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    • Leung Jan

    梁贊
    China
    b. 1821, HeshanBorn 1821, Heshan
    d. 1901, FoshanDied 1901, Foshan
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    23.4

    Also known as

    King of Wing Chun · 詠春拳王

    Description

    Leung Jan (c.1825–1901) was a Chinese martial artist and Wing Chun grandmaster. Known as the 'King of Wing Chun' in Foshan, he is one of the earliest well-documented practitioners of Wing Chun. He taught Chan Wah-shun and his own son Leung Bik.

    Teachers (2)

    • person
      Wong Wah-bo
      sports_martial_artsWing Chun Probable
      Probable
      Wikipedia only.
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      2 sources expand_more
      fact_check
      Wikipedia only.
      “Yee-tai later introduced Jan to his partner Wong Wah-bo, who was also a Gulao (古勞) resident like Jan. Wong taught Jan the entire Wing Chun skill set.”
      — Wikipedia contributors. (2025). Leung Jan. Wikipedia (English)link history info
      “who passed it on to Wong Wa-bo and Leung Yee-tai, both of the Red Boat Opera, and who both taught the herbalist Leung Jan.”
      — Branches of Wing Chun (Wikipedia EN)link history info
    • person
      Leung Yee-tai
      sports_martial_artsWing Chun Probable
      Probable
      Wikipedia only; the Leung Jan article calls what Yee-tai taught Southern Shaolin.
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      2 sources expand_more
      fact_check
      Wikipedia only; the Leung Jan article calls what Yee-tai taught Southern Shaolin.
      alt_routeIndirect
      “At the age of 18, he was trained by Leung Yee-tai in Southern Shaolin skills.”
      — Wikipedia contributors. (2025). Leung Jan. Wikipedia (English)link history info
      “who passed it on to Wong Wa-bo and Leung Yee-tai, both of the Red Boat Opera, and who both taught the herbalist Leung Jan.”
      — Branches of Wing Chun (Wikipedia EN)link history info

    Students (2)

    • Leung Bik
      sports_martial_artsWing Chun Probable
      Probable
      Wikipedia only.
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      Wikipedia only.
      “At the young age he practiced Wing Chun under his father and grand-teacher Wong Wah-bo (黃華寶).”
      — Wikipedia contributors. (2025). Leung Bik. Wikipedia (English)link history info
    • person
      Chan Wah-shun
      sports_martial_artsWing Chun Probable
      Probable
      Lineage tradition records Chan Wah-shun as a student of Leung Jan, but historical documentation for 19th century Wing Chun is sparse
      The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
      fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
      Frederico Muñoz
      Researcher, Martialis
      1 source expand_more
      fact_check
      Lineage tradition records Chan Wah-shun as a student of Leung Jan, but historical documentation for 19th century Wing Chun is sparse
      “Chan Wah-shun was a student of the Wing Chun grandmaster Leung Jan”
      — Chan Wah-shun (Wikipedia EN)link history info

    Sources

    Leung Jan (Wikipedia EN)link history info
    Branches of Wing Chun (Wikipedia EN)link history info

    Identifiers

    https://martial.is/entity/01KYD74HFGEBZYJ17SBVPGNKZ7
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    Cite and reuse

    CC BY-SA 4.0expand_more
    Plain text
    Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Leung Jan. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01KYD74HFGEBZYJ17SBVPGNKZ7 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
    BibTeX
    @incollection{martialis_01KYD74HFGEBZYJ17SBVPGNKZ7, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Leung Jan}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01KYD74HFGEBZYJ17SBVPGNKZ7}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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