HISTORY
The destruction of the Southern Shaolin Temple ( Title of book available upon request)......
(REVISED 08-09)
"With
the monks back in their monastery, the grand secretary of the Qing
council, Wong Chun Mei, became jealous of the honours offered to them
and the position bestowed on Cheng Kwan Tat. Fired by envy, Wong set
about sowing doubts in the emperor's mind. If, Wong reasoned, this
small band of monks had been so successful where the imperial foces had
failed, surley they might just as readily turn against the emperor as
defend him. He argued that the reason they had declinded their honours
was because their main intention was to raise an army agaist the
throne. The emperor was persuaded by the logic of this arguement and
became so fearful that he ordered Cheung Kin Chau, the provincial high
commissioner of fujian province, and Chan Man Yiu, the magistrate of
Po Ting district to destroy the Shaolin monastery and all its
inhabitants. he further ordered Cheung Kwan Tat's execution.
The
monastery was strategically situated on a tall hill. A surprise attack
was impossible. Furthermore, the hill was reputed to be honeycombed
with tunnels by which the monks would be able to escape were there
monastery stormed. It was decided the best course of action was to
drug the monks then kill them. However, in case the play went awry,
all exits from the monastery would have to be guarded: this meant the
entrances to the tunnels would have to be located. Chan Man Yiu,
disguised as a peasant, wandered the nearby villages to glean
information.
Chan met and befriended a coolie and learned that
he had been a monk in the Shaolin monastery. On further investigation,
he discovered that the coolie, Ma Yee Fuk (man ning yee) had been
ranked seventh among the monks in martial ability, but had been cast
out because he had made advances to Cheng Kwan tat's wife and sister,
and had broked the Man Nin Po Tang, a sacred lamp presented to the
monastery by the Persian government. His shaven head marking him as a
disgraced monk, he had been unable to obtain fitting work, and was
reduced to living as a common labourer. Embittered by his
excommunication, Ma was ready for revenge and, when Chan Man Yiu
admitted his identity, agreed to assist in the attack on the
monastery. Chan promised him imperial honours and favours. Ma showed
him the whereabouts of the tunnels and the paths leading from them.
Finally, Chan requested that Ma swear his expulsion from the monastery
had been caused by his refusal tp join the monks' conspiracy against
the emperor. Ma conceded.
With the traitor's inside
knowledge, troops under the command of High Commissioner Cheung Kin
Chau were placed at all the secret exits. Others hid near the main
gates, to seal them when the signal was given. All were supplied with
inflammable material. Chan Man Yiu with a number of coolies carrying
jars of drugged wine, openly announced that the wine was a personal
gift from the emperor. He requested that the abbott and all the monks
drink the emperor's wealth with it. The abbott, however, was
suspicious and, testing the wine with a magic sword, found the blade
changed colour. The monk, furious at the emperor's treachery, attacked
Chan Man Yiu but he managed to escape. On seeing him flee, the troops
advanced, igniting fires at the entrances to all the secret tunnels;
they then set fire to the buildings.
One hundred ten monks
perished in the fire. The remaining eighteen sought refuge in the main
hall of the temple and there, before the image of Buddha, prayed for
their deliverance. Their prayers were answered when a large yellow
curtain hanging in the hall fell to cover them. It protected the monks
from the flames but it and the smoke also smothered them so that they
lost consciousness. When the Qing troops saw the walls of the building
collapse, and could see no sign of life within them, they assumed their
task was done and retreated.
When the 18 survivors came to,
they found themselves trapped in the ruins. One of the number,
however, Tsai Te Chung, knocked a hole in the monastery wall, through
which they managed to make their getaway. The entire hill was alight,
but they rany over the burning grass, the smoke concealing them.
Slipping through the military lines, they travelled to Ting Shan,
nearby Sheung Yeung City, Hupei province. There, thirteen of them died
from their burns and wounds or from lack of food. They were cremated,
their ashes wrapped in several bundles and retained for safekeeping by
the 5 remaining survivors: Tsai Te Chung, Fong Tai Hung, Ma Chiu Hing,
Wu Tak Tai, and Lee Sik Hoi."
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT CHING CHO.....
- A MONK AT THE SOUTHERN SHAOLIN TEMPLE
- RELIGIOUS OR BUDDHIST NAME OF "FAHT MO"
- DISCIPLE OF MONK HUNG YAN
- CO-FOUNDER OF THE HUNG MUN SECRET SOCIETY
- MOST FEARED AGITATOR OF THE QING EMPIRE
- CHING CHO OR GREEN GRASS WAS HIS TRIAD SOCIETY NAME
- THERE ARE ONLY 3 REFERENCE POINTS IN REGARDS TO CHING CHO...TRADITIONAL TRIAD HISTORY, SHAOLIN TEMPLE, AND JEUNG HUNG SINGS' FUT SAN HUNG SING KWOON
- FOUNDED HIS LODGE IN GUANGXIE
- TAUGHT JEUNG HUNG SING FUT GAR
- PERSONALLY MENTORED JEUNG HUNG SING IN THE FINER POINTS OF REVOLUTION
- GAVE JEUNG YIM THE NAME OF "HUNG SING" OR HUNG VICTORY.
- IS NOT THE MONK CHOY FOOK (COMPLETE LIE!!!)
Enter "Jeong Yim: In 1841, 17 year old Jeong Yim was on a quest to find an elusive monk who went by the name of Green Grass. He lived somewhere on Mt Pak Pai at the Shajian Temple and Jeong Yim was hoping to complete his gung fu training under such a great master. Once he found the Green Grass Monk he proceeded to learn the deadly art of Fut Gar. One of the major contributions Monk Ching Cho made was teaching Jeong Yim a hand form called "In and Out Bagua" which contained a total of 1080 moves in it. Being too long to teach to the younger generations this hand form was later dissected into 3 separate forms called Chueng Kuen, Ping Kuen, and Kou Da Kuen by 1st generation successor Chan Ngau Sing.
By the time Jeong Yim learned all that the Green Grass Monk had to teach, his sifu still had one more gift to give him. Jeong Yim completely supported the revolution, and with this the Green Grass Monk revealed that he was none other than Fong Dai Hung, Chief founder of the Hung Society ( according to the London Brithish Museum was established during Qian Long 32 years based on original and official Hung Society documents maintained in their possession) He then explained to Jeong Yim he wanted him to change his name from Jeong Yim to Jeong Hung Sing. The words Hung (same as in Hung Society) Sing (Victory) were a reference to the Hung Society winning the victory in overthrowing the corrupt Ching government. But due to too much negative attention this was later changed to the currently used Hung Sing which means "Glorious Victory".
Also, some say the current Hung in Hung Sing means "Wild Goose"; if this were a cover-up of the triad's original usage of "Hung" then it makes sense why Jeong Yim chose that character. In Chinese the goose represents longevity, and this too can also be a secret meaning referring to "long life to the Hung." After that, the newly named Jeong Hung Sing gave his word to support the revolution and set up shop in Fut San becoming the founder of the Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon teaching his gung fu to many of his revolutionary brothers, and quickly became one of Southern China¡¯s greatest fighters.
Jeong Hung Sing Honors His Word
It is not known when Fong Dai Hung passed away, but because of his doings, Jeong Hung Sing honored the Green Grass Monk's request to continue to fight for the people's rights, and work hard at overthrowing the corrupt Ching Empire. The Fut San Hung Sing Kwoon was steady at work with their involvement in man
