• Contemporaries: Chen Zhong-Shan

陳衡山傳

[16] CHEN HENGSHAN

陳衡山字鎭南精太極拳咸豐三年與陳仲甡等擊洪楊每戰輙身居前敵極勇武後以敎徒終

Chen Hengshan, called Zhennan, was superb at Taiji Boxing. In the third year of the reign of Emperor Xianfeng [1852], he fought against the Taiping forces with Zhongshen. In every battle, he valiantly threw his body into the fray. He later taught students for the rest his life.