\u521d\u9047\u5927\u5e08Meeting the Master
\n<\/em><\/h2>\n30\u5ea6\u7684\u9ad8\u6e29\u4e0b\uff0c\u6ee1\u6000\u671f\u671b\u7684\u6211\u5728\u5409\u9686\u5761\u5893\u56ed\u89c1\u5230\u4e86\u9ec4\u6027\u8d24\u5927\u5e08\u3002\u9009\u62e9\u5728\u8fd9\u6837\u7684\u5730\u65b9\u5efa\u7acb\u5927\u578b\u57f9\u8bad\u5b66\u6821\uff0c\u7740\u5b9e\u4ee4\u5927\u5e08\u95e8\u4e0b\u7684\u8bf8\u591a\u5f1f\u5b50\u54d1\u7136\uff0c\u867d\u7136\u5b66\u6821\u7684\u697c\u4e0b\u8fd8\u5f00\u6709\u4e00\u95f4\u4f20\u7edf\u7684\u9a6c\u6765\u4e2d\u5f0f\u5496\u5561\u5c4b\u3002\u9ec4\u5927\u5e08\u5e74\u7ea667\u5c81\uff0c\u6709\u7740\u666e\u901a\u4e9a\u6d32\u4eba\u7684\u8eab\u9ad8\u3002\u4ed6\u80f8\u819b\u5bbd\u9614\uff0c\u7280\u5229\u7684\u773c\u795e\u4f3c\u4e4e\u80fd\u6d1e\u7a7f\u4e00\u5207\u3002\u4e00\u4e2a\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u7684\u7a81\u7136\u5230\u8bbf\u867d\u4ee4\u5176\u6709\u4e9b\u8be7\u5f02\uff0c\u4f46\u4ed6\u5e76\u4e0d\u52a8\u58f0\u8272\u3002\u4ed6\u82e5\u4e00\u76f4\u5982\u6b64\uff0c\u6211\u4e5f\u8bb8\u8fd8\u6709\u80dc\u7b97\u7684\u673a\u4f1a\u3002\u4f46\u6b64\u524d\u5927\u5e08\u4e0e\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u7684\u63a5\u89e6\u4ec5\u9650\u4e8e\u51e0\u4e2a\u4e0a\u4e86\u4ed6\u51e0\u5802\u8bfe\u7684\u65c5\u884c\u8fc7\u5ba2\u7684\u7ecf\u5386\uff0c\u7ed9\u6211\u7684\u673a\u4f1a\u8499\u4e0a\u4e86\u9634\u5f71\u3002\u51fa\u4e8e\u5c0a\u656c\uff0c\u5927\u5e08\u8fd8\u662f\u5c06\u6211\u8fd9\u4e2a\u8bbf\u5ba2\u8bf7\u8fdb\u4e86\u5c4b\u5e76\u8be2\u95ee\u4e86\u6211\u7684\u610f\u56fe\u3002\u5f97\u77e5\u6211\u62dc\u5e08\u7684\u60f3\u6cd5\u540e\uff0c\u4e00\u76f4\u4e0d\u52a8\u58f0\u8272\u7684\u5927\u5e08\u8fd9\u65f6\u8bf4\uff1a\u201c\u6211\u4e0d\u559c\u6b22\u4f60\u7684\u6a21\u6837\uff0c\u6211\u4e0d\u4f1a\u6559\u4f60\u3002\u201d\u8fd9\u4e00\u8a00\u5c31\u9053\u51fa\u4e86\u5927\u5e08\u5bf9\u6211\u7684\u771f\u5b9e\u611f\u53d7\uff0c\u4e5f\u4ee4\u5728\u573a\u60f6\u6050\u7684\u7ffb\u8bd1\u715e\u662f\u4e3a\u96be\u3002I greeted Master Huang Xingxian with high expectations in the 30 degree heat of the Kuala Lumpur graveyard. That was where, to the consternation of many of his students, he had chosen to establish the large training studio above a typical Malaysian-Chinese coffee house. He was average height for an Asian, barrel chested, around 67 years old with his piercing look giving nothing away. The unexpected appearance of a Westerner on his doorstep almost certainly surprised him, but he did not show it. If he had remained impassive it would perhaps have been more fortunate, but the fact that his previous experience of Westerners was limited to a few transient travellers who had passed casually through his classes before me, precluded that. Ever polite to a guest he invited me inside and inquired what I wished of him, the first indication of his real feelings not appearing until he understood that I hoped to become his student. The nervous translator struggled with Master Huang\u2019s response, \u201cI don\u2019t like the look of you. I don\u2019t intend to teach you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Journey<\/h2>\n
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But that acceptance into his Inner School was an honour which had to be earned. If it had been known at that first meeting, what it would be necessary to go through in those succeeding years, I would have been reluctant to proceed. Now, decades later, those two initial years seem like a dream and that is how I went through them, more or less unconscious of the internal processes being initiated within myself during this time and oblivious to the complicated unspoken Chinese etiquette, placing my life in the hands of this charismatic and enigmatic person, from, what was to me at that time, a strange and distant culture.<\/p>\n\nThe Title Master<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\u8c08\u53ca\u5404\u4f4d\u5bfc\u5e08\u65f6\uff0c\u672c\u4e66\u5747\u4ee5\u201c\u5927\u5e08\u201d\u79f0\u4e4b\u3002\u8fd9\u4e9b\u4eba\u90fd\u662f\u6211\u8ddf\u4ece\u8fc7\u7684\u8001\u5e08\uff0c\u201c\u5927\u5e08\u201d\u8fd9\u4e00\u79f0\u547c\u65e0\u8bba\u4ece\u5e74\u9f84\u8fd8\u662f\u4f20\u7edf\u800c\u8a00\uff0c\u90fd\u662f\u6bd4\u8f83\u6070\u5f53\u7684\u6587\u5316\u8868\u8ff0\u3002\u6b64\u5916\uff0c\u6211\u4e5f\u7528\u5b83\u6765\u79f0\u547c\u6211\u7684\u5e08\u516c\u53ca\u4efb\u4f55\u6781\u5bcc\u7ecf\u9a8c\u7684\u77e5\u540d\u4eba\u58eb\u3002\u5927\u5e08\u8fd9\u4e00\u79f0\u8c13\u662f\u5f1f\u5b50\u5bf9\u5bfc\u5e08\u7684\u4e00\u79cd\u5c0a\u91cd\uff0c\u4f46\u5b83\u975e\u5bfc\u5e08\u6240\u72ec\u6709\uff0c\u771f\u6b63\u7684\u5927\u5e08\u4e5f\u4e0d\u4f1a\u8fd9\u4e48\u505a\uff0c\u800c\u90a3\u4e9b\u8981\u6c42\u4ed6\u4eba\u79f0\u5df1\u4e3a\u5927\u5e08\u8005\u4e0e\u771f\u6b63\u7684\u5927\u5e08\u4e4b\u95f4\uff0c\u5fc5\u6709\u76f8\u5f53\u5927\u7684\u5dee\u8ddd\u3002\u5c31\u4e2a\u4eba\u800c\u8a00\uff0c\u6211\u4e0d\u4f1a\u5c0a\u91cd\u4efb\u4f55\u4e00\u4e2a\u62ff\u4e2a\u79f0\u8c13\u5c31\u6307\u671b\u4ed6\u4eba\u7528\u5176\u79f0\u547c\u81ea\u5df1\uff0c\u6216\u4ec5\u51ed\u90a3\u4e00\u79f0\u8c13\u5c31\u6307\u671b\u5f97\u5230\u4ed6\u4eba\u5c0a\u91cd\u7684\u4eba\uff0c\u65e0\u8bba\u4ed6\u662f\u533b\u751f\u3001\u6559\u5e08\u3001\u5c0f\u8d35\u65cf\u8fd8\u662f\u4e00\u56fd\u4e4b\u738b\u3002\u79f0\u547c\u9ec4\u6027\u8d24\u4e3a\u5927\u5e08\uff0c\u8fd8\u56e0\u4e3a\u4ed6\u662f\u638c\u63e1\u592a\u6781\u7cbe\u8981\u4e4b\u4eba\u3002\u9ec4\u5927\u5e08\u4e0e\u5b66\u5458\u95f4\u7684\u5173\u7cfb\u5e76\u975e\u82f1\u6587\u8bcd\u4e49\u4e2d\u7684\u4e3b\u4ec6\u5173\u7cfb\uff0c\u6211\u81ea\u5df1\u4e5f\u4ece\u4e0d\u79f0\u5176\u4e3a\u201c\u4e3b\u4eba\u201d\uff0c\u800c\u603b\u662f\u53eb\u201c\u8001\u5e08\u201d\u3002\u5728\u4e1c\u65b9\uff0c\u4eba\u4eec\u5c0a\u79f0\u90d1\u66fc\u9752\u4e3a\u8001\u5e08\uff0c\u4f46\u4ed6\u4e3a\u4e86\u907f\u514d\u53ef\u80fd\u7684\u82f1\u6587\u201c\u4e3b\u4eba\u201d\u6b67\u4e49\uff0c\u9009\u62e9\u4e86\u82f1\u6587\u7684\u201c\u6559\u6388\u201d\u79f0\u8c13\u3002\u5f53\u7136\uff0c\u4e16\u95f4\u786e\u6709\u6709\u89c6\u5df1\u4e3a\u4e3b\u4eba\u7684\u4f2a\u8001\u5e08\uff0c\u8fd8\u6709\u5f88\u591a\u5b66\u751f\u5bb9\u6613\u4e0a\u5f53\u53d7\u9a97\uff0c\u4f1a\u5c48\u670d\u4e8e\u90a3\u4e9b\u201c\u4e3b\u4eba\u201d\u7684\u6deb\u5a01\u4e4b\u4e0b\u3002<\/span>The title \u201cMaster\u201d is used quite lucidly in this book when speaking of various teachers. It is used for those teachers under whom I studied and who were at an age and in a tradition where that title was culturally appropriate. It is also used for my teachers\u2019 teachers and any other well experienced and well recognised teachers. It is a term of respect from a student to a teacher. It is not a possession of the teacher. No real teacher can appropriate the title to themselves and any teacher who demands to be addressed as master has gone well off the Way. I personally have no respect for anybody in life \u2013 whether doctors, teachers, minor aristocrats or kings \u2013 who take on a title and expect or hope other people to address them with it or respect them because of it. When we called Huang Xingxian \u201cMaster\u201d, the implication was also that he was someone who had mastered the art of Taiji as in the term \u201cmaster-craftsman\u201d \u2013 not of course the simplistic implication that he was our master and we his slaves. Never actually in my life did I address him as \u201cMaster\u201d \u2013 it was always Laoshi (Old Teacher). Zheng Manqing, also known as Laoshi in the East, chose the English rendering \u201cprofessor\u201d thereby avoiding the possibility of the \u201cmaster-slave\u201d misunderstanding which many false teachers assume and to which many gullible students submit.<\/div>\nContinued……..<\/a><\/div>\n
Genuine Displays<\/h2>\n
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One memorable example was the story of the Master\u2019s fight with an internationally famous wrestler a few years earlier. The wrestler was 20 years younger and 15 kg heavier. Master Huang \u2013 accepting the challenge in response to repeated public denunciations by the wrestler of both Taiji and Master Huang\u2019s abilities \u2013 threw the wrestler 26 times over the course of the public bout, never once going down himself. The ease with which Master Huang won, both convinced everybody present of his remarkable abilities, and ironically, aroused doubt within those who only later saw the incredible result. This polarising effect on those around him was to be a recurring story in his life. As he explained later, \u201cThe more genuine and subtle the Taiji, the less people understand and believe, but on seeing external, fast, dramatic moves, they are naively impressed.\u201d Later I was to experience this same effect for myself. As my practice and teaching became deeper, people either made an effort to understand, consequently experiencing its value, or from the earliest contact they set part of their mind against the system, then self-righteously criticised it on the basis of their own deviant practice and incorrect understanding.<\/p>\n \u5e26\u7740\u5bf9\u5927\u5e08\u540d\u8a89\u7684\u7b03\u5b9a\uff0c\u9762\u5bf9\u8ddf\u524d\u7684\u5927\u5e08\uff0c\u6211\u52aa\u529b\u201c\u6d88\u5316\u201d\u7740\u8fd9\u7a81\u5982\u5176\u6765\u7684\u62d2\u7edd\uff0c\u4e5f\u6ca1\u60f3\u5c31\u81ea\u5df1\u7684\u6a21\u6837\u53bb\u8fa9\u9a73\u3002\u51e0\u5e74\u540e\u6211\u624d\u660e\u767d\u5230\uff0c\u6240\u8c13\u7684\u9996\u8bbf\u95ed\u95e8\u7fb9\uff0c\u5176\u5b9e\u662f\u4f20\u7edf\u4e0a\u5bf9\u5b66\u5458\u51b3\u5fc3\u7684\u4e00\u79cd\u6d4b\u8bd5\u3002\u5bf9\u90a3\u4e9b\u8fd8\u6ca1\u6709\u5bf9\u2018\u94c1\u6775\u78e8\u6210\u9488\u2019\u505a\u597d\u5145\u5206\u51c6\u5907\u4e4b\u4eba\uff0c\u5bfc\u5e08\u5c31\u4e0d\u5fc5\u6d6a\u8d39\u65f6\u95f4\u548c\u7cbe\u529b\u3002\u6216\u8bb8\u6211\u5f53\u65f6\u7684\u832b\u7136\u548c\u957f\u65f6\u95f4\u7684\u6c89\u9ed8\u8ba9\u9ec4\u5927\u5e08\u8ba4\u5b9a\u4e86\u6211\u4e0d\u662f\u90a3\u79cd\u8f7b\u8a00\u653e\u5f03\u4e4b\u4eba\uff0c\u53c8\u6216\u8bb8\u5f53\u65f6\u4ed6\u5fc3\u5e95\u4e0b\u8ba4\u4e3a\u5e94\u8be5\u518d\u7ed9\u6211\u4e00\u6b21\u673a\u4f1a\u5427\uff0c\u603b\u4e4b\u597d\u4e00\u9635\u540e\uff0c\u5927\u5e08\u8bf4\u9053\uff1a\u201c\u5148\u6765\u4e00\u4e2a\u661f\u671f\u5427\uff0c\u6bcf\u665a5\uff1a30\u52309\u70b9\u4e0a\u8bfe\uff0c\u89c2\u6469\u4e00\u4e0b\u3002\u201d \u4ed6\u8fd8\u8bf4\u53ef\u4ee5\u8003\u8651\u62dc\u5e08\u7684\u4e8b\u3002\u770b\u6765\u8fd9\u7b2c\u4e00\u6b65\u8fd8\u6709\u6536\u83b7\uff01\u5e26\u7740\u4e9b\u8bb8\u5b89\u6170\uff0c\u6211\u8c22\u8fc7\u5927\u5e08\u540e\u79bb\u5f00\u3002\u521d\u8bbf\u7684\u7ecf\u5386\u5939\u6742\u6709\u610f\u5916\uff0c\u4f46\u6211\u4e0e\u9ec4\u5927\u5e08\u95f4\u7684\u4e00\u751f\u6df1\u539a\u5173\u7cfb\u5374\u7531\u6b64\u5c55\u5f00\u30021992\u5e7412\u6708\uff0c\u5927\u5e08\u4ed9\u901d\u4e8e\u4e2d\u56fd\u798f\u5dde\u3002\u00a0<\/span>Now, standing before him at this initial meeting with his reputation firmly in mind, there was no thought of arguing over my appearance as I struggled to process his unexpected refusal. Years later I understood that this first refusal is a traditional test of the student\u2019s determination to learn. It prevents the teacher wasting time and energy on those unprepared to make the substantial effort necessary to make a success of the training. Perhaps it was my blank stare and what seemed like ages of nothing said as he awaited my response, that convinced him it would not be so easy to send me away, or was it that he experienced some inner-prompting that convinced him to give me a second chance? Either way, after a time he spoke again, \u201cAttend the classes every evening for a week. Watch the practice from 17:30 to 21:00.\u201d Meanwhile, I was told, my request to be taught would be considered. With some relief I expressed my gratitude for the chance and satisfied with this first step, took my leave. That was the unexpected beginning of an intense and close relationship that lasted until Master Huang Xingxian\u2019s death in Fuzhou, China, in December 1992.<\/p>\n \u4e24\u5e74\u540e\u7684<\/span>1979\u5e74\uff0c\u5728\u5927\u5e08\u4f4d\u4e8e\u5a46\u7f57\u6d32\u5b64\u5c9b\u7684\u53e4\u664b\u5c0f\u9547\u5bb6\u91cc\uff0c\u6211\u4e0e\u5e08\u5085\u7684\u6df1\u539a\u5173\u7cfb\u7ecf\u4f20\u7edf\u7684\u656c\u8336\u4eea\u5f0f\u5f97\u5230\u4e86\u6b63\u5f0f\u786e\u7acb\u3002\u656c\u8fc7\u8336\uff0c\u6211\u5373\u89c6\u5e08\u4e3a\u7236\uff0c\u5e08\u5085\u5219\u89c6\u6211\u4e3a\u5b50\uff0c\u5e08\u5085\u7684\u4e2a\u4eba\u592a\u6781\u4f20\u627f\u81ea\u6b64\u5f00\u542f\u3002\u88ab\u6536\u4e3a\u5185\u6821\u5f1f\u5b50\u770b\u4f3c\u8363\u8000\uff0c\u80cc\u540e\u5374\u662f\u5927\u91cf\u7684\u52e4\u5b66\u82e6\u7ec3\u3002\u5047\u5982\u5e08\u5085\u5728\u6211\u521d\u8bbf\u65f6\u5c31\u544a\u77e5\u8fd9\u80cc\u540e\u7684\u8270\u8f9b\u548c\u4e4b\u540e\u591a\u5e74\u6211\u53ef\u80fd\u4f1a\u6709\u7684\u7ecf\u5386\uff0c\u6211\u90a3\u65f6\u672a\u5fc5\u5c31\u80fd\u575a\u6301\u4e0b\u53bb\u3002\u5982\u4eca\u51e0\u5341\u5e74\u8fc7\u53bb\uff0c\u90a3\u6700\u521d\u7684\u4e24\u5e74\u604d\u5982\u4e00\u68a6\u3002\u90a3\u65f6\u7684\u6211\u61f5\u61f5\u61c2\u61c2\uff0c\u65e2\u6ca1\u771f\u6b63\u610f\u8bc6\u5230\u81ea\u8eab\u5185\u5728\u7684\u53d8\u5316\uff0c\u4e5f\u6ca1\u7559\u5fc3\u90a3\u4e9b\u590d\u6742\u5374\u53c8\u53ea\u53ef\u610f\u4f1a\u4e0d\u53ef\u8a00\u4f20\u7684\u4e2d\u5f0f\u793c\u4eea\uff0c\u8fd8\u6709\u90a3\u4e9b\u8ba9\u6211\u611f\u89c9\u90a3\u6837\u964c\u751f\u548c\u9065\u8fdc\u7684\u4e2d\u534e\u6587\u5316\uff0c\u4f46\u6211\u8fd8\u662f\u5c06\u81ea\u5df1\u7684\u4e00\u751f\u4ea4\u4ed8\u7ed9\u4e86\u8fd9\u4f4d\u5728\u4e2d\u5f0f\u6587\u5316\u6559\u80b2\u4e0b\u957f\u5927\u3001\u8c1c\u4e00\u822c\u5374\u53c8\u5145\u6ee1\u9b45\u529b\u7684\u4eba\u3002<\/span>That relationship was formally cemented two years later in 1979 at his home in Kuching, a small town on the isolated island of Borneo, when \u2013 after the traditional ceremony in which I presented him with a bowl of tea and accepted the obligation towards him of a son, while he took the responsibility of a father \u2013 his personal transmission of the art really began. But that acceptance into his Inner School was an honour which had to be earned. If it had been known at that first meeting, what it would be necessary to go through in those succeeding years, I would have been reluctant to proceed. Now, decades later, those two initial years seem like a dream and that is how I went through them, more or less unconscious of the internal processes being initiated within myself during this time and oblivious to the complicated unspoken Chinese etiquette, placing my life in the hands of this charismatic and enigmatic person, from, what was to me at that time, a strange and distant culture.<\/p>\nThe Initial Meeting<\/h2>\n
Becoming a Disciple<\/h2>\n
The Title Master<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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\u514b\u5229 Patrick A Kelly<\/a><\/h2>\n