Wang Zi-Ping (1881–1973) (simplified Chinese: 王子平; traditional Chinese: 王子平; pinyin: Wáng Zǐpíng; Wade–Giles: Wang Tzŭ-p’ing) was a Chinese-Muslim practitioner of Chinese Martial Arts and traditional medicine from Changzhou, Cangxian county, Mengcun, Hebei Province.[1] He served as the leader of the Shaolin Kung Fu division of the Martial Arts Institute in 1928 and was also the vice chairman of the Chinese Wushu Association.[2] Wang was known for his mastery of Chaquan, Huaquan, Pao Chuan, Bajiquan, and T’ai chi ch’uan.[citation needed]
Early in his life, Wang was a member of an underground revolutionary group known as “The Righteous and Harmonious Fists” during the Boxer Rebellion. This was believed to be resulting from the fact that Ziping had lived most of his life under colonial rule from major European powers. He later resigned membership after the fall of the Qing government and became a student of Yang Hongxiu,[3] from which he learned the art of Chaquan.
He developed an exercise regimen for long life. He published works on martial arts exercises.[4]
When Zhou Enlai visited Burma, Wang, then 80 years old, went with them performed martial arts during the visit. He died when he was 93 years old.[5]
Wang developed “Quan Shr Er Shr Fa” (Twenty Fist Method)[6] as well as “Ching Long Jian” (Green Dragon Sword). He was succeeded by his daughter Wang Ju-Rong and his granddaughters Grace Wu, Xiaoping wu and Helen Wu.
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Nice. But why you he is called 'Shaykh'? Is he a Muslim?
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yes u can read that in the article the first sentence. :)
...........was a Chinese-Muslim practitioner of Chinese Martial Arts and traditional ..................
Re: Shaykh Wang Zi-Ping (Kung Fu Martial Arts)
yes u can read that in the article the first sentence. :)
...........was a Chinese-Muslim practitioner of Chinese Martial Arts and traditional ..................
I was so engulfed reading his difficult name that I missed that part.
BTW do you know when and how Muslims reached China.
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well i did look up in wikipedia since i am not a historian but i like history:
Introduction of Islam in 616-18 AD
Islam in China has a rich heritage. Islam was first introduced in China in 616-18 AD by Sahaba (companions) of Muhammad namely Waqqas (Sad ibn abi Waqqas), Sayid, Wahab ibn Abu Kabcha and another Sahaba.[5] Wahab ibn abu Kabcha (Wahb abi Kabcha) might be a son of al-Harth ibn Abdul Uzza (known as Abu Kabsha). See the text: "The Prophet was entrusted to Halimah...Her husband was Al-Harith bin Abdul Uzza called Abi Kabshah, from the same tribe".[6] It is noted in other accounts that Wahab Abu Kabcha reached Canton by sea in 629 CE.
Saad ibn Abi Waqqas along with three Sahabas, namely Suhayla Abuarja, Uwais al-Qarni (594-657), and Hassan ibn Thabit (554-674), went to China from Persia in 637 for the second time and returned by the Yunan-Manipur-Chittagong route, then reached Arabia by sea.[7] Some date the introduction of Islam in China to 650 AD which is the instance of third sojourn of Sad ibn abi Waqqas to China,[8] Saad ibn Abi Waqqas, was sent as an official envoy to Emperor Gaozong which was his third sojourn during Caliph Uthman's era in 651 AD.[9] Throughout the history of Islam in China, Chinese Muslims have influenced the course of Chinese history.
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Thanks happyheart. There is famous Hadith 'Seek knowledge even you have to go to china'. This shows that people of Arab knew the country and its scholars.
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well said bro :)
its amazing how Muslims have influenced one of the biggest countries in the world who plays such an important role in the world.
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Yes Muslims were able to do that because they were open-minded and accepted the superiority of one knowledge, as apparent from Hadith about China. Once you try to behave holier than though and consider yourself superior, its the start of downfall.
You mentioned Hazrat Owais al Qarni, some writers believe that its a fictional character. Even Data Ganj Bux, wrote about him in 'Kashaf al Mehjoob', but it seems a myth than reality.
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well everything seems a myth these days when u see the downthrothen situation of Muslims since decennia
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From an other angle, the reason behind Muslims downfall may be to believe the myths. There was a time when Muslims were leaders in Science and technology, but since more than 500 years, except for a few people, Muslim world had not produced scientist.
Its a pity that we say Muslims ruled India for about 800 years, how many universities or education centers providing education of science and technology were established by those rulers?
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well they did not much about educating the Muslims or the masses i have to agree i with you on that. They did alot on arts and architecture but what to do now bro...........lets pray that we will see again islamic enlightenment like we had centuries back.
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Aameen and that is only possible if we accept our past mistakes with open mind and start living and today's time instead of just making ourselves contended on our past.
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well said bro :)
its amazing how Muslims have influenced one of the biggest countries in the world who plays such an important role in the world.
World would have been less beautiful and less intelligent without Islam, Islam influenced so many people in the entire world, Its contribution in Art and Music is unmatchable.
From an other angle, the reason behind Muslims downfall may be to believe the myths. There was a time when Muslims were leaders in Science and technology, but since more than 500 years, except for a few people, Muslim world had not produced scientist.
Its a pity that we say Muslims ruled India for about 800 years, how many universities or education centers providing education of science and technology were established by those rulers?
During Mughal rule, Madrasas used to teach persian and arabic like English learned greek and latin, all philospher like plato,aristotle etc were part of madrassa education, Teaching of mathematics,geography, history was part of Madrasa education, Hindu social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy who established Benaras Hindu University was Madrassa educated. Now Madrassa means just religious education. Babar brought artillery and Tipu's army fired rockets, it is military that always used cutting edged technology. The best thing about Islam is that it believes in universal education, and real social benefits.
Ameen to the wishes of people here
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yes even first president of india DR.rajendra prasad started his primary education in a madarsaa........
we should remember role of islamic universities of spain..........
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Well said.
My point was Mughals probably failed to patronize scientific education and thus weaken themselves, providing chance to more technically capable Britishers to invade India. Although We admire Taj Mehal and other Mughal architecture a lot, Mughals were failed to produce scientists like Alkhwarzimi, Jabir Bin Haayan, etc. I personally admire poetry of Mughal Era especially Ghalib and the last Mughal Bahadur Shah Zafar, but we don't see scientific works like the work of old Muslim scientists which became guiding principle for European scientists.
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Well said.
My point was Mughals probably failed to patronize scientific education and thus weaken themselves, providing chance to more technically capable Britishers to invade India.
The Mughals were not behind the British in military technology. The muskets and cannons used by the British army at the time of the British conquest were of similar capability to those used by the Mughals, and the Mughals had an advantage in their large numbers of archers. Mughal shortbows were lethal and accurate out to the same distance as bows and arrows were, and Britush infantry wore no armour to protect them against arrows. The only reason why European armies switched to guns was that it was cheaper and quicker to train a man to use a gun than a bow and arrow.
The British advantage over the Mughals came from subterfuge, battlefield strategy, and above all from the discipline of their well-drilled professional army. Mughal armies were not as well trained and drilled and would not press the attack when they started suffering casualties. Mughal armies also suffered from fragmented command structures where the various nawabs leading forces would not work together. Often the British forces would face one noble at a time.
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Thanks for such a nice overview about the military technology of that era, but again the society as a whole was lacking to technical education. No doubt Mughal rule was weaken due to war on succession issues as well and existence of small states always fighting with each other also provided benefits to the English army.
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Thanks for such a nice overview about the military technology of that era, but again the society as a whole was lacking to technical education.
Again, I disagree. Until the industrial revolution began at the very end of the 1700s, Europe and India were not technologically far apart. Britain's conquest of India began in the mid 1700s when the two societies were on a more level playing field. India's leadership was at fault, a leadership that was weak, and which consisted on many weak rulers and petty lords constantly at each other's throat.
Britain's only advantage of discipline
1) Political Discipline - the entirety of British forces owed their loyalty to one individual and thus acted to a single coordinated plan. It was impossible to turn one part of the British army against another, whereas Mughal general could be bribed to leave the battle or switch sides.
2) Military discipline - British soldiers (including Indian sepoys drilled in the British style of warfare) would much better trained and performed better under battlefield conditions. The Mughals did not have as professional an army. Tipu Sultan's army that gave the British a close fight differed not so much in equipment from mughals, as in training instead. Tipu Sultan implemented European style training and turned his Indian soldiers into the equal of the British.
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Actually, an excellent example of the technological disparity were the Mysore rockers that Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan used against the British around 1780 . These were locally developed in India and were technology much superior to any rockets ever used in Europe.
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Nice and helpful information clearing some general misconceptions.
How do you see the overall backwardness of Muslims (especially in education) during that period, which was rectified to certain extent by people like Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.