Yang Lvchan was born in the fourth year of Jiaqing, a native of Guangping Prefecture in Zhili. Because of his poor family, when he was young, he worked as a servant in the "Taihetang" Chinese medicine shop in Guangping. The owner of "Taihe Hall" is Chen, a native of wen county, Henan. Seeing that Yang Luchan is diligent and kind, let him be his personal servant. Soon, Yang Luchan followed Chen back to Chenjiagou, wen county, Henan. When the situation was unstable, Chen asked Chen Changxing (the 14th ancestor of Chen Taiji) to look after the nursing home, and Chen Changxing borrowed Chen's yard to teach clan children.
Yang Luchan was a military commander since he was a child, and he really wanted to learn martial arts from Chen Changxing. But I'm afraid Chen Changxing won't accept him, so I dare not speak. However, Yang Luchan is fond of art, and every time he is an apprentice in Chen Changxing, he is very attentive. He often stands by and watches, keeps a trick and a pattern in his mind, and secretly practices when no one is around. After a while, I achieved little. However, once Yang Luchan was practicing hard and was discovered by Chen Changxing.
Chen Changxing saw that he had a talent for martial arts, so he abandoned his views, took him as a disciple and taught him to learn from Tai Ji Chuan. Twenty years after Daoguang, Yang Luchan finally succeeded in learning art. At this time, he was 40 years old. In order to make a living, he returned to Yongnian County, Zhili Province to set up a library and teach students. Because of his exquisite boxing equipment, many village experts competed with him and were defeated by him, so he became famous in the village. However, once in the process of fighting, I accidentally hurt people and was sued for life. In order to avoid disaster, Yang Luchan had to flee to Beijing.
Yang Luchan first settled in the "Tianyi Shun" pickles garden and taught the boss Zhang Si's two sons to read. The pickles of fat people in Zhang Si are not for takeout, but for Wang Fu. He has many contacts with Wang Fu, so he is not only rich, but also helps people intercede in Wang Fu, so he has a lot of face. Zhang Si is a fat man with a huge family business. He hired more than 20 military commanders to do housework for him. Usually, these servants are good gun dancers, but considering that he has a lawsuit, Yang Luchan never shows a trick and a half.
One night, Yang Luchan was resting in the back room when he suddenly heard the sound of a knife and a mechanical fight in the yard. He felt bad, so he quickly got up and took his usual tobacco pouch and went to the yard to check the situation. I saw several people playing in the yard, and then on the ground, a dozen people were tied up. Just then, a servant saw Yang Luchan and told him not to go near him, so as not to hurt him. Yang Luchan turned a deaf ear. He just picked up the pipe and pulled out another knife.
Then, he ordered several people in succession. I saw that after these people were ordered, they suddenly felt weak and were knocked down. Soon, Yang Luchan untied the rope tied to the servants and asked them to tie it again. Then he asked them if they wanted to close the case or report it to the authorities. Later, Yang Luchan learned who had a little grudge with them. Under the persuasion of Yang Luchan, the two sides made up and the past was like smoke. After this incident, the servants were ashamed and said goodbye to Zhang Si.
Zhang Si, the fat man, knew that there was a martial arts master hiding around him, so he simply asked Yang Luchan to teach his sons martial arts during recess. Shortly after Yang Luchan taught martial arts, someone called Yang Luchan. It turns out that the bearer is the family of the person who was injured in the village before. Although Yang Luchan defeated the other side with three fists and two feet, it puzzled Yang Luchan. Afraid of bringing trouble to Zhang Si fatty from now on, he said goodbye to Zhang Si fatty and prepared to hide and not go out.
Zhang Si Fat Man is a warm-hearted man, and he appreciates Yang Luchan's character and superb martial arts. So on his recommendation, Yang Luchan went to Wang Zaiyi's palace to teach boxing. Later, I was recommended by Zaiyi to be a martial arts instructor in Tsinghua Banner Camp. At that time, the officers and men of the Eight Banners liked to relax their work and only knew how to have fun. Therefore, they are in poor health and cannot suffer. Yang Luchan simplified the boxing he had learned and changed it into "Mianquan". After Mianquan spread, some royalty and Prince Baylor followed suit.
Considering their physical fitness, Yang Luchan made a series of changes on this basis, trying to make them soft and easy to learn, so as to achieve the effect of strengthening the body. Being respected by the nobles, Yang Luchan's reputation was greatly enhanced, and his boxing skills were also carried forward. After Yang Luchan became famous, he once visited Zhang Sipang in the "Tianyishun" pickles garden. At this time, he was already a guest of Zhang Sipang's family. At that time, the fat man's family in Zhang Si just hired some martial artists, and at the same time, some children who wanted to take an examination of martial arts and honor their ancestors gathered in his house. When Zhang Sipang introduced Yang Luchan to everyone, someone offered to do something with him.
The martial artist sitting in the room saw that Yang Luchan was thin and didn't look like a trainer at all, and he had doubts about his reputation. Everyone wants to compete with him. When Yang Luchan saw this scene, he knew that it was difficult to convince the public, so he agreed to the request of the tournament. As a result, in a fight, Yang Luchan can always easily break the opponent's offensive and easily knock him down. Only then did everyone understand that Yang Luchan really liked his reputation. Yang Luchan's reputation spread widely. At that time, martial arts masters from all over the world came here to learn from him.
However, no matter how superb his opponent's martial arts is, Yang Luchan always wins easily by combining rigidity with softness, so people nicknamed him "Invincible Yang". Weng Tonghe, the mentor of Emperor Guangxu, once praised Yang Luchan in his diary for "advancing and retreating quickly, being like an ape, dribbling with his hand, and the Jews being United and perfect". Due to the pursuit of scholars and royalty, coupled with Yang Luchan's unbeaten record in the Wulin, many people sought him as an apprentice. It is also under his impetus that Tai Ji Chuan has developed from folk martial arts to one of the national quintessence that people are scrambling to learn. (Refer to historical materials: China hero Yang Luchan, Tai Chi master Yang Luchan).