Brief Biography of master shi deJian

Master Shi Dejian has been practicing Shaolin ChanWuYi for almost 20 years. The highest level and ultimate goal of any Shaolin monk is to achieve the unity of Chan, Wu, and Yi in one person. Because of the inherent difficulty in attaining such a state, only a few Shaolin monks throughout the many generations have been able to attain this state. Master Dejian is perhaps the only contemporary Shaolin monk in Songshan working towards this goal. Because Master Dejian is considered the representative of the Shaolin ChanWuYi culture, he has been invited by different countries to explicate on Shaolin ChanWuYi, including Japan, Italy, and Korea.
Master Dejian is the disciple of Master Xingxing, the 3rd Grand Master of Shaolin ChanWuYi. Master Dejian also became the disciple of the Master Shi Suxi, Abbot of the Shaolin Temple at that time, and became a 31st generation monk of the Cao branch in Shaolin. In 1997, Master Dejian was instructed by his master to go to the subsidiary of Shaolin Temple - Sanhuang Zhai, with the aim of deepening his knowledge in ChanWuYi, and strengthening his skills in the esteemed Shaolin Wu, Xinyiba (Heart-Mind-Control). In 1999, Dejian was named by Grand Master Xingxing as the 4th Grand Master of the Wu Gulun branch of Shaolin ChanWuYi. In 2005, Master Dejian founded the Henan Songshan Research Institute of ChanWuYi, with the aim of establishing a place to unite the different fronts in society in promoting the Shaolin ChanWuYi culture.