What is the relationship between Zhen Chen and Huo Yuanjia? Is Zhen Chen's master Huo Yuanjia or not?

Huo Yuanjia and Zhen Chen are both figures in the late Qing Dynasty, and Zhen Chen is regarded as Huo Yuanjia's apprentice in many film and television works. So what is the relationship between Zhen Chen and Huo Yuanjia? Is Zhen Chen's master really Huo Yuanjia? In fact, if we look through the historical materials, we will find that the stories of Zhen Chen and Huo Yuanjia are more common in film and television dramas, and it seems that Zhen Chen has not been found in real history, so whether Zhen Chen really exists remains to be verified.

In film and television dramas, Zhen Chen is Huo Yuanjia's apprentice, Huo Yuanjia founded Jingwu Gate, and his apprentice Zhen Chen carried forward the spirit of Jingwu. So now, as long as the hero of Jingwu is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind must be Huo Yuanjia and Zhen Chen, the master and apprentice.

After checking, the character Zhen Chen first appeared in the movie Jingwumen in the 197s, and then Zhen Chen often appeared in some film and television works. Even in the recently hit Huo Yuanjia, Zhen Chen is still a very important role, played by Ashton Chen.

Some people think that Zhen Chen is a fictional character of the later generations, while others think that Zhen Chen's existence can be traced. In some film and television dramas, Zhen Chen's master had another man at first, and then he took Huo Yuanjia as his teacher. Zhen Chen was twenty-four years younger than Huo Yuanjia. But there are also some legends that Zhen Chen was an abandoned baby boy, and it was Huo Yuanjia who brought him back to Jingwumen, gave him this name and taught him Kung Fu.

Huo Yuanjia once sent Zhen Chen to study in Japan. Later, Huo Yuanjia died, and Zhen Chen gave up his studies in Japan and returned to China. There are several statements about Zhen Chen's final destination.

There is a saying that Zhen Chen was killed by the Japanese at the age of 26. One view is that Zhen Chen didn't actually die, but emigrated to live abroad. Some people say that Zhen Chen immigrated to the Philippines, and some people say that Zhen Chen lived in seclusion in Malaysia. There is another saying that Zhen Chen later changed his name and devoted himself to the revolution.