Jeong Ah Yim was his original name,
and he was born in the Sun Wui Dong Ling Village during the Qing
Dynasty. His parents were killed and he was under the care of his
uncle Jeong Kwan. Starting at a very young age, Jeong Yim had a passion
for learning the martial arts. His first teacher was the Shaolin Monk
Lee Yau San-master of the Lee Ga system- and who is said perhaps to
have been a disciple of Lee Sik Hoi-one of the 5 ancestors of the Hung
Mun secret Society.
The government was after Jeong Yim for as we say "dodging the draft." The government was trying to recruit him in the military and Jeong Yim didn't want to go. And if things weren't bad enough, his uncle Jeong Kwan had to leave town on business and wouldn't be able to take his young nephew with him. So, he came up with the idea of paying his old friend in King Mui a visit. His friend was a gung fu master and founder of a new fighting system. Hoping that his old friend could take in the young Jeong Yim, they set out for King Mui's Chan Village.
Upon their arrival in King Mui, the two were met by Chan Heung, the chief gung fu instructor there. Jeong Kwan explained their situation but was faced with the unfortunate fact that those without the Chan Surname were allowed to reside in their village much less learn their gung fu. But Jeong Kwan pleaded until Chan Heung devised a plan. He was able to take in the young boy, but only in the capacity of a groundskeeper. However, the young Jeong Yim wasn't allowed to learn the gung fu from their village. An agreement was made and in 1836, Jeong Kwan left his young nephew with Chan Heung.
During his daily chores, the young Jeong Yim watched as the students practiced their gung fu. Since he already was accomplished by the age of 12, he was able to pick up Chan Heung's Choy Lee Fut rather quickly. At the time, Choy Lee Fut was based off of the styles taught by Monk Choy Fook, and Lee Yau San. Jeong Yim was already familiar with the Lee Ga system, which ironically they shared the same sifu. So at night time while everyone was sleeping, Jeong Yim would practice his stolen gung fu until he was caught in the act by Chan Heung.
It's obvious that Chan Heung saw the great potential in Jeong Yim because for the next 5 years this late night training continued. Everything went smoothly during this time, but the one time Chan Heung went away, his senior disciples decided to point their attention at the outsider Jeong Yim. Believing Jeong Yim didn't know gung fu at all, the senior disciples ultimately got Jeong Yim to fight them. Unfortunately for them, Jeong Yim whooped them pretty badly. This forced the parents of the senior students to order Chan Heung to kick out the outsider.
Reluctantly, Chan Heung asked Jeong Yim to leave, but not before instructing him to go to the Pak Pai Mountain
and locate a Shaolin Monk there to complete his training. So, in 1841,
Jeong Yim left for guangxie and found the Monk Ching Cho Wo Serng
(Green Grass Monk) at the Pak Pai Mountain. He was accepted as a
student and for the next 8 years (1841-1849) Jeong Yim learned the
deadly art of Fut Gar Kuen.
Monk Ching Cho or Green Grass Monk was a famous monk from the Shaolin Temple. In fact, at some point he was even the Abbott of the temple. After the destruction of the Southern Temple, Monk Ching Cho (who is also believed Fong Dai Hung-one of the 5 ancestors of the Hung Mun) helped establish the Hung Mun Secret society. Therefore,the Green Grass Monk not only taught Jeong Yim gung fu, but he instilled the revolutionary spirit within him.
Once Jeong Yim's gung fu training was complete, the Green Grass Monk changed Jeong Yim's name to Jeong Hung Sing, which translates into Hung Mun Victory. He then instructed Jeong Hung Sing to go to Fut San, contact the Hung Mun branch there, and offer his school to help train their revolutionary fighters. For the next two years Jeong Hung Sing intensely trained his student strictly for combat. In 1851, Jeong Hung Sing responded to the launching of the Tai Ping rebellion by organizing all his Hung Sing Kwoons throughout southern China and formally established his Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon.
Just prior to this, Jeong Hung Sing returned to King Mui where Chan Heung warmly welcomed him back. In their meetings, Jeong Hung Sing shared what he learned from the Green Grass Monk with Chan Heung. But when Jeong Hung Sing Returned to Fut San, he and Chan Heung began to separately develop the style of Choy Lee Fut. While Chan Heung's Choy Lee Fut is based off of the Choy and Lee Ga styles, with Fut attached at the end to represent their shaolin and buddhist roots, Jeong Hung Sing's Choy Lee Fut was developed based off his teachings from Lee Yau San, Chan Heung, and Mong Ching Cho Wo Serng. In essence, Jeong Hung Sing put the "FUT" in Choy Lee Fut.
In no time at all after the launching of the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon, the effectiveness of Jeong Hung Sing's fighting style quickly spread throughout southern China like wildfire. He was pretty busy with the fact that he was the founder of a new Choy Lee Fut system, training freedom fighters, defeating all challengers, and running from the law. Because the Hung in his name was the same as that of the Hung Mun, the government was after him, and closed down his school on more than one occasion. Each time, Jeong Hung Sing and his disciples re-opened Hung Sing Kwoons elsewhere.
Jeong Hung Sing had many, many students. But three of his oldest disciples were Lui Chun, Lee Yan, and Yuen Hai. Other students included Tham Lup, Jeong Sam Bing, Wong Sei, Chun Mien, Lee So, Wong Fook, and Chan Ngau Sing. Senior disciple Lui Chun went on to produce Tam Sam-who became the founder of the Choy Lee Fut Buk Sing lineage. Through Lee Yan's line the Singapore Hung Sing Kwoon was established, and Yuen Hai produced Lau Bun who became the founder of the first gung fu school on the american continent, as well as the first Hung Sing Kwoon established there.
Then in 1864, the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon was closed down once again. This time, Jeong Hung Sing fled to Hong Kong where he stayed until 1967. In that year, he returned to Fut San when he believed things had coolded down and re-opened his Hung Sing Kwoon. At this point, Jeong Hung Sing had to change the "Hung" in his name to something tha sounded similar but had a different mearning. The new Hung used mean Wild Goose, yet in Chinese Culture the Goose represents longevity and could perhaps be another secret meaning of Long Live the Hung Mun.
The government was after Jeong Yim for as we say "dodging the draft." The government was trying to recruit him in the military and Jeong Yim didn't want to go. And if things weren't bad enough, his uncle Jeong Kwan had to leave town on business and wouldn't be able to take his young nephew with him. So, he came up with the idea of paying his old friend in King Mui a visit. His friend was a gung fu master and founder of a new fighting system. Hoping that his old friend could take in the young Jeong Yim, they set out for King Mui's Chan Village.
Upon their arrival in King Mui, the two were met by Chan Heung, the chief gung fu instructor there. Jeong Kwan explained their situation but was faced with the unfortunate fact that those without the Chan Surname were allowed to reside in their village much less learn their gung fu. But Jeong Kwan pleaded until Chan Heung devised a plan. He was able to take in the young boy, but only in the capacity of a groundskeeper. However, the young Jeong Yim wasn't allowed to learn the gung fu from their village. An agreement was made and in 1836, Jeong Kwan left his young nephew with Chan Heung.
During his daily chores, the young Jeong Yim watched as the students practiced their gung fu. Since he already was accomplished by the age of 12, he was able to pick up Chan Heung's Choy Lee Fut rather quickly. At the time, Choy Lee Fut was based off of the styles taught by Monk Choy Fook, and Lee Yau San. Jeong Yim was already familiar with the Lee Ga system, which ironically they shared the same sifu. So at night time while everyone was sleeping, Jeong Yim would practice his stolen gung fu until he was caught in the act by Chan Heung.
It's obvious that Chan Heung saw the great potential in Jeong Yim because for the next 5 years this late night training continued. Everything went smoothly during this time, but the one time Chan Heung went away, his senior disciples decided to point their attention at the outsider Jeong Yim. Believing Jeong Yim didn't know gung fu at all, the senior disciples ultimately got Jeong Yim to fight them. Unfortunately for them, Jeong Yim whooped them pretty badly. This forced the parents of the senior students to order Chan Heung to kick out the outsider.
Reluctantly, Chan Heung asked Jeong Yim to leave, but not before instructing him to go to the Pak Pai Mountain
and locate a Shaolin Monk there to complete his training. So, in 1841,
Jeong Yim left for guangxie and found the Monk Ching Cho Wo Serng
(Green Grass Monk) at the Pak Pai Mountain. He was accepted as a
student and for the next 8 years (1841-1849) Jeong Yim learned the
deadly art of Fut Gar Kuen. Monk Ching Cho or Green Grass Monk was a famous monk from the Shaolin Temple. In fact, at some point he was even the Abbott of the temple. After the destruction of the Southern Temple, Monk Ching Cho (who is also believed Fong Dai Hung-one of the 5 ancestors of the Hung Mun) helped establish the Hung Mun Secret society. Therefore,the Green Grass Monk not only taught Jeong Yim gung fu, but he instilled the revolutionary spirit within him.
Once Jeong Yim's gung fu training was complete, the Green Grass Monk changed Jeong Yim's name to Jeong Hung Sing, which translates into Hung Mun Victory. He then instructed Jeong Hung Sing to go to Fut San, contact the Hung Mun branch there, and offer his school to help train their revolutionary fighters. For the next two years Jeong Hung Sing intensely trained his student strictly for combat. In 1851, Jeong Hung Sing responded to the launching of the Tai Ping rebellion by organizing all his Hung Sing Kwoons throughout southern China and formally established his Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon.
Just prior to this, Jeong Hung Sing returned to King Mui where Chan Heung warmly welcomed him back. In their meetings, Jeong Hung Sing shared what he learned from the Green Grass Monk with Chan Heung. But when Jeong Hung Sing Returned to Fut San, he and Chan Heung began to separately develop the style of Choy Lee Fut. While Chan Heung's Choy Lee Fut is based off of the Choy and Lee Ga styles, with Fut attached at the end to represent their shaolin and buddhist roots, Jeong Hung Sing's Choy Lee Fut was developed based off his teachings from Lee Yau San, Chan Heung, and Mong Ching Cho Wo Serng. In essence, Jeong Hung Sing put the "FUT" in Choy Lee Fut.
In no time at all after the launching of the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon, the effectiveness of Jeong Hung Sing's fighting style quickly spread throughout southern China like wildfire. He was pretty busy with the fact that he was the founder of a new Choy Lee Fut system, training freedom fighters, defeating all challengers, and running from the law. Because the Hung in his name was the same as that of the Hung Mun, the government was after him, and closed down his school on more than one occasion. Each time, Jeong Hung Sing and his disciples re-opened Hung Sing Kwoons elsewhere.
Jeong Hung Sing had many, many students. But three of his oldest disciples were Lui Chun, Lee Yan, and Yuen Hai. Other students included Tham Lup, Jeong Sam Bing, Wong Sei, Chun Mien, Lee So, Wong Fook, and Chan Ngau Sing. Senior disciple Lui Chun went on to produce Tam Sam-who became the founder of the Choy Lee Fut Buk Sing lineage. Through Lee Yan's line the Singapore Hung Sing Kwoon was established, and Yuen Hai produced Lau Bun who became the founder of the first gung fu school on the american continent, as well as the first Hung Sing Kwoon established there.
Then in 1864, the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon was closed down once again. This time, Jeong Hung Sing fled to Hong Kong where he stayed until 1967. In that year, he returned to Fut San when he believed things had coolded down and re-opened his Hung Sing Kwoon. At this point, Jeong Hung Sing had to change the "Hung" in his name to something tha sounded similar but had a different mearning. The new Hung used mean Wild Goose, yet in Chinese Culture the Goose represents longevity and could perhaps be another secret meaning of Long Live the Hung Mun.
Evidence
of Jeong Hung Sing's involvement with the Hung Mun is found in a number
of places. The first is found in the pair of couplets ALL Hung Sing
kwoon's use. The left side reads, "A strong fist releases out like a
tiger raising its head" while the right side reads, "A graceful staff
flies above like a dragon whipping its tail." Now, when you string the
first two words of each couplet together, it means "Hero" as in
revolutionary hero. Another link is found in the set up of Jeong Yim's
alter. A true Hung Mun based school will have the alter, a table in
front of it, and two chairs. One is for the master, and the other is
for his top disciple.The next confirmation to the connection to the Hung Mun is the following which was discovered on the front of walls of Jeong Hung Sing's school.
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the first line reads:
The big bird spreads its wings like an overturned hand
The Second is:
the scholar who excels so much that his name or fame will remain forever
the third reads:
Salutations to the brothers in the 5 lakes and four seas or four corners
the fourth reads:
the sun will shine brilliantly for generations
(CERTAIN WORDS IN THESE LINES WHEN STRUNG TOGETHER WILL FORM THE HUNG MUN SECRET SOCIETY SLOGAN "FAN CHING FU MING" WHICH
TRANSLATES INTO "OVERTHROW THE CHING, RESTORE THE MING")
the first line reads:
The big bird spreads its wings like an overturned hand
The Second is:
the scholar who excels so much that his name or fame will remain forever
the third reads:
Salutations to the brothers in the 5 lakes and four seas or four corners
the fourth reads:
the sun will shine brilliantly for generations
(CERTAIN WORDS IN THESE LINES WHEN STRUNG TOGETHER WILL FORM THE HUNG MUN SECRET SOCIETY SLOGAN "FAN CHING FU MING" WHICH
TRANSLATES INTO "OVERTHROW THE CHING, RESTORE THE MING")
Jeong Hung Sing continued to
develop his Hung Sing Choy Lee Fut and training freedom fighters for the
rest of his life. His successor-Chan Ngau Sing-didn't come into the
picture until 1883 when Jeong Hung Sing was about 60 years old.
According to material passed down from the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon,
Yuen Hai was responsible for recruiting Chan Ngau Sing, whom, at first
was extremely skeptical of Jeong Hung Sing. He felt that he was
actually better than this old gung fu master. However, the old Jeong
Hung Sing matched up with Chan Ngau Sing and advised him to pay
attention, because he's going to fall first the to the east, then to the
west, and finally down the center.
At the end of three quick rounds, Jeong Hung Sing honored his word, and Chan Ngau Sing landed exactly where Jeong Hung Sing, this old dying relic, predicted he would. Chan Ngau Sing learned the hard way that this old master really was one of southern China's greatest fighters and requested to be taken as a disciple.
In 1893, Jeong Hung Sing came down with an illness, and Chan Ngau Sing tried to take him to see his own personal doctor. However, Jeong Hung Sing, founder of the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon passed away due to this illness. As it's passed down within the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon, Jeong Hung Sing left behind his wife (Chan Kay) and his two sons who died pretty young themselves. Chan Ngau Sing from that point on became the next inheritor of the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon.
At the end of three quick rounds, Jeong Hung Sing honored his word, and Chan Ngau Sing landed exactly where Jeong Hung Sing, this old dying relic, predicted he would. Chan Ngau Sing learned the hard way that this old master really was one of southern China's greatest fighters and requested to be taken as a disciple.
In 1893, Jeong Hung Sing came down with an illness, and Chan Ngau Sing tried to take him to see his own personal doctor. However, Jeong Hung Sing, founder of the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon passed away due to this illness. As it's passed down within the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon, Jeong Hung Sing left behind his wife (Chan Kay) and his two sons who died pretty young themselves. Chan Ngau Sing from that point on became the next inheritor of the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon.
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