} Shi Suxi (释素喜) born Geng Jinzhu (耿金柱:

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, 24 September 1924 (Chinese lunar calendar) – 9 March 2006 (Gregorian) / 9 February (Chinese lunar)) was a Chinese Buddhist priest, and abbot of the

Shaolin Monastery Shaolin Monastery (少林寺 ''Shàolínsì''), also known as Shaolin Temple, is a renowned monastic institution recognized as the birthplace of Chan Buddhism and the cradle of Shaolin Kung Fu. It is located at the foot of Wuru Peak of the So ...

.Livres de France - Numéros 306 à 309 2007 - Page 164 "224 p. ; 24 x 17 cm Br. 23€ Présentation des arts du shaolin, l'interview du vénérable Shi Xushi, l'abbé du temple ainsi que des collaborations du moine guerrier du temple, le maitre Shi De Yang." His disciples include Shi De Yang, current master of the fighting monks, and Shi Deru. Thanks to the efforts of Suxi and a few other monks, the history of Shaolin was preserved through a long drought in Dengfeng and the Chinese Cultural Revolution. At the age of 30 or 31 Suxi suffered a stroke, and was later diagnosed with

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. Around 1983 he began to lose some control in his legs and feet, but he continued to practice and teach kung fu until late in his life. His health continued to decline in the 1990s, causing him to resign as abbot, but despite being using a wheelchair and having speech difficulties he continued to teach verbally on the importance of

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and martial arts. Shortly before his death, Suxi was visited by the appointed abbot of the Shaolin Monastery, Shi Yongxin. Suxi held Yongxin's hand and said, "Shaolin is

en not martial arts." () These are widely regarded as his message to future generations and are a theme he repeated throughout his career.

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1924 births 2006 deaths Chinese Buddhists Chinese martial artists Abbots of Shaolin Temple 20th-century Buddhist monks {{China-bio-stub