Great Master Yin Cheng -- Wang Peisheng
YIN CHENG is Grand Master Wang Peisheng's Fa-Hao. By tradition many Chinese use one
or more particular names for a special reason. These names are called Hao - "literature name".
Each Hao has a special meaning. For example, it might signify a person's favorite thing, a
dream, faith, hope, goal in life, feeling in the heart and mind, or a personality characteristic.
Usually people give a Hao to themselves. Sometimes a Hao is given to a person as a gift by a
famous or special person. In some special groups, like the Taoist, Buddhist, or martial arts
families, Hao is also called Fa-Hao. Here Fa means "special power." Usually, masters give
their disciples a Fa-Hao when they join the group. It has always been an expression and desire
of the master for the disciple.
or more particular names for a special reason. These names are called Hao - "literature name".
Each Hao has a special meaning. For example, it might signify a person's favorite thing, a
dream, faith, hope, goal in life, feeling in the heart and mind, or a personality characteristic.
Usually people give a Hao to themselves. Sometimes a Hao is given to a person as a gift by a
famous or special person. In some special groups, like the Taoist, Buddhist, or martial arts
families, Hao is also called Fa-Hao. Here Fa means "special power." Usually, masters give
their disciples a Fa-Hao when they join the group. It has always been an expression and desire
of the master for the disciple.
Because of his great gongfu skills, Master Wang is generally recognized as Da Shi. Da means
great, grand, or prominent, and Shi means teacher, shifu, or master. Therefore Dai Shi is a
master who is recognized as an exceptionally accomplished martial artist. Although only a few
people had known Master Wang's Fa-Hao, he made it public at his seventieth birthday
celebration. From that point on, he has been called YIN CHENG DA SHI as a sign of respect
for his great skill and learning.
great, grand, or prominent, and Shi means teacher, shifu, or master. Therefore Dai Shi is a
master who is recognized as an exceptionally accomplished martial artist. Although only a few
people had known Master Wang's Fa-Hao, he made it public at his seventieth birthday
celebration. From that point on, he has been called YIN CHENG DA SHI as a sign of respect
for his great skill and learning.
In Chinese, YIN means printing, seal, impression, and credit. CHENG means honesty, sincerity,
genuineness and good faith. Master Wang always says: "You have two lives. One is your
physical life, the other is your honesty, and the last is more important than the first. If you are not
honest, you are dead even though your body may still breathe. If your honesty is everlasting, you
live forever even though your body has died." This adage expresses the real meaning of YIN
CHENG.
genuineness and good faith. Master Wang always says: "You have two lives. One is your
physical life, the other is your honesty, and the last is more important than the first. If you are not
honest, you are dead even though your body may still breathe. If your honesty is everlasting, you
live forever even though your body has died." This adage expresses the real meaning of YIN
CHENG.
Today, Master Wang holds many official positions. He is president of the Yin Cheng Gong Fa
Association and of the Beijing Wu Style Taiji Quan Association; director of the Physical Science
Research Center of BITI; expert committee member of the China Human-Body Science Institute;
professor at the Chinese Qigong Institute for Advanced Studies; professor at the Beijing Normal
College; and a consultant for martial arts and Qigong associations in many cities and provinces.
Formerly, he was president of the Orient Martial Arts School; president of the Peisheng Martial
Arts School; chairman of the Mass Martial Arts Club and director of the Huitong Martial Arts
School. Master Wang has also held a variety of teaching and martial arts coaching posts at
Beijing Normal University, Beijing Foreign Language University, Beijing Language Institute,
Beijing Industry College, Beijing Polytechnic University, Beijing Agriculture Mechanization
College, North Traffic University, China Science Institute, Tianjing Medical College, Beijing
Medical College, Beijing Workers Sanatorium, Beijing Modern Management College, China
Qigong Institute, Beijing Library, China Daily Press, National Education Committee, and Beijing
Taimiao Taiji Quan Association among others. The Chinese government regularly appoints
Master Wang as a judge and member of the Arbitration Committee of the National Martial Arts
Tournament.
Association and of the Beijing Wu Style Taiji Quan Association; director of the Physical Science
Research Center of BITI; expert committee member of the China Human-Body Science Institute;
professor at the Chinese Qigong Institute for Advanced Studies; professor at the Beijing Normal
College; and a consultant for martial arts and Qigong associations in many cities and provinces.
Formerly, he was president of the Orient Martial Arts School; president of the Peisheng Martial
Arts School; chairman of the Mass Martial Arts Club and director of the Huitong Martial Arts
School. Master Wang has also held a variety of teaching and martial arts coaching posts at
Beijing Normal University, Beijing Foreign Language University, Beijing Language Institute,
Beijing Industry College, Beijing Polytechnic University, Beijing Agriculture Mechanization
College, North Traffic University, China Science Institute, Tianjing Medical College, Beijing
Medical College, Beijing Workers Sanatorium, Beijing Modern Management College, China
Qigong Institute, Beijing Library, China Daily Press, National Education Committee, and Beijing
Taimiao Taiji Quan Association among others. The Chinese government regularly appoints
Master Wang as a judge and member of the Arbitration Committee of the National Martial Arts
Tournament.
Master Wang passed away on
Sept 3, 2004. Below article was
published on Taichi Magazine
for remembering him
Sept 3, 2004. Below article was
published on Taichi Magazine
for remembering him
| Remembering Great Master Wang Peisheng by Zhang Yun |
| The Road of Master Wang's Martial Arts Training |
| Grand Master Wang Peisheng is president of the Beijing Wu Style Taiji Quan Association and one of the most outstanding martial arts masters in China. He started practicing martial arts when he was twelve years old and went on to study with some of the most famous masters in China. He studied Yin Style Bagua Zhang with Ma Gui, Jiao-men Tantui with Zhang Yulian, Wu Style Taiji Quan with Yang Yuting and then received special intensive training from his grandmaster Wang Maozhai (who was the number one Taiji master in north China at that time). He also mastered: Cheng and Liu Style Bagua Zhang with Gao Kexing; Ruyi Tongbei Quan with Liang Junbo; Shanxi Xingyi Quan with Zhao Runting; Hebei Xingyi Quan and Bagua Zhang with Han Muxia; Baji Quan with Wu Xiufeng; Buddhist philosophy and Qigong system with Liao Yi and Miao Chan; Taoist philosophy and Qigong system with Shen Xingchan and Wu Jinyong; and Confucianism with Jin Hu and Xu Zhenkuan. Additionally, he studied Shaolin Quan, Chinese wrestling, several Qigong systems and Chinese medicine. His training in all of these disciplines was intensive, rigorous and professional, and his training sessions often lasted all day. By eighteen years of age, he had become the youngest professional martial arts master in Beijing. Throughout his life, he defeated many famous masters, giving him the reputation of a great master of real fighting techniques. Grand Master Wang is also a scholar of traditional Chinese arts, philosophy, and culture. |
Grand Master Wang has spent his whole life researching the martial arts. He became good
friends with many masters and researched many concepts and techniques with them. Thus, his
knowledge of martial arts spans a wide variety of styles. Because of this, he is able to look at
many different styles and understand the true nature and essence of the martial arts. He is not a
conservative teacher who believes in only one method and just stays in a rut. He has developed
his own system without excluding traditional rules. He does not accept anything as true until he
knows it to be correct from his own experience and research. He does not say or teach anything
before he really can do it. He always asks himself and other people "why?" He respects and
follows tradition but never rejects progress. He creates new approaches but never without
thought. He practices hard, studies everything without prejudice and thinks deeply, so that he
receives and inherits the essence of traditional martial arts. He sums up the experience of the
older generations, analyzes everything in detail and develops his new system based on the
traditional system. Today, people respect him not only for his skills, but also for his high level
martial arts ideas and new training methods.
friends with many masters and researched many concepts and techniques with them. Thus, his
knowledge of martial arts spans a wide variety of styles. Because of this, he is able to look at
many different styles and understand the true nature and essence of the martial arts. He is not a
conservative teacher who believes in only one method and just stays in a rut. He has developed
his own system without excluding traditional rules. He does not accept anything as true until he
knows it to be correct from his own experience and research. He does not say or teach anything
before he really can do it. He always asks himself and other people "why?" He respects and
follows tradition but never rejects progress. He creates new approaches but never without
thought. He practices hard, studies everything without prejudice and thinks deeply, so that he
receives and inherits the essence of traditional martial arts. He sums up the experience of the
older generations, analyzes everything in detail and develops his new system based on the
traditional system. Today, people respect him not only for his skills, but also for his high level
martial arts ideas and new training methods.
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| The Poem of Yin Cheng Gong Fa |
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Yin Cheng Gong Fa
Grand Master Wang Peisheng studied traditional martial arts with many famous masters. During his
seventy years of studying, practicing and teaching, he has gained superior skill in many different
styles and has developed his own martial arts training system. In Chinese, Gong means gongfu
(kungfu), martial arts, or anything that takes time to practice. Fa means Tao, method, system, way,
path, or style. Gong Fa, therefore, means a method or system for the study of martial arts. The
martial arts training system developed by Master Wang, whose Fa-Hao is Yin Cheng, is known as
Yin Cheng Gong Fa (YCGF).
seventy years of studying, practicing and teaching, he has gained superior skill in many different
styles and has developed his own martial arts training system. In Chinese, Gong means gongfu
(kungfu), martial arts, or anything that takes time to practice. Fa means Tao, method, system, way,
path, or style. Gong Fa, therefore, means a method or system for the study of martial arts. The
martial arts training system developed by Master Wang, whose Fa-Hao is Yin Cheng, is known as
Yin Cheng Gong Fa (YCGF).
YCGF is founded on a very strong system of principles. It is rooted in traditional Chinese culture,
including Chinese philosophy, art, military strategy and tactics, and medical theory, and it
incorporates all traditional Chinese martial arts principles. It uses a high level view to analyze the
true nature and essence of the martial arts so that this understanding becomes more accessible to
practitioners of all skill levels and can function as an effective guide towards high level practice.
including Chinese philosophy, art, military strategy and tactics, and medical theory, and it
incorporates all traditional Chinese martial arts principles. It uses a high level view to analyze the
true nature and essence of the martial arts so that this understanding becomes more accessible to
practitioners of all skill levels and can function as an effective guide towards high level practice.
YCGF also includes many useful techniques. It offers people the choice of different paths to high
level accomplishment. But Yin Cheng Gong Fa is not just a mix of different styles simply put together.
Rather, it inherits, summarizes, and develops many traditional systems. It utilizes all traditional
methods but breaks old conservative ideas and uses higher level principles to consider the martial
arts. It encompasses, absorbs and summarizes good ideas from many traditional systems.
level accomplishment. But Yin Cheng Gong Fa is not just a mix of different styles simply put together.
Rather, it inherits, summarizes, and develops many traditional systems. It utilizes all traditional
methods but breaks old conservative ideas and uses higher level principles to consider the martial
arts. It encompasses, absorbs and summarizes good ideas from many traditional systems.
When people start to practice YCGF, they will be trained in very traditional methods first. Everything
is pure; nothing is changed. It is our desire to transmit traditional skills which were developed and
elaborated upon by many generations of martial arts masters. This is the first step and cannot be
skipped. One can further the development of a system only after he has understood it, and one
must be able to understand traditional ideas, before he can understand Yin Cheng Gong Fa.
is pure; nothing is changed. It is our desire to transmit traditional skills which were developed and
elaborated upon by many generations of martial arts masters. This is the first step and cannot be
skipped. One can further the development of a system only after he has understood it, and one
must be able to understand traditional ideas, before he can understand Yin Cheng Gong Fa.
| YCGF is not a conservative, exclusive, or isolated system. It is not designed in opposition to other systems or styles. One can continue his practice of a former style when he trains in Yin Cheng Gong Fa. Experience has shown that this system can be used to help improve the application of techniques from other styles. |
In this system, people get intensive training in one or two styles first, but they are not limited to these.
This system will always give one a high level view of principles not just familiarity with techniques.
From their training, people are gradually guided towards an understanding of the truly high level
nature and essence of the martial arts.
This system will always give one a high level view of principles not just familiarity with techniques.
From their training, people are gradually guided towards an understanding of the truly high level
nature and essence of the martial arts.
To study Yin Cheng Gong Fa is not an easy task because high level achievement requires a lot of
hard work. We cannot guarantee that everyone will develop high level skill, but we are sure people
can improve their chances for high level mastery. This system will help people develop a correct
understanding of the martial arts.
hard work. We cannot guarantee that everyone will develop high level skill, but we are sure people
can improve their chances for high level mastery. This system will help people develop a correct
understanding of the martial arts.
The Path of Yin Cheng Gong Fa Development
It took a long time to develop this system. It is typically
dated from Master Wang's creation of the Wu Style
Taiji Quan Thirty-seven Posture Form in 1953. The
system was not popular during the 1960's and 70's
because of political conditions in China at that time.
Nevertheless, it did spread quietly during this period.
When Master Wang returned to Beijing in the 1980's
and rebuilt his reputation, the system spread widely. It
quickly became popular and famous in China. At that
time, after years of thought and careful organization,
Master Wang published his new training style Qian
Kuan Wu Ji Gong, which combined many high level
martial arts and Qigong skills. We think the time is ripe
to present this new martial arts training system. In
1987, Master Wang decided to use his special
literature name Yin Cheng to name the new system, so
it was then that Yin Cheng Gong Fa was born.
dated from Master Wang's creation of the Wu Style
Taiji Quan Thirty-seven Posture Form in 1953. The
system was not popular during the 1960's and 70's
because of political conditions in China at that time.
Nevertheless, it did spread quietly during this period.
When Master Wang returned to Beijing in the 1980's
and rebuilt his reputation, the system spread widely. It
quickly became popular and famous in China. At that
time, after years of thought and careful organization,
Master Wang published his new training style Qian
Kuan Wu Ji Gong, which combined many high level
martial arts and Qigong skills. We think the time is ripe
to present this new martial arts training system. In
1987, Master Wang decided to use his special
literature name Yin Cheng to name the new system, so
it was then that Yin Cheng Gong Fa was born.
| "Yin Cheng Tang" - written by the famous calligraphy master Xiao Lao (92 years old) for Grand Master Wang's seventieth birthday ceremony. |
| Picture Gallery - Yin Cheng Tang |
| Remembering Great Master Wang Peisheng by Zhang Yun |
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