The Shaolin Monastery. History, Religion and the Chinese Martial Arts

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Cheng Zongyou, 56 –61, 64–68, 82, 97,
188; on Buddhism and martial
arts, 62, 80, 114, 199; and
Vajrapâÿi legend, 83, 87–88
Chifeng sui. See Red Phoenix’s Marrow
Ching, Gene, 45
Chuzu an. See First Patriarch’s
Hermitage
Classic of Changes, 154, 200
Clouds Cliff Temple, 79
Collected Talks on the Rivers and Lakes, 67
“compassionate killing,” 91
cosmology, 153 –157, 181, 197, 200 –201
crossbow, 57
Cypress Valley Estate, 24–26, 28–31, 33,
51


Damo zhang. See “Bodhidharma Cane”
Daocheng, 107
Daode jing, 142
Daoism: and Bodhidharma, 172,
232n.106; and daoyin, 137, 144 –
147; eight immortals of, 120–121;
and fencing, 155 –157; and
Illustrated Exposition of Internal
Te chni q u e s, 158–160; and martial
a r t s, 3, 137, 147, 149, 155, 180, 197,
200–201; and Mt. Song, 12; and
Sinews Transformation Classic,
161–164
Daoji, 15, 51, 87
Daoping, 17
daoyin, 137, 14 0 –147; a nd fenci ng, 156 –
157; and Illustrated Exposition of
Internal Techniques, 158–160; and
ma r t ia l a r t s, 14 0, 14 2–143, 147–
157, 155, 180, 197; and Sinews
Transformation Classic, 161; and
yoga, 172
Daoyin tu. See Illustrations of Guiding
and Pulling
Da Tang Sanzang fashi qu jing ji. See
Master of the Law, Tripitaka of the
Great Tang, Procures the Scriptures
Demiéville, Paul, 91
Dictionary of the Buddhist Canon, 4 0
Dong Jieyuan, 43, 95–96
Dou Jiande, 23–24, 27


“Drunken Eight-Immortals Fist,”
120 –121
Drunken Master, 121
Dudgeon, John, 138
Duti, 48

Eight Immortals, 120 –121, 156
“Eight- Section Brocade,” 160, 168
Eight Trigrams uprising, 124, 134, 151,
193
Eight Trigrams Palm, 134, 154, 180;
and cosmology, 181, 197
Emei, 67, 75, 77–78, 118, 166
“Emei daoren quan ge.” See “Song of
the Emei Monk’s Fist”
Emei qiangfa. See Emei Spear Method
Emei Spear Method, 67, 77
epigraphy, 4, 11, 14–15, 21–22, 71, 83,
85, 117, 188. See also “Shaolin
Monastery Stele”
Erwangzun. See “Two Venerable Kings”
Essentials of the Hand-Combat Classic,
116, 128–131
Essential Techniques of Guarding Life, 138,
158, 203
Exposition of the Original Shaolin Staff
Method, 56 –62, 65–66, 83, 88, 97,
114

Facong, 95–96
Falungong, 147
Fan Zhongxiu, 27
fangtou seng. See “subsidiary shrine
monks”
Fanyi mingyi ji. See Translated Buddhist
Te r m i n o l o g y
Faru, 13
Faure, Bernard, 12
Fayun, 102
Fearless, 122
feixi. See “flying staff”
fencing, 155–157, 180
fighting monks: and itinerancy, 67, 75–
76, 81; and meat diet, 42–51, 95–
96; in popular fiction, 92–100. See
also monastic troops
firearms, 137, 200
First Patriarch’s Hermitage, 16
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