by nicklinjm on Mon Jul 30, 2018 6:02 pm
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Gu Liuxin (1908-1990) Shanghai native, famous martial artist. At the age of 11, he began to practice martial arts. He was well versed in Yang style and Chen style Taijiquan and push hands. He studied at Shanghai Nanyang Senior Business School. In the 16th year of the Republic of China (1927), he graduated from the Department of Chinese Language and Culture of Shanghai Wenzhi University. In the 23rd year of the Republic of China, he joined the Communist Youth League and joined the Communist Party of China. He used martial arts as a cover and worked in the underground Communist movement for a long time. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the first district head of Huangpu District. In 1959, he was entrusted by the State Sports Commission to go to Hanoi to serve as a Tai Chi teacher in Ho Chi Minh. After returning to China, he was invited to Zhongnanhai, Beidaihe and Guangzhou to teach some state leaders to practice Taijiquan. From 1956 to 1966, he served as director of the Shanghai Sports Centre. In 1979, he served as deputy director of the Shanghai Sports Research Institute. In 1977 and 1980, he twice went to Japan to give lectures and give lectures. In 1979, he was elected as a member of the Chinese Wushu Association and the chairman of the Shanghai Wushu Association. He was later employed as an adjunct professor at the Shanghai Sports Institute.