) ▁Category : H uman ▁Events ▁people ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : W rit ers ▁from ▁Alexand ria , ▁Virginia ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Frederick ▁County , ▁Maryland ▁Category : She ph erd ▁University ▁al umn i ▁Category : Year ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁( l iving ▁people ) ▁Category : 2 1 st - century ▁American ▁non - f iction ▁writers <0x0A> </s> ▁Le ung ▁Y ee - ta i ▁was ▁a ▁Wing ▁Ch un ▁master ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁Q ing ▁D ynast y . ▁ ▁Background ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁strong ▁boat man ▁who ▁ste ered ▁a ▁river bo at ▁by ▁pushing ▁a ▁long ▁pole ▁against ▁the ▁river ▁bottom . ▁A ▁Sh a olin ▁mon k ▁Chi ▁Sin ▁( <0xE8> <0x87> <0xB3> <0xE5> <0x96> <0x84> <0xE7> <0xA6> <0xAA> 師 ) ▁saw ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁natural ▁successor ▁to ▁the ▁Southern ▁Sh a olin ▁pole ▁fighting ▁skill ▁called ▁six ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁point ▁long ▁pole . ▁ ▁He ▁taught ▁W ong ▁W ah - bo ▁his ▁pole ▁fighting ▁skill ▁in ▁exchange ▁for ▁the ▁Wing ▁Ch un ▁f ist - f ight ing ▁skill . ▁Though ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁student ▁of ▁W ong ▁in ▁Wing ▁Ch un , ▁he ▁was ▁actually ▁W ong ' s ▁s if u ▁in ▁the ▁pole ▁fighting ▁skill . ▁W ong ▁modified ▁the ▁pole ▁fighting ▁skills ▁using ▁Wing ▁Ch un ▁principles . ▁The ▁modified ▁pole ▁skill ▁had ▁since ▁part ▁of ▁Wing ▁Ch un ▁skills ▁set . ▁ ▁He ▁met ▁Le ung ▁Jan ▁of ▁F os han ,