Chen Po=Chen Hsi-I - is the often-said creator of LiuHo PaFa, 'water-boxing.

 

.....this is not believed by any historian of sino-martial exercise. Chen represents a rennaisance of older ideas, rethought and repackage for then emerging neo-taoism//buddhism. Chen is an iconoclastic 'plug' used to create a source.  Chen does however have numerous bonefide credits given to him and both taoist and alchemical-numerology links. There are many sources that accredit Chen with I Ching mathematics, numerology, and as a source of music; the martial exercise community who only claim Chen as their founder, are usually ignorant of this. Most Chinese are unaware of either history, but know to differentiate Chen Po, Tuan, from Chuang Po-Tuan, an alchemist and 'purple' taoist who came later, but whom some continue to confuse.

 

   The associations or alleged meetings

>    of Chen with Chang San-Feng, a myth-legend himself

>    or with General Fei, a popular legend-hero

>    or that Chen is part of the lineage to 'Lao Tse', a myth-legend and a 'tome'

>    or that Chen was a talented musician writting songs for the Qin.

 

... this is all myth-making and history filling. Chen was interesting for his addiction with the Book of Changes and for his 'sleeping' meditation; there is no evidence that he 'created' any martial art or health exercise. [Note: there exists a reciprocal realation between Hua Shan and WuDang Shan; however the stories that Chen 'first visited' Wu Dang temple before residing at Hua Shan...or Chang SanFeng 'first visited' Hua Shan before residing at Wu Dang...this is padding with accolades to enhance a story. Another factor of evidence, is that there are numerous 'notable' documents and persons from the Song Periods and a substantial amount of this exists in its original form; no original document nor