The early history of the style is not very clear.

According to

"Preface to Six Harmonies Boxing" (Liuhequan Xu) written in 1750, the style was created by Yue Fei who "as a child learnt from a master of deep knowledge and became very skilful at spear play; (on this basis) he created a boxing method to teach his officers and called it

"Intention Boxing" ( Yi Quan );

the martial art was marvelous and ingenious, unlike any other before.

After the King ( e.g. Yue Fei ) passed away, during Jin, Yuan and Ming dynasties the art was rarely seen. Master Ji, called Ji Jike, also known as Ji Longfeng living at the end of Ming and beginning of Qing dynasties in Zhufeng of Pudong ( today's Zun Village in Shanxi Province ), went to Zhongnan Mountains to visit teachers with deep knowledge there and received the boxing manual of King Wumu ( e.g. Yue Fei ).

Picture to the right:

Statue of Yue Fei