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People of Shaolin Quan
Shaolin Quan: 1 documented person. Also: traditional founder (1).
Traditional founder
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Bodhidharma
A semi-legendary Buddhist monk from the turn of the 5th and 6th centuries, whose link to the martial art of the Shaolin monastery historians regard as a 20th-century invention.
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