YUENÜ also was known as Aliao or the Maiden of the Southern Forest lived during the Spring and Autumn period, between the years 771-476 BCE. Yuenü had a gift for martial arts and adapt very quickly to the art of swordsmanship. Her father was a hunter and likely had the great skills to pass them down to Yuenü. Throughout the province, everyone knew her abilities, to the point of fame. It caught the attention of the King Goujian of Yue; who was seeking specialists for help in training his army for the ongoing war with another state. She was summed by the king to give a show of her skills before him and his court. The young Yuenü impressed the king so much with her simple but powerful techniques and the philosophy she carries of strengthening the spirit while remaining calm in combat. He personally went to her for advice in training and teaching his army the skills she possessed. Yuenü is not her birth name, but it is the name that this warrior woman is known for the King was so impressed by her skills and her explanation on
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Yin and Yang are fundamental concepts in Chinese philosophy and culture overall dating from the third century BCE or earlier. This principle exists as inseparable and contradictory opposites. Each pole is neither superior to the other, but each work together to gain harmony. Her core teachings when it comes to swordsmanship and fighting is “The art of the sword is profound and hard to understand despite appearing insignificant and easy. It is similar to a door, in that it can be opened and closed; it can be divided into yin and yang. The way of fighting… is to strengthen one’s inner spirit while remaining outwardly calm and well mannered. She may look like an elegant lady, but she fights like a fierce tiger. With this imposing manner, you can put a single fighter against one hundred, and pit one hundred against one thousand,”
Yin and Yang are fundamental concepts in Chinese philosophy and culture overall dating from the third century BCE or earlier. This principle exists as inseparable and contradictory opposites. Each pole is neither superior to the other, but each work together to gain harmony. Her core teachings when it comes to swordsmanship and fighting is “The art of the sword is profound and hard to understand despite appearing insignificant and easy. It is similar to a door, in that it can be opened and closed; it can be divided into yin and yang. The way of fighting… is to strengthen one’s inner spirit while remaining outwardly calm and well mannered. She may look like an elegant lady, but she fights like a fierce tiger. With this imposing manner, you can put a single fighter against one hundred, and pit one hundred against one thousand,”