Hong Qigong

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Hong Qigong (洪七公) is a fictional character in Jinyong's wuxia novels, appearing in both The Legend of the Condor Heroes and its sequel The Return of the Condor Heroes. He was best known for being the leader of the Beggars' Sect (丐帮), and possessing the powerful martial arts technique Xianglong Shi Ba Zhang (18 Dragon-Subduing Palms, 降龍十八掌). With the Beggars' Sect primarily based in northern China, he earned the nickname Northern Beggar (北丐), and ranked among the Top Five Supreme Martial Artists (五绝) in the novel. Unlike the other four supreme martial artists, Hong Qigong was very lazy. He rarely ever passed whole sets of his skills to others, but would teach a stance or two to anyone he found worthy, such as when he taught a fraction of his skills (Xiao Yao Quan) to Mu Nianci. He only took Guo Jing and Huang Rong as true disciples.

He was also known as the Nine-fingered Divine Beggar (九指神丐), after severing one of his fingers as a reminder of once delaying to save a righteous man's who is also his master and previous leader of the Beggars' Sect life because of his appetite.

Hong Qigong was known for his culinary skills and appreciation of fine food.

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[edit] Biography

  • Nickname: Northern Beggar(北丐)
  • Gender: Male
  • Major Martial Arts Disciples : Guo Jing and Huang Rong

[edit] Hong Qigong's Martial Arts

[edit] Xianglong Shiba Zhang (18 Dragon-Subduing Palms) (降龍十八掌/降龙十八掌)

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  1. 亢龍有悔 / 亢龙有悔 The Proud Dragon Repents
  2. 飛龍在天 / 飞龙在天 The Flying Dragon In The Sky
  3. 龍戰於野 / 龙战于野 The Fighting Dragon In The Wilderness
  4. 潛龍勿用 / 潜龙勿用 The Hidden Dragon
  5. 利涉大川 / 利涉大川
  6. 鴻漸於陸 / 鸿渐于陆
  7. 突如其來 / 突如其来 A Sudden Attack
  8. 震驚百里 / 震惊百里 Stunning All Within A Hundred Miles
  9. 或躍在淵 / 或跃在渊
  10. 神龍擺尾 / 神龙摆尾 The Divine Dragon Waves Its Tail
  11. 見龍在田 / 见龙在田 The Dragon In The Field
  12. 雙龍取水 / 双龙取水 The Twin Dragons Draw Water
  13. 魚躍於淵 / 鱼跃于渊
  14. 時乘六龍 / 时乘六龙 Riding The Six Dragons
  15. 密雲不雨 / 密云不雨 The Cloudy Sky Without Rain
  16. 損則有孚 / 损则有孚
  17. 履霜冰至 / 履霜冰至
  18. 羝羊觸藩 / 羝羊触藩

The famous and fearsomely powerful martial art of the Beggars' Sect. It was created using the principles from the Book of Changes (I Ching). He taught the full set of martial arts to Guo Jing. It is mentioned in the novel that this technique is the single most powerful waijia or external style martial art in the world, being unmatched in its sheer power.

[edit] Dog-Beating Stick Technique (打狗棒法)

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  1. 惡狗攔路 The Fierce Dog Blocks The Path
  2. 棒打雙犬 Hitting Two Dogs
  3. 斜打狗背 Hitting The Dog's Back
  4. 撥狗朝天
  5. 獒口奪仗
  6. 棒打狗頭 Whacking The Dog's Head
  7. 反戳狗臀 Hitting The Dog's Bottom
  8. 棒挑癩犬
  9. 壓扁狗背 Squashing The Dog's Back
  10. 天下無狗 No Dogs Under Heaven

A set of thirty-six staff techniques, this skill set is proof of leadership of the Beggars' Sect. It was taught to Hong Qigong (洪七公) by the eighteenth Beggars' Sect Chief. Hong Qigong passed the full set to Huang Rong when he appointed her as the next leader. He taught the external forms to Yang Guo for his proxy duel with Ouyang Feng.

[edit] Fists of the Free (逍遙拳)

A set of fist techniques created by himself when he was young, Xiao Yao Quan is described to be a martial art that is swift and carefree, but has little power. This skill was taught to Mu Nian Ci.

[edit] Roles

[edit] The Legend of the Condor Heroes

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[edit] The Return of the Condor Heroes

In his advanced age he left the affairs of his sect to his successors and travelled the world in search of culinary delights. On Mt. Hua he met Yang Guo and was impressed by the young man's integrity. Together they met Yang Guo's adopted father, the insane Western Venom, Ouyang Feng, one of the five greats. The two old rivals fought each other for four days, and only Yang Guo's timely interruptions with food kept things from escalating too far. Eventually the old animosity proved too much, and the two Champions matched their internal energies directly for a full day, coming to another standstill.

Exhausted, both fighters were too proud to back down, each claiming that he still had many techniques left to defeat the other. For three days, they used Yang Guo as their proxy, each instructing him in their respective skills and making the budding martial artist demonstrate the technique to his opponent. Thus Hong Qigong would teach Yang Guo a stance from his Dog Beating Stick and Ouyang Feng would teach Yang Guo to counter with his own staff art. Hong Qigong seemed to have won this odd duel when he unleashed his final Dog Beating Stick stance: No Dogs Under Heaven.

Eventually Hong Qigong was defeated by Ouyang Feng, who spent a night to think of a counter move. Upon seeing his ultimate technique countered, Hong Qigong laughed uproariously and embraced his enemy in defeat, calling Ouyang Feng by his true name. The two had been the most bitter of foes for their entire lives; with this final duel, they embraced one another, laughing, and died. He was then buried side by side on Mt. Hua by Yang Guo. It was observed by Yang Guo that Hong Qigong would have won the duel as in real combat, Ouyang Feng would not have had the time to ponder and create a counter.

[edit] See also

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