Leung Jan

梁贊
China
Born 1821, Heshan
Died 1901, Foshan
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)

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Wikidata

Cite and reuse

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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.
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@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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