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			"If you know yourself, then you know him. This time, because you follow the mind, what you desire is manifest. You are not bound by rules." - Jiang Rong Qiao commenting on the higher levels of Xingyiquan. Jiang Rong Qiao, born in 1890, was from Qiang County in Hebei Province. In his youth he studied Mizongquan under his uncle, which was a popular Northern fighting style at the time. When Jiang first encountered Xingyiquan, he thought it had a beautiful appearance, but found it to be deficient in it's simplicity and laughed at it. In 1914, he became friends with legendary master Li Cun Yi. Although Jiang never got to join Li's school, Li taught him many of the finer points of Xingyi and Bagua. Jiang eventually began training in Ningpo under Li's gong fu brother Zhang Zhao Dong, who was already 69 years old at the time. He stayed with Zhang for 18 years, learning Xingyi, Bagua and Taiji, looking back and laughing at his own ignorance of Xingyi in his youth. Jiang Rong Qiao (on right) practicing at his home with Dong Zi Ying.
	Jiang grew to become a well-respected figure in the martial arts community. He established the Shang Wu Jin De Association in Shanghai and worked in the publishing division of the Central Guoshu Institute, allowing him to publish many martial arts books. Traditionally, knowledge of these arts were passed secretly from generation to generation, but Jiang wanted to spread what he had learned from Zhang to the public. Jiang also authored a long list of books himself, from Xingyi forms and weapons training to martial arts tales. Jiang is quoted as saying "poets say that a man without etiquette will quickly die. What excellent words!" His teacher Zhang Zhao Dong instilled this in him during his time spent at his school. Perhaps it is this reason that Jiang helped bring so many writings to the public, which are still available to this day. Jiang Rong Qiao died on February 2nd, 1974. <--- | --->