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

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tic goals of, 1, 3, 126, 137, 139,
147–149, 152–153, 18 0 –181, 20 0 –
202; in West, 1. See also fencing;
hand combat; spear; staff
martial arts fiction, 22, 67, 70, 150, 152.
See also Water Margin; Yang Family
Generals
martial arts schools, 9–10
martial deities, 2, 37–42, 52, 83–92,
108 –109, 198 –199; and animal
sacrifice, 51, 214n.90
M a spero, Henr i, 141, 14 4
Massage, 143, 151, 153, 163
Master of the Law, Tripitaka of the Great
Tang, Procures the Scriptures, 95,
107–108
Matsuda Ryûchi, 1 33
medicine, 117–118, 140 –143, 152–153.
See also martial arts, therapeutic
goals of
Meihua quan. See Plum Flower Fist
Menglü tang qiangfa. See Spear Method
from the Dreaming-of-Foliage Hall
Ming Dynasty: military decline of, 4,
68; and monastic troops, 73–80;
and piracy, 68–71; and Shaolin,
71–73, 186 –189
Mizong quan, 121–123, 171
Monastery of the Central Peak, 21
“Monastic Armies’ First Victory,” 69
monastic troops, 4, 73–80. See also
fighting monks; piracy
mudrâ. See hand symbolism
Mulian, 105 –106
mythology, 4, 135, 170, 178–181, 200

Naluoyan (tian). See Nârâyaÿa
Naquin, Susan, 76
Nârâyaÿa, 40–42, 83–87. See also
Vajrapâÿi
“National Arts,” 195
Need ha m, Joseph, 141, 14 4 –14 5
neidan. See “inner alchemy”
Neigong tushuo. See Illustrated Exposition
of Internal Techniques
Neijia (Quan). See Internal School
Neijia quanfa. See Internal School Fist
Method

neili. See “internal strength”

New Treatise on Military Efficiency, 62,

128, 131

Niida Noboru, 30

Niu G ao, 16 8 , 170 –171

Northern Shaolin Temple, 196, 236n.42

Northern Wei, 17–18, 22

Olympic Games, 5

Palmer, David, 147

Pan Weiru, 138

Pei Cui, 24 –26, 33

Perfect Warrior. See Zhenwu

piracy, 64, 66, 68–71, 128

Pishamen. See Vaišravaÿa

Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, 87

Plum Flower Fist, 123 –124, 134 –135,

154, 201

Plum Flower Religion, 124, 134, 201

Plum in the Golden Vase, 55, 131

Praying Mantis Fist, 135

Prince of Qin, 23, 27–30, 183

“prohibitions’ knife,” 96 –97

public space, 76, 81, 201

Pu’en, 67, 77

Pulling Book, 140

Purple-Coagulation Man of the Way,

162–163, 165, 168, 180; and

s y nc ret i sm, 174 –175

qi, 2, 78, 118, 125 –126, 141–143, 146 –

147, 155; a nd Illustrated Exposition of

Internal Techniques, 159–160; and

martial arts, 149–152, 156, 180;

and Sinews Transformation Classic,

163–164. See also daoyin

Qi Jiguang, 62–63, 68, 92, 101, 116–117;

on hand combat, 128–131

Qianlong, Emperor, 11, 49, 190 –191

qielan shen. See “guardian spirit”

Qigong, 147, 152. See also daoyin

Qin Wang. See Prince of Qin

Qing Dynasty, 48 –50, 189–194, 198

Qiuran ke. See Bushy-Bearded Hero

quan. See hand combat

Quan jing jieyao. See Essentials of the

Hand-Combat Classic