Huo Yuanjia is not only a master of martial arts, but also a strong man.
In the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu, a Russian came to Tianjin to perform in the theater. He advertised in the newspapers, claiming to be the world's No. 1 strongman, and was invincible all over China. After seeing the notice, Huo Yuanjia didn't feel much at first, and didn't want to get out of the limelight. But then I heard that the Russian strong man insulted the Chinese many times in the ring, so he revealed the notice and went to challenge the Russians.
The Russians were very arrogant on the stage, but when Fearless stood in front of him and he learned about Fearless from the crowd, he fled. Then there is a British strongman, just like the Russians, humiliating the Chinese everywhere. So Huo Yuanjia went to challenge, the British wanted to avoid the fight with Huo Yuanjia on the grounds of 10,000 yuan bet. Later, the date of the game was dragged to six months later, and when it was inevitable, he fled without a fight. People from the Japanese Judo Club came to challenge, and before Huo Yuanjia played, his apprentice Liu Zhen defeated these Japanese Jiu-Jitsu players.
Judging from the battle between Huo Yuanjia and martial arts masters from three countries, Huo Yuanjia's reputation at the time was certainly not low. In other words, it has a strong record, otherwise it will not let the Russian and British strong men just hear the name and run away. In Japan, it is even more obvious that the apprentices taught by Huo Yuanjia defeated everyone.
All these show that Huo Yuanjia's martial arts is very high. But the so-called Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second, Huo Yuanjia is strong in martial arts, but it can not be said that he is the number one in the world.
Huo Yuanjia died young when he was only forty-two, and his death was not simply a death. History has cast a light on the cause of his death.
There are two theories about how Huo Yuanjia died, one is poisoned, and the other is sick.
was poisoned to death. After
Huo Yuanjia played against Japanese Jiu-Jitsu, the Japanese came very friendly and said that Huo Yuanjia was injured and he would not let him go to Dr. Akino. Huo Yuanjia was born an open-minded person, and did not expect the Japanese to have other thoughts, so he happily went. However, after Qiuye's examination and treatment for a period of time, Fearless's illness not only did not get better, but it became more and more serious. Huo Yuanjia's disciples, this felt different. So he hurriedly tried to take Huo Yuanjia out of the hospital, but was stopped by Dr. Akino. Later, Huo Yuanjia passed away not long after he was discharged from the hospital. The disciple became suspicious and sent the medicine he took to other hospitals for examination. The doctor said that Fearless was taking medicine for chronic lung rot. There is a record in
’s early Jingwuhui historical materials: “The morning after the death of Lishi (referring to Huo Yuanjia), Qiuyi (i.e. Doctor Qiuye) ran back into the cave. The disciple of Lishi was suspicious. The medicine was inspected by the public hospital, and the hospital doctor said: “This medicine for chronic lung rot”.”
died of illness, saying that
Huo Yuanjia was frail and sick since he was a child, so his father did not want to teach him martial arts. Later, Huo Yuanjia began to learn martial arts, and after being exposed to internal power, he accidentally injured his internal organs. "Swallowing the breath horizontally, then hurt the lungs", so he suffered from hemoptysis. The reason why Fearless took the medicine was because he was sick. According to Chen Gongzhe, one of the actual operators of the early Jingwu Association, later recalled that Huo Yuanjia originally suffered from hemoptysis and often had attacks. The Japanese sold medicine to Huo Yuanjia, saying that it could cure hemoptysis and cure lung disease. A believed it, but after buying it and taking it, his condition became serious.
Chen Gongzhe neither said that Huo Yuanjia died of Japanese medicine, nor did he rule out this possibility. It is said that later generations once tested Fearless's body and found that there was indeed poison inside. So if this matter is true, Fearless's death is indeed a Japanese conspiracy. If it is not, then it is a natural death.
