Seven Star Praying Mantis Couplets

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Hello friends

Somebody knows the translation to english of this poetry from Luo Guanyu's image?

[xiao yao]

Seven Star is famous under the whole heaven

Mantis Fist's mightiness reaches the whole world

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Thank you very much Xiao Yao !

There is another picture of Grand Master Luo Guanyu with a Praying Mantis couplet . Do you aldo know the translation? Could do you please share it with us?

[xiao yao]

along the sides are the 12 keywords. starting the from right it says:

hook, pluck, cover, hang, hook, advance

the left side says:

collapse, hit, stick, adhere, paste, help (as in one hand helps the other)

At the bottom is says "Grandmaster Luo Guang Yu 1889-1944"

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Thank you again Xiao Yao !!

I hope someone else got more couplets from Praying Mantis to added to this tread.


I got a new one. I friend o'mine just send me this one from Sifu Yuen Man Kai's presentation card from Hong Kong. I hope do you can translate too.

[Jimbo]

My Chinese is rusty, but I will give this one a try:

On the right side:
Beng Bu to Ba Zhou, even immortals cannot conquer.

On the left side:
Lan Jie to Zai Yao, even ghosts and spirits cannot escape.

[Tainan Mantis]

A book published in 1946 by Huang Hanxun included a 28 character sonnet with each movement of the form. Attributed to Luo Guangyu's famous shifu Fan Xudong.
I have not translated the whole thing. Later versions of this book Beng Bu do not include these sonnets, I don't know why.

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Thank you very much Jimbo and Tainan Mantis for his contributions !!

Xiao Yao :

Do you can write it on chinese computer characters?

What about Mei Hua Mantis oe Wah Lum Mantis ..... someone have couplets for posting ?

[xiao yao]

Im not exactly sure what your question means, but I can type Chinese on my computer if that's what you are asking....

[facaodotigre]

Oh yes .... chinese characters like this

拘 摟 採 掛 刁 進

崩 打 粘 黏 貼 靠

Sorry for not explain myself too well .

Thank you again !! If i have write it on chinese computer i can print it in different chinese fonts in microsoft word.