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Huo Yuanjia

1868 - 1910

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Huo Yuanjia (18 January 1868 – 14 September 1910), courtesy name Junqing, was a Chinese martial artist and co-founder of the Chin Woo Athletic Association, a martial arts school in Shanghai. A practitioner of the martial art mizongyi, Huo is considered a hero in China for defeating foreign fighters in highly publicised matches at a time when Chinese sovereignty was being eroded by foreign imperialism, concessions and spheres of influence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Huo Yuanjia has received more than 1,354,440 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Huo Yuanjia is the 6th most popular martial arts (up from 7th in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from China (up from 179th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Martial Arts.

Huo Yuanjia was a Chinese martial artist and national hero. He is most famous for his defeat of foreign fighters in a challenge match in 1910.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Huo Yuanjia ranks 6 out of 179. Before him are Ip Man, Kanō Jigorō, Gichin Funakoshi, Morihei Ueshiba, and Mas Oyama. After him are Wong Fei-hung, Randy Couture, Linda Lee Cadwell, Choi Hong Hi, Ankō Itosu, and Kenwa Mabuni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Huo Yuanjia ranks 21. Before him are Florence Foster Jenkins, Peter Behrens, Theodore William Richards, Paul Claudel, Gaston Leroux, and Gustav Meyrink. After him are Gertrude Bell, Robert Falcon Scott, Dietrich Eckart, August Horch, Felix Hoffmann, and Vittorio Monti. Among people deceased in 1910, Huo Yuanjia ranks 18. Before him are O. Henry, Mily Balakirev, Marius Petipa, Johann Gottfried Galle, Luigi Lucheni, and Léon Walras. After him are Elizabeth Blackwell, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Jules Renard, Pauline Viardot, An Jung-geun, and Stanislao Cannizzaro.

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In China

Among people born in China, Huo Yuanjia ranks 152 out of 1,610. Before him are Sun Ce (175), Zhengde Emperor (1491), Emperor Renzong of Song (1010), Faxian (340), Han Xin (-231), and Li Xiannian (1909). After him are Emperor Ruizong of Tang (662), Emperor Wen of Han (-202), Khorloogiin Choibalsan (1895), Huineng (638), Shen Kuo (1031), and Yang Chen-Ning (1922).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In China

Among martial arts born in China, Huo Yuanjia ranks 2. Before him are Ip Man (1893). After him are Wong Fei-hung (1925), Zhang Weili (1989), Chen Zhong (1982), and Cheng Xunzhao (1991).

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