Huo Yuanjia (1870-1910) was a revered martial artist and patriot during the late Qing Dynasty in China. From a young age, he mastered extraordinary martial arts techniques, becoming a renowned figure and representative of the Huo Family Fist style.
During that era, following the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, foreign strongmen from various world powers came to China to perform and showcase their skills. They often acted arrogantly, claiming supremacy and looking down upon the Chinese people. To defend national dignity, Huo Yuanjia resolutely set up a martial arts challenge stage in Shanghai for a month, specifically declaring his intent to compete against these foreign strongmen. Frightened, those foreign strongmen scattered and hid, with no one daring to challenge him to a fight.
By setting up this stage, Huo Yuanjia showcased the backbone of the Chinese nation and the indomitable spirit of the Chinese people.
- The catastrophe of the Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion had just passed. Tianjin, as the gateway to the capital, had once again resumed its bustling, prosperous, and somewhat decadent atmosphere of nightlife and entertainment.
2. On this particular day, an unassuming middle-aged man hurried into the city. He was the martial artist Huo Yuanjia, famous throughout Beijing and Tianjin. Trailing closely behind him was a burly, valiant young man, his disciple Liu Zhengsheng.
3. Along the way, bullet-riddled broken walls and ruins were everywhere, and orphans and widows begged for food on the streets. Witnessing these tragic scenes, ravaged by the foreign invaders, Huo Yuanjia's eyes gleamed with fury, almost spitting fire.
4. Suddenly, several newsboys rushed out from an alley, waving newspapers with still-wet ink, shouting loudly: "Good news! See the world's number one strongman's spectacular performance!"
5. "What! The world's number one strongman?" Huo Yuanjia was startled. He immediately pulled out money and bought a newspaper from a newsboy.
6. Huo Yuanjia flipped to the advertisement column and saw a glaring paragraph. As he read, he snorted angrily and gritted his teeth.
7. It turned out that Stepan (the strongman) not only boasted of being the "world's number one strongman" but also claimed that "the world's number two strongman is British, and the third is German."
8. With a "rip," Huo Yuanjia tore the newspaper in half, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it several feet away, saying indignantly, "What world's number one strongman! Do we, the Chinese nation, have no capable people?!"
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