1 0 3 – 1 1 4 2 ▁CE ) ▁was ▁a ▁famous ▁Chinese ▁general ▁and ▁patri ot ▁of ▁the ▁Song ▁D ynast y . ▁St yles ▁such ▁as ▁E agle ▁Cla w ▁and ▁X ing y iqu an ▁attribute ▁their ▁creation ▁to ▁Y ue . ▁However , ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁historical ▁evidence ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁claim ▁he ▁created ▁these ▁styles . ▁ ▁Ng ▁M ui ▁( late ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ) ▁was ▁the ▁legend ary ▁female ▁founder ▁of ▁many ▁Southern ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁such ▁as ▁Wing ▁Ch un , ▁and ▁F uj ian ▁White ▁C rane . ▁She ▁is ▁often ▁considered ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁legend ary ▁Five ▁E ld ers ▁who ▁surv ived ▁the ▁destruction ▁of ▁the ▁Sh a olin ▁Temple ▁during ▁the ▁Q ing ▁D ynast y . ▁ ▁Yang ▁L uch an ▁( 1 7 9 9 – 1 8 7 2 ) ▁was ▁an ▁important ▁teacher ▁of ▁the ▁internal ▁mart ial ▁art ▁known ▁as ▁t ' ai ▁chi ▁ch ' uan ▁in ▁Be ij ing ▁during ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁Yang ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁Yang - style ▁t ' ai ▁chi ▁ch ' uan , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁transm itting ▁the ▁art ▁to ▁the ▁Wu / H ao , ▁Wu ▁and ▁Sun ▁t ' ai ▁chi ▁families . ▁ ▁Ten ▁Tig ers ▁of ▁C anton ▁( late ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ) ▁was ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁ten ▁of ▁the ▁top ▁Chinese ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁master s