Jeong Yim

Martial artist

Born

1824, Xinhui District

Citizenship

Qing dynasty

Sport

martial arts

Occupation

martial artist

Cheung Ah-yim (張炎 - 張鴻勝; 1824–1893) also known as Jeung Yim, Cheung Yim, Cheung Hung-sing, Jeong Hung-sing, Jeong Hong-sing, Zhang Yan, Zhang Hongsheng, was a key figure in the development and expansion of Choy Lee Fut - a Southern Chinese martial arts system, and was the most famous of Chan Heung's disciples to emerge from the Choy Lee Fut System.

Cheung Yim was an orphan, came from a broken family, a student of martial art masters such as Lee Yau-san (Chan Heung's teacher), Chan Heung, and the Monk Ching Cho Wo Sheung (Green Grass Monk 青草和尚), co-founder to the Choy Lee Fut system, founder of the Great Victory School (Hung Sing Kwoon - 鴻勝舘) and the Hung Sing Choy Lee Fut system 鴻勝蔡李佛拳, a notable revolutionary, accomplished fighter, a Hung Mun Red Pole (426 Enforcer), and father of the largest and longest running school of southern Chinese Martial Arts.

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q6180298 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.