country 190 1 year, Huo Yuanjia is 33 years old. One day, his apprentice Liu Zhensheng brought some advertising leaflets with stories of Russian Hercules performing in the theater, claiming: "I have no rivals in China, so that the sick people in East Asia can see and broaden their horizons." When Huo Yuanjia saw it, he said angrily, "It's really cruel!" He immediately took Liu Zhensheng to Tianjin.
They first found Nong Sun Jin, who knows a foreign language, and then went to the theater to explain their purpose. Theater steward heard Huo Yuanjia's name for a long time, dare not neglect. He arranged for them to sit in first class and informed the Russian Hercules.
Russian Hercules appeared on the stage. He is tall and strong, like an ox. He first punched a set of fists to get all his muscles moving, and then sat on his back, holding 100 kg dumbbells in both hands and one in each leg, putting a board on three dumbbells, putting a square table and four chairs on the board, and then four big men went up and sat in the chairs to play cards, but the board did not waver. Then, he performed a flat-rolled iron plate. He first picked up a thick iron plate and struck it three times with a sledgehammer. The iron plate did not change, and then he rolled it into a tube with all his strength. Finally, break the chain. He stepped on one end of a thick chain with his foot, then wound it around for a few weeks, and the other end came back from his shoulder and grabbed it with both hands. He only heard a loud drink, and the chain snapped and fell to the stage with a bang. These performances amazed the audience under the stage. After the performance, he boasted that he was the first Hercules in the world, and threatened to perform for three days, "welcoming the capable people of the sick man of East Asia to compete on stage".
Huo Yuanjia could not sit still. He jumped onto the stage and said loudly, "I am Huo Yuanjia, the sick man of East Asia, and I want to compete with you in public." ? It's up to you whether it's a gentleman's dispute or a villain's dispute! "
The Russian Hercules was afraid of making a fool of himself in public, so he asked the translator to explain to Huo Yuanjia that what he just said was exaggerated in order to make money. Please don't take it seriously Huo Yuanjia challenged many times, but he refused to participate. Finally, he promised to admit his mistake in the newspaper and left Tianjin despondently.
1903, Li's Wuqing bodyguard invited Huo Yuanjia to compete. The first item is to walk around the empty dustpan for three times. Huo Yuanjia's contribution is not deep. After only two and a half laps, the dustpan was kicked over, which caused the ridicule of Li Weiwei and his disciples. The third item is that everyone hits each other three times. Li guards first swing out, Huo Yuanjia like nothing, just at the foot of the blue brick cracked. The second palm, Huo Yuanjia did not move, at the foot of the blue brick broken into small pieces. Li's bodyguard couldn't help taking a breath of air conditioning. He tried his best to hit the third palm, only to see Huo Yuanjia's feet sink into the blue brick field more than three inches deep, but his body was as steady as Mount Tai. Huo Yuanjia kicked his feet and said with a smile, "Master, please!" How did Li's bodyguard know his "iron sand palm"? With only one hand, he couldn't stand it, shook it and fell to the ground.
Li's bodyguard smiled, admitted defeat, and invited Huo Yuanjia to stay and compete later. Who would have thought that he had ulterior motives and locked Huo Yuanjia in the attic? After dark, Huo Yuanjia pushed the whole prison out with divine power, and the wall collapsed, so he was able to get away.
1909, a British strongman named Opiin came to Shanghai, set up a shoe store in Bird, and advertised in the newspaper, boasting and insulting the people of China. At that time, Shanghai suffered from no enemies, so it sent a letter to invite Huo Yuanjia to go.
As soon as Huo Yuanjia arrived in Shanghai, he organized a parade in Bird, and wrote in the advertisement: "The exclusive recruitment of Hercules from all over the world. Although they have copper skin and iron bones, they have nothing to worry about. " This immediately caused a sensation in society. Mr Opie felt something was wrong, so he threatened Huo Yuanjia with twelve thousand pieces of silver. I didn't expect Huo Yuanjia, who had answers, to agree. Opium must sign a contract. However, on the day of the game, I never saw Aoping again. It turned out that he had slipped to Nanyang.
The Japanese Judo Association was not convinced when it learned that Huo Yuanjia had defeated the two giants, Britain and Russia, so it selected a dozen experts to try out in Huo Yuanjia.
Huo Yuanjia asked his apprentice to fight first, but Liu did not move at first according to the master's instructions. Seeing this, the Japanese samurai pounced on Liu's clothes and tried to throw him down. However, Liu stood on the pile with great strength, and the Japanese samurai used all kinds of tricks to no avail, losing five people in a row.
The Japanese captain was very angry and went into battle with Huo Yuanjia himself. He thinks he is skilled, but as soon as he saw Huo Yuanjia, he knew his skill. He tried to hurt people with his black hand, but Huo Yuanjia recognized him. He made a feint and elbowed his arm, and the Japanese leader broke his ribs. The Japanese side admitted defeat.
After the game, the Japanese hosted a banquet for Huo Yuanjia. During the dinner, the Japanese knew that Huo Yuanjia was still "feverish" and introduced a doctor named Akino to see him. I don't know. After taking the medicine, my condition got worse. Only a few months later, a generation of martial arts experts left this world with a grudge. Afterwards, my friend took the medicine to test, only to know that it was chronic lung rot medicine. This was secretly done by Japanese ronin.
Huo Yuanjia died on 1909 at the age of 42. The people of China deeply regret the bad news.
After Huo Yuanjia's death, the Jason Wu Gymnastics Club he founded held a grand funeral for him. The cemetery is located in the northern suburb of Shanghai, and the tablet is engraved with the "Tomb of Hercules Huo Yuanjia".