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Not much is known of Hong Qigong's early life and training, apart that he was the seventh of his parents' children, and his family was once enslaved by the Jin. At a relatively young age he rose to rule the Beggars' Sect, an organization of beggars and martial artists, and was taught the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms and the Dog-Beating Staff, which are the trademarks of the leader of the Beggars' Sect and passed down from chief to successor.
Hong was noted as being a specialist and master of "hard" martial arts--ones focusing on straightforward and direct attacks to crush defenses and inflict decisive strikes with a single blow. His rendition of the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms was counted as being the pinnacle of the form.