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In the year 1730, during the reign ofthe Emperor Yung Cheng
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- one of the early emperors of theManchu Ching Dynasty -
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many kung fu experts wererecruited by the Emperor
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to suppress and kill the supportersof the previous Ming Dynasty.
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These experts were trained to usethat fearsome weapon,
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the "Flying Guillotine."
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Many fell to this new weapon.
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Those who escaped went into hiding.To seek these remaining rebels out
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and kill them, that theManchu government sent a noted
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master of the flying guillotine,Fung Sheng Wu Chi,
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to keep surveillance onall Han revolutionaries
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and kill them if appropriate.
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Fung, who was blind,disguised himself as a Buddhist Lama
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and lived in a mountainretreat with his two disciples
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