Is there really a "Zhen Chen" in history?

It is said that there was a real person named Zhen Chen in history, but it was not like the legend. The story of Zhen Chen in film and television dramas is fictional. There are also rumors that it comes from prototype support.

1. There is a true story.

Zhen Chen was born in Xiangyang, Hubei Province, and later lived in Xuhui District, Shanghai. He was a disciple of China martial artist Huo Yuanjia in the late Qing Dynasty. Legend has it that he was killed by the Japanese after revenging his master who was killed by the Japanese. In fact, this is just a rumor from outsiders. Zhen Chen did not die, but fled Shanghai, immigrated to the Philippines (there are also rumors that he immigrated to Malaysia), and then went into seclusion. This legend has been made into movies and TV series many times. Many film and television works depict Zhen Chen as five apprentices of Huo Yuanjia.

Legend has it that Zhen Chen was abandoned by the roadside in Xiangyang, Hubei. At that time, Huo Yuanjia, a kind-hearted Wulin middleman, met a friend in Hubei and happened to find the baby boy by the roadside. Huo Yuanjia suddenly felt pity, adopted the poor orphan, and took it back to the Jason Wu Museum, named Zhen Chen. As a child, because Zhen Chen was weak, Huo Yuanjia thought that Zhen Chen was not martial arts material, so he didn't teach Zhen Chen martial arts and so on. But Zhen Chen secretly vowed to get ahead and win honor for Master! Every day, when Huo Yuanjia was fighting among younger brothers and sisters, Zhen Chen secretly studied Huo Yuanjia's martial arts on the beams and practiced it privately. Until one day, Zhen Chen and Master Huo Yuanjia said: I learned your most vivid martial arts-Fan Jiquan. Please accept me as a disciple, and I will try my best. Huo Yuanjia was surprised that Zhen Chen learned martial arts that Zhen Chen's brothers and sisters had never learned! While I am distressed by Zhen Chen's poor life experience, I am even more proud of Zhen Chen's super-high talent! Huo Yuanjia immediately taught Zhen Chen all kinds of more powerful peerless martial arts (it is said that Huo Yuanjia personally taught Zhen Chen more than 60 kinds of peerless martial arts! After Zhen Chen's death, many people lost it.

Zhen Chen was not only skilled, but also came back from Japan to avenge Master Huo Yuanjia's sudden murder and rehabilitate Wu Jingtang's bloody shame. Together with Huo Yuanjia, this figure enjoyed a considerable reputation and became a national hero who bravely resisted Japan. In fact, Huo Yuanjia's apprentice did have Zhen Chen in history, but it was not the legendary one. At the beginning, when Bruce Lee filmed Jingwumen, he asked Ni Kuang to write a script. Zhen Chen, the highest-grossing "Jingwu hero", was tailor-made by Ni Kuang for Kung Fu superstar Bruce Lee on 1972. Many stories of Zhen Chen in the play are fictional. Zhen Chen's life experience should be taken from Liu Zhensheng, with an art teacher; His character should be taken from Chen, who dares to think and do, and has a background of studying in Japan; His martial arts must have been learned from Chen Gongzhe and Chen Tiesheng. He is a real martial arts master.

In 2007, Ni Kuang revealed in the Hong Kong radio program "Ni Kuang See the World" that Zhen Chen was his fictional character and the plaque with the words "The Sick Man of East Asia" was written by him. However, according to filmmaker Chen Jiashang, Ni Kuang searched Huo Yuanjia's obituary and found that one of his disciples was named Zhen Chen. As a result, it was written into Jingwumen, but the story of Zhen Chen in the film is fictional.

In addition, it is said that Ni Kuang said in the Asian TV program "Nobody Defends Tonight" that Zhen Chen is a real person, and the name Zhen Chen is on the list of Huo Yuanjia's funeral in the newspaper.

There are also comments that Zhen Chen's deeds are based on Liu Zhensheng, because Liu Zhensheng is indeed recorded in the historical materials of this figure, and he is the great disciple of the national hero Huo Yuanjia, so many legends about Zhen Chen originated from Liu Zhensheng.

Therefore, Zhen Chen does exist in history, and he is also a disciple of Huo Yuanjia, but he is unknown. Most of his stories and legends come from film and television dramas, and many stories about him are fictional.

There is no such person.

There is also a legend that there is no such person as "Zhen Chen" in history, and the fact remains to be verified.

The Possible Prototype of Zhen Chen

Huo Yuanjia died young less than half a year after he founded the Jason Wu Sports Association, which only played a symbolic role in the future development of Jason Wu. But at the beginning of the establishment of Jason Wu, there are three people surnamed Chen, who can assert that they are the source of heroes in Zhen Chen in the future:

First of all, Chen, a veteran of the League, became friends with Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek's sworn brother, and stayed in Japan in his early years to study law at the Tokyo Police School. After returning to China, he contacted the gangs in Shanghai and Zhejiang for the League, and was the leader of green gang. After the Revolution of 1911, he achieved such a high position as Shanghai overseer, and Chiang Kai-shek was able to take charge of the Kuomintang in the future. It was Chen who really built a bridge between Chiang Kai-shek and Sun Yat-sen; In order to compete with the Guangfu Association for the leadership in Shanghai and Zhejiang, Chen appointed Chiang Kai-shek to assassinate Tao, a veteran of the Guangfu Association. He was decisive and ruthless, and was assassinated by Yuan Shikai in 19 16.

Secondly, Chen Gongzhe, a member of the League, is a fellow countryman of Sun Yat-sen and one of the early "four great people in Jason Wu". His martial arts skills were superb, and he kept donating money to distribute wealth for Jason Wu, so that his family wealth gradually declined. Thanks to his efforts, Jason Wu Club developed rapidly before War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, with branches from Shanghai to Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macao and even Southeast Asia, the United States and Canada. He is a social activist with both civil and military skills. 1920, Jason Wu Club celebrated its founding 10 anniversary. At the invitation of Chen, Dr. Sun Yat-sen inscribed the plaque of "Martial Spirit" for the club and prefaced the special issue of the club 10 anniversary.

Third, Chen Tiesheng, whose real name is Shao Mei and whose real name is Tie Sheng, is a native of Xinhui, Guangdong Province, and one of the four outstanding Wushu artists. He joined Nanshe in his early years. He also served as the editor of Jason Wu Sports Association, and edited Wushu Series. 1930, Chen Tiesheng published a martial arts monograph "Dharma Sword", which was reprinted in Taiwan Province last year, showing its accomplishments; 19 19, Chen Tiesheng had a pen battle with Lu Xun, who was at the height of his power at that time, because of the Boxer Rebellion, which shows that he is no longer an ordinary figure in the cultural circle.

Zhen Chen's life experience should be taken from Liu Zhensheng, with an art teacher; His character should be taken from Chen, who dares to think and do, and has a background of studying in Japan; His martial arts must have been learned from Chen Gongzhe and Chen Tiesheng. He is a real martial arts master.