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It is my understanding that Dong was already an expert in Shaolin Lohan style when he met up with some Taoist monks in the mountains. The Taoist monks practiced circle walking as a form of meditation. Dong then simply appended his Lohan postures to the circle, and BaguaZhang was born. The Ba Pan Zhang stuff is bogus.