Chen Po (birthname: Chen Tuan, name as a sage: Chen Hsi I, Chen Xi Yi) (871-989)

Taoist sage who for over twenty years led a secluded life in Nine Room Cave on Mount Wudang. Cliffside Temple at Wudangshan The Wudang Mountains (武當山; pinyin: wǔ dāng shān, also known as Wu Tang Shan or simply Wudang), are a small mountain range in the Hubei province of China, just to the south of the manufacturing city of Shiyan. ...

Later at Mount Hua, one of the five sacred mountains of China, he is credited with the creation of the kung fu system Liu Ho Pa Fa (six harmonies and eight methods). Along with this internal art, is a method of chi (energy) cultivation known today as Tai Chi ruler, a 24 section method (erh shigh ssu shih tao yin fa) seated and standing exercises designed to prevent diseases that occur during seasonal change. Mount Hua, known in Chinese as Huashan, is one of the five sacred mountains of China. ... The Sacred Mountains of China are divided into two groups associated with Taoism and Buddhism. ... Liu He Ba Fa (six harmonies thru eight methods), (alternately spelled: liu ho pa fa, liou ho ba fah, lyou ho ba fah, liou ho pa fah, lok hop pat fat, and abbreviated as: LHBF,LHPF), is a form of Chinese nei-gong or internal exercise with combat fighting applications. ...

Chen Po had planned a career at the Imperial court, but flunked the state examination and became a hermit sage instead. He was conversant with the Confucian classics, history, and the theories of various schools of thought. He was also fond of Buddhist philosophy, medical principles, astronomy and geography, and famous for his poems. Chen Po liked to study the I Ching, which he was unable to put down. Confucianism (儒家 Pinyin: rújiā The School of the Scholars), sometimes translated as the School of Literati, is an East Asian ethical, religious and philosophical system originally developed from the teachings of Confucius. ... Alternative meaning: I Ching (monk) The I Ching (Traditional Chinese: 易經, pinyin y jīng; Cantonese IPA: jɪk6gɪŋ1; Cantonese Jyutping: jik6ging1; alternative romanizations include I Jing, Yi Ching, Yi King) is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts. ...

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