▁Y ellow ▁Emperor ▁( H u ang di ) ▁( legend ary ▁date ▁of ▁asc ension ▁ 2 6 9 8 ▁B CE ) ▁introduced ▁the ▁earliest ▁fighting ▁systems ▁to ▁China . ▁The ▁Y ellow ▁Emperor ▁is ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁famous ▁general ▁who , ▁before ▁becoming ▁China ' s ▁leader , ▁wrote ▁length y ▁treat ises ▁on ▁medicine , ▁ast ro log y ▁and ▁the ▁mart ial ▁arts . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁main ▁oppon ents ▁was ▁Chi ▁You ▁( <0xE8> <0x9A> <0xA9> <0xE5> <0xB0> <0xA4> ) ▁who ▁was ▁cred ited ▁as ▁the ▁cre ator ▁of ▁j iao ▁di , ▁a ▁for er un ner ▁to ▁the ▁modern ▁art ▁of ▁Chinese ▁wrest ling . ▁ ▁Early ▁history ▁The ▁earliest ▁references ▁to ▁Chinese ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁are ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁Spring ▁and ▁Aut umn ▁Ann als ▁( 5 th ▁century ▁B CE ), ▁where ▁a ▁hand - to - hand ▁combat ▁theory , ▁one ▁that ▁integr ates ▁not ions ▁of ▁" hard " ▁and ▁" soft " ▁techniques , ▁is ▁mentioned . ▁ ▁A ▁combat ▁wrest ling ▁system ▁called ▁ju él ì ▁or ▁ji ǎ ol ì ▁() ▁is ▁mentioned ▁in ▁the ▁Classic ▁of ▁R ites . ▁This ▁combat ▁system ▁included ▁techniques ▁such ▁as ▁strik es , ▁throws , ▁joint ▁manip ulation , ▁and ▁pressure ▁point ▁attacks . ▁J iao ▁Di ▁became ▁a ▁sport ▁during ▁the ▁Q in ▁D ynast y ▁( 2 2 1 – 2 0 7 ▁B CE ). ▁ ▁The ▁Han ▁History ▁Bibli ograph ies ▁record ▁that , ▁by ▁the ▁Form