The Lineage Transmission

A Genealogical record of Ving Tsun's living history

The Ving Tsun Kuen Sut began during the Ching Dynasty,
in the reign of Yung Jing.

After the Siu Lam Buddhist Temple was destroyed by fire,
the Five Elders retreated to the mountains.

Ng Mui Jo Si settled at Baak Hok Daoist Temple on Miu Mountain,
on the border of Wan Naam and Gwong Sai.

There, after seeing a snake and a crane fight,
she created a new style of Kuen Faat.

詠春拳術始於清雍正年間,當少林寺燬於火,
五老隱居名山,五枚祖師卓錫於雲桂邊境苗山白鶴觀,
偶睹蛇鶴相撲鬥,悟出新拳法。

Yim Ving Tsun was being forced to marry a cruel man.

Ng Mui taught her the newly created fighting style.

Using it, she defended herself and stopped the oppressor.

適嚴詠春為惡霸迫婚,
得五枚授以新創拳術,藉懲霸以自保

Yim Ving Tsun carefully organized the techniques.

She divided them into:
- Siu Nim Tau
- Cham Kiu
- Biu Ji
- Mui Fa Jong
- Luk Dim Bun Gwan
- Baat Jaam Do

Later generations named this system Ving Tsun Kuen.

旋悉心編定該拳術,分小念頭、尋橋、
標指、梅花樁、 六點半棍及八斬刀,
後人紀之曰詠春拳

Yim Ving Tsun secretly passed the style to her husband,
Leung Bok To.

The lineage continued:
Leung → Wong Wa Bo → Leung Laan Gwai → Leung Yi Tai →
Leung Jaan → Fung Wa & Chan Wa Sun → Ip Man.

Ip Man became the modern master of the Ving Tsun style.

後秘傳與夫婿梁博儔,梁傳黃華寶,
傳梁蘭桂,再傳梁二娣, 二娣傳與梁贊,
贊先生分傳馮華及陳華順,
而葉問宗師則盡得陳之衣缽,
為今之詠春派掌門人

I, Moy Yat, humbly became one of Ip Man’s students.

I heard how the style has been carefully
passed down through generations.

余忝列門牆,側聞師門拳術薪傳之遞嬗如此

I have written a simple outline of the Ving Tsun lineage.

This record is for future students to understand
how the style has been preserved.

Noted by Moy Yat.

爰縷述其梗概,以讅未來之同門後學云爾。
梅逸志