Si Jo (Great, Great Grandmaster)

[YunXiang]

Si Jo – Great Great Grandmaster
師祖
师祖
Cantonese: si jo
Cantonese (Yale): si1 jou2
Mandarin (Pinyin): shi1 zu3

Please note that the first and second set of characters are the traditional and simplified characters respectively.

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[YunXiang]

This term can be found on Sifu's Q&A September 2000 (part 3) page under Q&A no. 7. Here's the link:

http://shaolin.org/answers/ans00b/sep00-3.html

[HugoDarien]

Good Day Sifu/Instructor Michael Chow!

Can you tell us what is necessary that some one have done for becoming a Great, Great Grandmaster?

THANKS-GOODBYE

[Antonius]

Hugo, the answer to that question is in Sifu Wong's Q&A, which Michael pasted above.

For convenience, I'll paste the text here:

Your si-gung's teacher is called si-tai-gung, and his teacher is called si-jo. The founder of a system or the head of a generation line is called jo-si.

Jung-si means "teacher of the tradition". This title is usually addressed to the living head of a system. It is also sometimes addressed to a famous master.

Let us take this generation line as an example. Chee Seen --> Lok Ah Choy --> Wong Kai Ying --> Wong Fei Hoong --> Lam Sai Weng --> Lam Jo.

Lam Jo would address Lam Sai Weng as sifu, Wong Fei Hoong as si-gung, Wong Kai Ying as si-tai-gung, and Lok Ah Choy as si-jo. Anyone in this generation line from Wong Fei Hoong downward, including students today, would address Chee Seen, being the head of the generation line, as jo-si. Technically, Lok Ah Choy and Wong Kai Ying could also address Chee Seen as jo- si, but usually they would not because they were close enough to call him si-gung and sifu respectively.

Chee Seen is the jung-si of the system. But Lok Ah Choy, Wong Kai Ying, Wong Fei Hoong and Lam Sai Weng, being famous masters, can rightly be referred to as jung-si too.

[HugoDarien]

Good Day!

Sifu Antonius, Thanks for your answers!

So I understand that a: Si Jo (Great, Great Grandmaster) is a title to call a Master that are 4 generation back on the lineage! Right? There is not other way that a Master can be call Si Jo (Great, Great Grandmaster) ? Right ?

Good Bye!

[Antonius]

Yes, Hugo. You are correct. And now you see that, if you read carefully enough, you can find all kinds of answers!

[HugoDarien]

Originally Posted by Antonius

And now you see that, if you read carefully enough, you can find all kinds of answers!

Thanks Sifu Antonius, And yes is truth that if I read very carefully enough, i can find the answers!

Good Night!