[Wikipedia Daily Article] July 29: Zhou Tong (archer)

Faraaz Damji daily-article-l at frazzydee.ca
Sun Jul 29 14:57:41 UTC 2007


   Zhou Tong was the archery teacher and second military arts tutor of
   famous Song Dynasty general Yue Fei.  Information regarding his actual
   life is largely absent in history records.  However, the fact that Zhou
   was Yue Fei's teacher has led to his popularity in Chinese folklore.
   Various sources portray him as four distinct people with backgrounds
   in Military and civilian combat arts.  Several of these personas are
   said to have taught these arts to Lin Chong, Lu Junyi, and Wu Song,
   three of the "108 outlaws" on whom the Water Margin novel is based.
   For centuries, Zhou has had an intimate connection with topics related
   to Yue Fei, including martial arts, film, and literature.  Many martial
   arts styles associated with Yue Fei—Eagle Claw, Chuojiao and Xing
   Yi—commonly include Zhou Tong within their lineage history.  In the
   folk biography of Yue Fei, Zhou's abilities as a martial artist are
   described as being "high and strong." However, the oldest historical
   record that mentions his name only says he taught archery to Yue Fei.
   Zhou's character appeared in a string of black and white Yue Fei films
   during the early half of the 20th century.  There is even an individual
   wuxia novel that focuses on Zhou's fictional adventures as a young
   man.

Read the rest of this article:
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou_Tong_%28archer%29


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