I smiled at the sky from the horizontal knife. Does Wang Wu, the broadsword written by Tan Sitong, really exist?

Wang Zhengyi (1844—1900), whose real name is Zi Bin, was praised by China people as "broadsword Wang Wu". Qing Daoguang was born in Gucheng County, Hejian Prefecture, Zhili, and his ancestral home was Kanto. After his father died, he studied in Cangzhou with the famous local teacher Li Fenggang as his teacher. 1868, Wang Zhengyi left his teacher at the age of 24, assisted his senior brothers in holding darts for several years, traveled inside and outside the Great Wall, made many friends, witnessed the decline of corruption in the late Qing Dynasty, and came up with the idea of resisting the Qing court and saving the country and people. In the first year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1875), Wang Zhengyi came to Beijing as an escort. After several years of accumulation and the help of his colleagues, he opened his own Shunyuan Escort Agency in Xibanbi Street, Chongwen District, Beijing. In a few years, it has developed into two courtyards, occupying more than 40 rooms and more than 50 escorts, ranking among the top eight escort agencies in Beijing. On the first anniversary of Shunyuan's opening, Hu Zhiting, one of Yanjing's famous five-way escorts, recommended a disciple to Wang Zhengyi, who was Tan Sitong, the son of Hubei Governor Tan Jixun. After repeated consultations, Tan Sitong secretly followed Wang Wuxue's seven-star sword, but he was not commensurate with his apprenticeship. In less than two years, he got the true meaning, superb skills and superb martial arts. Wang and Tan have been going back and forth for a long time and have become good friends. At that time, the Qing court was corrupt, incompetent and in danger. The imperialist powers continue to invade, arbitrarily dividing up territories and dividing spheres of influence. In the autumn of the twenty-first year of Guangxu (1895), Wang Zhengyi started the "Civil-Military Volunteer Learning", recruited young people with aspirations for free, hired famous scholars to teach classics and new learning, and taught himself martial arts. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Tan Sitong advocated new learning and founded a learning society in Liuyang, and then moved to Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and other places to actively participate in the reform and political reform activities. After arriving in Beijing, I visited Wang Zhengyi, taught new knowledge in the course of "The Meaning of Civil and Military Affairs", and practiced fencing again until the Reform Movement of 1898. In the 24th year of Guangxu (1898), Emperor Guangxu accepted the reform ideas of Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao and appointed the Reformists. From June to September, he successively issued reform decrees and implemented new orders. Tan Sitong was recruited into Beijing, served as a fourth-class military aircraft Zhang Jing, and participated in the reform and reform. Wang Zhengyi said: "Reform and political reform is the road to enriching the country and strengthening the people, and it is also the wish of Wu Wang. It is a blessing that Wang Wuneng and Resurrection became comrades. " Tan Sitong was in charge of food, clothing, housing and transportation. He sent a strong martial artist to guard Tan Sitong's residence. I often follow him everywhere. They both have the same ambition and become invincible friends. At this time, Wang Zhengyi felt a great responsibility and worried that the reform would be frustrated. With Tan's support, he made friends with martial arts heroes, developed people who agreed with the reform to join the reform team, and actively publicized the great significance, methods and purposes of the reform. Kang and Liang ended the "Reform Movement of 1898" because of Yuan Shikai's informer. In September of 2 1 year, Emperor Guangxu was imprisoned. Kang Heliang advised Tan Sitong to take refuge in Japan. Tan believes that "no passerby has no plan for the future, no god has no reward for the dead", and he was arrested by Rong Lu in Liuyang Guild Hall. Tan sitong wrote a poem on the wall of the prison. In the poem, I smile at the sky with a horizontal knife and leave two Kunlun mountains in my heart. Liang Qichao explained, "The so-called' two Kunlun Mountains' refer to the South China Sea (that is, Kang Youwei) and Wu Wang." Liang Qichao also wrote in the poem "Drinking Ice Room": "Wang Wu is a reclusive hero who takes bodyguards as his profession. His potential range is from Shanhaiguan in the north to Qingjiangpu in the south (now Huaiyin City, Jiangsu Province). He has been helping the weak and the strong all his life. Liuyang (Tan Sitong) teenagers have learned fencing from it and expect morality. " Wang Zhengyi had conspired to rescue Tan from prison, but was executed in advance by Zaiyi and Rong Lu. Tan Sitong, Yang Rui, Liu Guangdi and Kang were killed in the food market outside Xuanwu Gate. After hearing the news, Wang Zhengyi was heartbroken and risked his life to rush to the execution ground to cry, wash away the blood of the martyrs and bury them. According to the article "White Village", "When the Reform Movement of 1898, Tan Sitong was punished, and no one dared to ask. The chivalrous man put down his body and cried, washed away his blood and collected it. All the people watching the road said,' This is the swordsman Wang Wugong (referring to Tan Sitong) who participated in politics.' In the 26th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1900), the anti-imperialist patriotic movement of China people reached its climax again, and the Boxer Rebellion entered Beijing under the banner of helping the Qing Dynasty to destroy foreign countries. Wang Zhengyi took the lead in responding, organized more than 200 martial arts heroes to capture the French church in Xishiku, and cooperated with the Boxer Rebellion to attack Dongjiaomin Lane in the embassy district, killing and injuring more than 0/0 foreign troops in a few days. Because the enemy has fast guns and foreign guns, they can't attack again and again, so they have to retreat. 14 August, "Eight-Nation Alliance" invaded Beijing. 10125 October, Wang Zhengyi and Zhang Decheng, head of the Boxer Regiment, had a secret meeting in Shunyuan Escort Agency, only to be surrounded by thousands of Qing soldiers, which turned out to be discovered by secret agents. Wang Zhengyi and other dozens of Wulin heroes, fearless in the face of dozens of enemies, bravely killed the enemy, killing their eyes straight, and the soldiers who poured into the courtyard became ghosts by the sword. However, the strength of the two sides was very different, and Wang Zhengyi was captured by the Qing army. First, he was sent to the headquarters of the allied forces for interrogation. The enemy tortured indiscriminately, specifically torturing wounds and breaking his left leg. Wang Zhengyi was shot dead at the east riverside of Qianmen at the age of 56. Another way of saying this is that after Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing in 1900, Wang Zhengyi slaughtered and plundered citizens in the name of searching for the Boxer Rebellion, and Wang Zhengyi often attacked the enemy. One day, when he saw the invading army besieging a common people's house, he was furious and rushed forward. Unfortunately, he was shot several times in a row. He was indomitable and died bravely. The invading army hung its head behind the Xuanwu Gate Tower.