Detailed introduction to the sect
Introduction to the sect-Shaolin
Shaolin Temple was founded in the 19th year of Taihe, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty (495 AD) ). At that time, the Indian monk Batuo traveled from the Western Regions and received the respect of Emperor Xiaowen, who was a devout Buddhist. When Batuo saw that Mount Song, composed of Taishi Mountain and Shaoshi Mountain, looked like a lotus, he intended to set up a temple in the "flower". Emperor Xiaowen then built the Shaolin Temple in Shaoshi Mountain to support Batuo. More than thirty years later, Bodhidharma, a monk from South India, came to Shaolin Temple, recruited many disciples, taught Zen Buddhism, and became the founder of Zen Buddhism in China.
Bodhidharma, whose full name is Bodhidharma, is from South Tianzhu, a Brahmin caste, and claims to be the 28th ancestor of Zen Buddhism. During the reign of Emperor Liang Wu of the Southern Dynasties, he sailed to Guangzhou. Emperor Wu of Liang believed in Buddhism, so Bodhidharma met Emperor Wu of Liang in Jianye, the capital of the Southern Dynasties. The interview did not agree, so he crossed the river with a reed and went north to Luoyang, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty. He stayed at the Shaolin Temple in Songshan for nine years and passed on the mantle to Huike. After leaving Yumen, he wandered all his life. He died in Luobin in the third year of Tianping in the Eastern Wei Dynasty (536 AD) and was buried in Xiong'er Mountain.
Bodhidharma first taught Zen Buddhism in China, which "points directly to the human heart, sees one's nature and becomes a Buddha, does not establish words, and teaches outsiders." According to the second ancestor Huike, the third ancestor Sengcan, the fourth ancestor Daoxin, and the fifth ancestor Zu Hongren, Sixth Patriarch Huineng and others vigorously promoted it, and finally the secret garden blossomed with flowers and five leaves, becoming the largest sect of Chinese Buddhism. Later generations respected Bodhidharma as the first ancestor of Chinese Zen, and respected Shaolin Temple as the ancestral court of Chinese Zen.
Shaolin Temple has had an indissoluble bond with the Li dynasty since Li Shimin was still King of Qin. The Shaolin Monk Soldiers were originally an armed organization established to protect temples from social wars. At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the Sui general Wang Shichong supported the Eastern Capital and proclaimed himself emperor. The country was named Zheng. He also appointed his nephew Wang Renze as the general. He set up heavy troops and built a city in Baiguzhuang to stop Qin King Li Shimin from advancing eastward. In the third year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty (AD 620), the great ancestor Li Yuan ordered his son Li Shimin to lead all the troops to conquer Wang Shichong. Li Chu lost the battle. At this time, thirteen Shaolin monks including Zhicao, Huixi and Tanzong were stationed at Baigu Village. Because he was dissatisfied with Wang Renze's occupation of the Shaolin Temple's fiefdom, he "led the crowd to resist the fake masters." Tan Zong and other thirteen warrior monks broke into Zheng Bing's camp at night, captured Wang Renze alive, and presented him to Li Shimin, making great contributions to King Qin's unification of the country. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he greatly rewarded the Shaolin monks and gave him 40 hectares of land in the Shaolin Temple. All the thirteen stick monks were rewarded, and Tan Zong was made a general.
After experiencing the baptism of war, Shaolin martial arts has become increasingly mature. During Wu Zetian's generation, Shaolin tried every possible means to preserve the Li family's bloodline, and together with Tiance Mansion, became a solid backing for the Li family. In the battle at Guangming Temple, the Shaolin monks showed their prowess, and the orthodox power of Shaolin martial arts reappeared in the world. Since then, everyone knows that if you want to be the enemy of the Tang Dynasty, you must first pass the Shaolin Temple. When it came to Yang Guozhong's generation, he even wanted to eradicate Shaolin, a sect that had influence on many ministers in the court. While he controlled the Shence Army to suppress the Tiance Mansion, he also invited Jialan monks from Tianzhu in order to gain confidence in the general's belief. Shaolin knockout.
Sect Introduction-Chunyang
In the 17th year of the founding of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty (598 AD), Taizong Li Shimin came to the world on their way back to Taiyuan. As soon as he arrived in Taiyuan, a man came to visit him and said that the baby would save the world and benefit the people in the future, so he named him "Shimin". Later, the Taoist gave Li Yuan another book: "Kaiyuan Dian Lun". Li Shimin gradually realized the way to found a country from the book. It was this book that gave Li Shimin a lot of help in establishing a country.
It is a pity that most of the content of "Kaiyuan Dian Lun" talks about how to conquer the country, but very little is said about governing the country. But according to what the Taoist said, there must be another treasure book in this world that talks about the way of governing a country. The Taoist Master left a poem saying that this treasure book must come from "Pure Yang". So after Taizong ascended the throne, he sent people to search for a place or person named Chunyang, but to no avail. Later monarchs and princes have all forgotten this incident, but only one person noticed this foreshadowing, and that was the prince Li Longji. Li Longji was only fifteen years old at the time, and Empress Wu was in power. The princes were frightened and could only stay in the palace to study. However, Li Longji secretly determined to find this classic, so he secretly sent his cronies to inquire about it.
In an accident, Li Longji found out that in the second year of the Yuan Dynasty (AD 675), there was a Jinshi who resigned immediately after winning the imperial examination. His name was Lu Dongbin and his nickname was Chunyangzi. Li Longji vaguely felt that this person was the "Chun Yang" mentioned in the poem, so he asked people to look for this Chunyang son everywhere. The strange thing is that Chunyangzi came to Li Longji's house and gave him a copy of "Da Tong Dian Lun", which was all about governing the country.
But the good times did not last long. Li Longji learned that one of Wu Zetian's secret agents sued Li Longji for wanting to rebel against the Empress Wu. Without thinking, Wu Zetian immediately sent her most trusted Shence Army attendant to secretly execute Li Longji, but the attendant was in turn killed by Li Longji and Chunyangzi. Li Longji knew that he could not hide it, so he took the initiative to plead guilty and presented the "Da Tong Dian Lun" in front of the ministers. He said generously: He was about to present the "Datong Dian Lun" when someone came to steal it in the middle of the night and he had to kill him. , only to find out that it was Shence's person. Wu Zetian had nothing to do, so the matter was no longer pursued.
Wu Zetian was naturally fond of worshiping Buddhas and gods. When she saw Chunyangzi, she would not let him go, so she asked him to pray for her. Chunyangzi did not refuse, so he offered sacrifices to Empress Wu (actually for the country of Tang Dynasty) and stayed in the palace to preach for two days. Wu Zetian was very satisfied with Chunyangzi and rewarded him greatly. Li Longji took this opportunity to propose to Wu Zetian: Build a Taoist temple for Chunyangzi near the capital, so that he can pray for the royal family every day. It will be more convenient for the emperor or the harem to worship him in the future; and Chunyangzi is a Taoist master, if If you don't treat him well, it will really be the court's loss. The old Empress Wu did not think too much, she just hoped that she would live longer, how could she not allow it? Lu Chunyang did not reject these court struggles and readily agreed.
In the fourth year of Chang'an (704 AD), Lu Dongbin established Chunyang Temple in Huashan with the support of the imperial court. After Xuanzong ascended the throne, Chunyang achieved greater development.
Lu Dongbin accepted six disciples. Among them, Xie Yunliu and Li Wangsheng followed Lu Dongbin to practice Taoism before Chunyang was built. They did many things with their master, so the three of them had a deep relationship. In June of the first year of Jinglong (AD 710), Tang Zhongzong passed away. Empress Wei came to the court and made her son Chongmao the emperor. Ruizhong's son Li Longji and Princess Taiping launched a coup, surrounded and killed Empress Wei and Princess Anle, forced Chongmao to abdicate and supported Ruizhong. Unfortunately, Xie Yunliu and Li Chongmao were close friends, so Xie Yunliu was also considered a remnant of Webster's party. Because Xie Yunliu's martial arts had already far surpassed that of his fellow disciples of the same generation, the palace directly issued an edict to the Chunyang Sect, ordering them to capture Xie Yunliu.
Although Lu Dongbin knew what his apprentice had done, he still felt pain like flesh and blood. How could he bear to hand over Xie Yunliu, but he had to give it to important people in the court. Lu Dongbin found Li Wangsheng, and the two discussed how to protect Xie Yunliu without conflicting with the court. After much deliberation, he decided to let Xie Yunliu go out and hide. As for the court, Lu Dongbin went to Beijing to face the sage and took charge of the matter alone, hoping to spare Chunyang disciples. Li Wangsheng couldn't bear to leave his master and couldn't help blaming his senior brother. Lu Dongbin only said: "The matter has come to this, and someone must take the responsibility. You can't let many Chunyang disciples suffer for (me)..." Xie Yunliu happened to hear the last conversation between the master and his junior brother outside the door, thinking that the master He wanted to hand himself over to the court, turn around and leave. Lu Dongbin heard the sound and chased him out. Xie Yunliu even used Qinggong to get rid of his master. Lu Dongbin knew that he had misunderstood and hurriedly caught up. The unprepared Lu Dongbin was knocked back three steps by Xie Yunliu, who was already at his best. Xie Yunliu hurriedly rushed out of the door. Seeing Xie Yunliu's behavior, all the brothers blamed him, but only Lu Dongbin knew and could understand Xie Yunliu's mood at that time. . After Tang Xuanzong knew this, it was inconvenient to pursue the case any further.
In the twenty-third year of Kaiyuan (735 AD), Li Wangsheng had just taken over Chunyang. At this time, the Beggar Gang wanted to unite with various martial arts sects to attack the Ming Cult. Shaolin refused to help, so the Beggar Gang turned to Chunyang. Li Wangsheng followed Yu Rui's suggestion and not only rejected the Beggar Clan, but also persuaded the Beggar Clan to abandon the war. Later, the Beggar Gang and the Tang Sect were defeated in Fenghua Valley. The Beggar Gang suspected that Chunyang was responsible, but they still had no evidence.
Introduction to the sect-Tiance
The Tiance Mansion located in Luoyang was an organization established by Li Shimin when he was still the king of Qin. Later, Li Shimin became the emperor. Become a secret agency responsible for Jianghu affairs. Despite the vigorous suppression of Wu Zhou's generation, Tiance Mansion still became a secret representative of the Tang Dynasty in the arena. The growing power of Mingjiao has long been in the eyes of the government. After Xuanzong came to power, he immediately promulgated the "Destruction Order", declaring Mingjiao illegal, and the conflict between Mingjiao and Tiance was inevitable. When the Guangming Temple incident broke out, Tiance attacked the high-level gathering place of the Ming Cult with lightning speed and directly killed the four great Dharma kings and many senior officials of the Ming Cult. The Ming Cult suffered heavy losses and only the leader was spared. The Ming Cult was not allowed to move westward. Since then, the nickname "Wolf of the Eastern Capital" in Tiance Mansion has spread like wildfire.
Tiance was built by Taizong Li Shimin. There are not many people, but they are all elite soldiers. In the eyes of these heroic men, a true man should serve the country loyally and "benefit the country, not seek wealth." They don't want to waste too much time and always want to do more in their limited time. They were in a hurry and seemed to have endless things to do. After receiving the task, they mounted their bay-red horses and galloped away. At the back of the hospital, the instructor led his disciples to practice martial arts. They occasionally drank but did not make any noise. They were meticulous when standing guard and were upright and kind in their dealings with others.
Wearing thick armor, they are the last line of defense of the Tang Empire. Although he has joined Jianghu for many years, the internal military establishment of the early Tiance Mansion is still maintained. From strategists and instructors down, all types of sergeants are available. In fact, there is no real sense of good and evil, righteousness and evil in their hearts. I don’t have any religious beliefs, but I stick to my belief that everything is based on the Li Tang Dynasty.
As a government force entering the world, everyone in the Tiance Mansion has always been in a very embarrassing situation: internally, they are martial arts people who wander around the world; externally, they are the protectors of the Tang Dynasty government. , both sides stayed away from them. But they don't care, because they are wolves! Wolves don't care about other people's opinions. In their hearts, nothing is more important and noble than safeguarding their own ideas. In order to maintain the stability of the Tang Dynasty, they were willing to kill gods and Buddhas when they met, even if they fell into a point of eternal disaster.
The power of Tiance Mansion is obvious to all, which is mainly due to its spear skills. Although the leaders of Tiance Mansion also include famous martial arts masters such as Shaolin and Ba Dao, most of the members of Tiance Mansion are gunners who only learned after entering Tiance. The difference between Tiance Mansion martial arts and ordinary martial arts is that it is a practical martial art. Although Yang Ning, the chief instructor, uses wooden spears when teaching martial arts, every move is focused on how to use it on the battlefield. Tiance Mansion never emphasizes moves or principles. It only requires finding the opponent's weaknesses, using moves quickly, and killing the opponent with one blow. In addition to Li Chengen, Yang Ning and others, other people in Tiance Mansion are also very strong. Although martial arts are looked down upon by the orthodox martial arts community, it is an indisputable fact that the strength of these people with military backgrounds is not inferior to that of other knights.
Another reason why Tiance Mansion is powerful is its famous collective tactics. Since the main opponent of Tiance Mansion at that time was a single radical warrior, Tiance Mansion had an advantage in terms of numbers. Based on experience, Li Chengen organized the Tiance Mansion into four battalions: Tiansha, Tianqiang, Tiandun, and Tiangong. Except for the Tiansha battalion, which operates independently, the other three battalions work together. Each team has fourteen people, led by the captain of each team. Leading the patrol, the deputy commander takes turns commanding each team. The soldiers acted in unison and resolutely avoided one-on-one battles, but used the masses to defeat the weak. Normally, this kind of group battle drills are often carried out in Tiance Mansion. During the battle, whoever attracts attention will go back to the back to cover each other. Everything is in order. This tactic was Li Chengen's invention. It greatly reduced casualties and successfully concealed the poor strength of individual soldiers.
Introduction to the sect - Qixiu
Back in the Shenlong years, there was no place like Qixiu Fang in the world at that time, but a martial artist appeared in the martial arts world. A strange woman, known as Aunt Gongsun, has a sister who looks exactly the same, but few people in the world can tell them apart. Gongsun's sword dance was so famous that even the emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty issued seven edicts within one year to invite aunts to the palace just to watch Gongsun's sword dance. . A few years later, on the day Er Niang left the palace, Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty sent her off to Yangzhou Music Square. In order to prevent the art of sword dance from being lost, they established Qixiu Fang on the bank of Slender West Lake to carry forward the art of sword dance.
More than ten years later, Aunt Gongsun and Er Niang have lived up to Zhongzong’s expectations. The twenty orphan girls they adopted after middle age are now as famous as they were in the world, and they are known as the "Seven Girls". Show off your thirteen hairpins." All of them are excellent women who are good at both sex and art. Whether they are today's dignitaries or young talents from various sects, they are all proud to have a glimpse of Fangze.
Nowadays, Aunt Gongsun and Er Niang have stopped caring about world affairs, and Qixiu Fang has been completely managed by Ye Zhiqing, the leader of Qixiu. Qixiufang is different from other sects. The apprentices are basically orphans and young women whose hearts have been broken by men who are rescued by Qixiu Shisanchai every year. And what they hate most are men who are frivolous and unsympathetic.
Lu Anxian, the Japanese envoy to the Tang Dynasty, got drunk and caused trouble in Qixiufang, and his ears were cut off.
After returning to China, he introduced it to the emperor like this: "The Tang Dynasty is really a magical place, especially the place called Qixiubang. I swear by the name of Amaterasu, the Tang women there are really unparalleled..."
Introduction to the sect - Wanhua
In the 23rd year of the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Dongfang Yuxuan, the master of Wanhua Valley, traveled around the world and accidentally stumbled into the Qingyan Mountains in the Qinling Mountains. It was such a fairy place that the wise men were recruited to live in seclusion here and named it the "Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers".
Wanhua Valley can be said to be a sect founded by Dongfang Yuxuan. With his strong personality, he won over all the strange people in the world. For a time, Wanhua Valley became the most advanced thinking and free atmosphere in the Tang Dynasty. place. The sea embraces all rivers, and tolerance means greatness. With its inclusive and tolerant attitude, Wanhua Valley has become a holy place for talents with various thoughts and specialties.
Dongfang Yuxuan is proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. After establishing Wanhua Valley, he often invited celebrities and martial arts masters to the valley to play chess, drink tea, drink wine and play the piano. Over time, Wanhua Valley became the most elegant place in the world. Many celebrities who were tired of the martial arts life and the sinister officialdom chose to live in seclusion in Wanhua Valley. The reputation of Ten Thousand Flowers Valley is almost comparable to that of Changge Sect at that time. However, Wanhua Valley is different from Changgemen. Changgemen is a gathering place for poets and poets. They pay attention to poetry and poetry, reciting poems and doing elegant things. Wanhua Valley can be said to be a gathering place for three religions and nine streams. All kinds of strange people can find their own place in the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers.
But now that you have entered the world, it is difficult to stay aloof from worldly affairs. It soon spread in the world that Dongfang Yuxuan, the owner of Wanhua Valley, was actually a member of the Fang family of Xiake Island. He came to the Central Plains for some reason. For a while, the name Xiake Island caused a new commotion in the martial arts world.
It is said that "The Secret Book of Ten Thousand Flowers" is divided into "General Outline", "Wu Jing", "Chess Jing", "Book Jing", "Medical Jing", "Qin Jing" and "Miscellaneous Jing" 》Seven parts. It took ten years of vomiting blood to complete this work by capable men and strangers living in seclusion in the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers. The content is broad and profound, among which the "Martial Arts" and the "Medical Classics" are the most concerned by martial arts people.
The miraculous medical skills of Wanhua Valley are well known. People walking in the rivers and lakes will inevitably suffer from various injuries. It is said that the medical skills contained in the "Medical Classic" can bring people back to life, and more importantly, the medical skills of Wanhua Valley Medical skills are the nemesis of the Five Poisons, and martial arts people who have suffered enough from the Five Poisons are eager to get the "Medical Classic" as soon as possible.
But what attracts the most attention is the "Martial Arts" in "The Secret Book of Ten Thousand Flowers". It didn't matter at first, but according to the news that someone bought it from the Yin Yuanhui at a high price, it was said that he bought part of the Fang family His martial arts experience was written into "The Secret Book of Ten Thousand Flowers", which suddenly brought back everyone's memories of those years. For a time, Wanhua Valley became the focus of the martial arts world.