7 Star dates ?

[FEELERSTRIKE]

Having just checked out the Mantis Cave Site which has just been updated it now states that Fan Xu Dong was born in 1830 and died in 1926 .
It also states that his shifu Wang Rong sheng was born in 1854 and died in 1925 .
Can we now take it that it is official that Fan Xu Dong was nearly a generation older than his Shifu Wang Rong Sheng ?
If WRS learnt the style when he was in his mid twenties then Fan Xu Dong would have been approx late 40's ?
Did WRS not teach for long ? How long did Fan Xu Dong teach for ?
Again an old question when did he go to Siberia for the tournament ? and did he use Mantis Boxing to win it ?

[WhiteMonkey]

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Cant help you with your question, but........

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Mike

[DrunkenMantis]

Greetings, FEELERSTRIKE:

According to the results of my research and the interpretation of the data provided, Fan Xu Dong was born in"the 21st year of the Daoguang reign(1820-1850), or 1841 and died "in the 24th year of the Republic)or 1936.....1841-1936.

[FEELERSTRIKE]

Hello drunkenmantis ,
Good to hear from you . It would seem that depending on which lineage you are depends on the dates people use . CCM and WHF use the 1841 to 1936 dates . From my own findings ( with lots of help from others ! ) It would seem that he did die in 1926 . He was 95 when he died so that would give us an approx birth date year of circa 1831 . Even the mantis cave site has now added in dates so they must be in the correct area .
This again brings up the issue of his master and the published dates for him of 1854 to 1926 from memory . From what I have gathered this date comes from a sort of whos who in the martial arts world only . So is it correct ? After reading the historys of each lineage I would have to say no .