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In the year 1730, during the reign of
the Emperor Yung Cheng
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- one of the early emperors of the
Manchu Ching Dynasty -
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many kung fu experts were
recruited by the Emperor
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to suppress and kill the supporters
of the previous Ming Dynasty.
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These experts were trained to use
that fearsome weapon,
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the "Flying Guillotine."
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Many fell to this new weapon.
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Those who escaped went into hiding.
To seek these remaining rebels out
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and kill them, that the
Manchu government sent a noted
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master of the flying guillotine,
Fung Sheng Wu Chi,
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to keep surveillance on
all Han revolutionaries
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and kill them if appropriate.
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Fung, who was blind,
disguised himself as a Buddhist Lama
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and lived in a mountain
retreat with his two disciples