During the Qing Dynasty, five Grand Masters known as the Invincible Five held the greatest power in the Shaolin lineage. They were:
- Grand Master Pai Mei (White Eyebrows), also known under the name of Dao Nhien, the Taoist. (His real name was Chu Long Tuyen).
- Grand Master Nou Mei (Ng Mui), Nun who practiced the style of White Crane. She taught Yim Wing-chun and Hoang Hoa Bao, founders of the two lineages of present day Wing Chun.
- Grand Master Phung Dao Duc who lived for many years at the foot of the Er-Mei Mountain.
- Grand Master Chi Thien Su, who continued to practice Orthodox Southern Shaolin.
- Grand Master Mieu Hien, the only layman among the five who also practiced Southern Shaolin style.
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—W. Stanley Jevons (1835–1882)