The only official swordsman in history: listed among the Three Masters and Five Saints, and accepted disciples Li Bai and Gongsun Auntie.

Speaking of sword masters, everyone must immediately think of the extraordinary masters in Chinese martial arts novels: Ye Gucheng, the lord of Baiyun City in "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng", and the domineering sword master Dugu when the soul leaves the body and fights in "Wind and Cloud" Sword, the invincible sword master Gai Nie in "Qin Shi Mingyue" and so on.

Excluding novels, movies and TV dramas, let’s talk about a true story in history, and he is also the only swordsman recognized by the emperor in history - Pei Min.

During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Li Ang, Emperor Wenzong of the Tang Dynasty, personally conferred the title of Three Wonders and Five Saints: Li Bai's poetry, Zhang Xu's cursive script and Pei Min's sword dance were tied for the "Three Wonders of the Tang Dynasty"; the grass saint Zhang Xu and the painting saint Wu Daozi, tea sage Lu Yu, poetry sage Du Fu and sword sage Pei Yu are among the "Five Sages of the Tang Dynasty".

Have you noticed that Pei Min is the only one on both lists?

Pei Min was a native of the Kaiyuan Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty. The exact year of his birth is unknown. When he was in office, he was strict and tolerant, and he put an end to evil and deception. He participated in many frontier campaigns against the Xi people (after Xianbei), Khitan and Tubo. During the war, he eventually became one of the officers of the Sixteenth Guards of the Tang Dynasty, General Zuo Jinwu, who was deeply loved by Emperor Xuanzong.

Now let’s talk about Pei Min’s individual combat prowess. According to "Duyi Zhi", he "throws his sword into the clouds, dozens of feet high. If the lightning shines down, he will pick it up and hold the sheath in his hand." , the sword penetrated into the air, and the thousands of people watching were all shocked and shocked." According to "Records of Famous Paintings of the Past Dynasties", the painter Wu Daozi painted after seeing Pei Min's sword dance "finished with ghosts and monsters, and then "making progress with his brushstrokes". This famous painting is now also a national treasure and is collected in the memorial hall. It is "Eighty-seven" "Scroll of Immortals".

In the Tang Dynasty, Qiao Tan wrote "Ode to General Pei's Sword Dance" to praise his military exploits and martial arts. Yan Zhenqing and Wang Wei both wrote poems "To General Pei"

Yan Zhenqing's "Gift to General Pei":

The great king controls Liuhe, and the fierce general Qing Jiugai

The war horse is as strong as the dragon and the tiger.

The general is approaching the wilderness.

The sword is dancing like lightning, and it is lingering in the wind.

Climb high and look at the sky.

< p> Entering the battle to defeat the arrogant soldiers, their majestic reputation shocked them.

A hundred horses fell with one shot, and ten thousand men were driven away by another shot.

The Huns did not dare to fight, so they called each other to return.

Repaying success to the emperor, you can paint Lintai.

Wang Wei's "Gift to General Pei": The sword on the waist has seven stars, and the bow is carved on the arm. After capturing the captives, we learned that there was a general in the sky.

This shows that Pei Min has superb swordsmanship and martial arts.

Let's take a look at Pei Min's actual combat records.

"New Book of Tang·Li Bai Biography" records that when Pei Min was guarding Beiping County (now Lulong, Hebei Province), he killed as many as 31 tigers, large and small.

"Chao Ye Qian Zai". and "New Book of Tang" also recorded Pei Min's actual combat skills: When Pei Min and the governor of Youzhou were marching north, they were surrounded and attacked by the Xi people. Arrows rained down like rain for a while. Pei Min flew on his horse, galloped in front of the army, and drew The sword (Tang Dao) cut off the four arrows flying towards him. The leader of the Xi people was horrified and ran away.

The poet Li Bai once learned swordsmanship from him, so Li Bai wrote "Xia Ke Xing". Among them, "Kill one person in ten steps, leave no trace in a thousand miles." "When the matter is over, he brushes off his clothes and hides his body and his name", which is probably a true portrayal of the swordsmen and heroes at that time, especially Pei Min.

In addition, the famous sword dance master Gongsun in the early Tang Dynasty was also Pei Min. Disciple.

Some people may say that the martial arts of the motherland are just tricks and embroidered legs, but I don’t agree. I always believe that Chinese Kung Fu must have a real level. It is not impossible to fight against a hundred people by flying over the wall. The ten masters of the late Qing Dynasty and Mr. Bruce Lee are all proof.