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

280 Index

vegetarianism, 43; disregard for by
fighting monks, 42–52
Vishnu, 40

Wan Biao, 69, 82
Wang Jie, 186 –187
Wang Lang, 135
Wang Lun, 153
Wang Renze, 24–25, 28
Wang Shichong, 23–29, 51–52
Wang Shifu, 95–96
Wang Shijun, 47
Wang Shixing, 48
Wang Tang, 71–72
Wang Zhengnan, 75 –76, 152–153,
175 –179
Wang Zongyue, 135, 154
Wa ng Zuy u a n, 13 8 –14 0, 149, 153, 157–
160, 194
Water Margin, 43–44, 50, 77, 96, 123,
170 –171, 18 4 , 2 01
Weisheng yaoshu. See Essential Techniques
of Guarding Life
Weituo, 160 –162, 172
Wen Yucheng, 190
Wendi, Emperor, 18, 26
Wenzai, 83
“White Lotus Sects,” 191. See also
sectarian rebellion
White Lotus uprising, 153
Wile, Douglas, 130, 150, 154, 177–178
wokou. See piracy
Wu Cheng’en, 93
Wu, Empress, 11–12, 18, 22
Wu Jingzi, 151, 164 –165
Wu Qiao. See Wu Shu
Wu Shu, 57, 63–66, 68, 75, 77, 82
Wubei zhi. See Treatise of Military
Preparations
Wu bian. See Treatise on Military Affairs
Wud a ng (Mt .), 177, 179
Wudi, Han Emperor, 12
Wudi, Liang Emperor, 51
Wutai, 43, 51, 70, 75–77, 96, 98, 101, 107
“Wu-tang Clan,” 46
Wuyue. See Five Holy Peaks
Wu Yue chunqiu. See Annals of Wu and
Yue

Wuzong, Emperor, 22, 33

xiang bing. See “local troops”

Xiaowen, Emperor, 17–18, 186

Xing yi Quan, 3, 132, 134 –137, 168,

200; and cosmology, 153, 197; and

daoyin, 142, 149; and Daoism, 155,

197; and Zhang Sanfeng, 180

Xisui jing. See Marrow-Cleansing Classic

xizhang. See ring staff

Xu Hongke, 167, 170

Xu Ji, 191

Xu Ji’an, 192–193

Xuanji, 115, 117, 224n.12

Xuanji mishou xuedao quan jue. See

Xuanji’s Acupuncture Points

Xuanji’s Acupuncture Points, 114 –126,

136, 149, 152–153

Xuanzang, 17–18, 21, 30, 92–93

Xuanzong, Emperor, 32–33, 155

Yaertu, 49, 192

yakša, 40, 59, 108, 114

Yang Bing, 123, 135, 154

Yang Lizhi, 177

Yang Sichang, 188, 190

Yang Wulang, 77, 98–99, 101, 107

Yang Family G ene ral s, 77, 98

“Yang Family Spear,” 70

yangsheng, 140, 148, 157

Yang the Fifth. See Yang Wulang

Yanming, 46

yecha. See yakša

Yijian zhi. See Stories Heard by Yijian

Yijing. See Classic of Changes

Yijin jing. See Sinews Transformation

Classic

Yinfeng, 107

Yinshu. See Pulling Book

Yinyuan, 103

Yiqie jing yinyi. See Dictionary of the

Buddhist Canon

yoga, 172

Yongtai shrine, 188

Yong xin, 1, 46 – 47, 190, 195

Yongzheng, Emperor, 47– 48, 190 –191

Yu Dayou, 56 –57, 64–66, 68, 92, 101,

189