Ming · Martial Artist and Soldier

Shan Sinan 單思南

Attested AD 1592 - AD 1598

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shan Sinan was a Martial Artist and Soldier.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1592 to AD 1598 從征關白
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 10

Career and standing

martial arts teacher 以術教
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 10
Entered
Retirement
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 10

Events and relationships

Campaigned against Hideyoshi
AD 1592 to AD 1598 從征關白 · Military · Soldier · With Hideyoshi (關白)
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 10
Relation Student of · Person Ye Jimei (葉繼美)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 9

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 505Volume 505 Biographies 292: Yi Shu Si · 4 passages

先世居奉化，自祖父居鄞，至來咸徙同，從同里單思南受內家拳法。 His family had originally lived in Fenghua; from his grandfather's day they settled in Yin, and Laixian later moved to Tonggu, where he studied inner-school boxing under his neighbor Shan Sinan.

得繼美之傳者，曰吳崑山、周雲泉、陳貞石、孫繼槎及思南，各有授受。 Jimei's disciples included Wu Kunshan, Zhou Yunquan, Chen Zhenshi, Sun Jiqiao, and Sinan, each passing the art on in his own way.

思南從征關白，歸老於家，以術教，頗惜其精微。 Sinan had served in the campaign against the Japanese invader Hideyoshi. In old age he retired home to teach, but he guarded the art's finer points closely.

以銀卮易美檟奉思南，始盡以不傳者傳之。 He traded a silver cup for fine coffin wood and offered it to Sinan as a gift; only then did Sinan teach him everything he had held back.