Although Yue Fei  had won brilliant victories and recovered the most part of the territory, it was the capitulationists like Qin Hui who wielded real power at court. Prime Minister Qin Hui bribed some base people and falsely charged the loyal and valorous young general, Yue Fei, with planning a coup. He then put Yue Fei and his son Yue Yun in jail. Zhou Sanwei, the judge of the Supreme Court at that time, knew that Yue Fei was a loyal general when he saw the words "Absolute Devotion to the Nation" tattooed on Yue Fei's back. Because Zhou didn't want to aid an evildoer, he hung up his official cap and retired from the position. The Consultant Minister Moqi Xie took his place. Moqi severely tortured Yue Fei, but Yue didn't admit to any wrongdoing. Nonetheless, Moqi fabricated evidence and deliberately twisted Yue Fei's words to misrepresent the truth. In the end, they killed Yue Fei with poison in Fengbo Ting Pavilion. His son Yue Yun and an officer were beheaded. At that time, Qin Hui had a lot of power and the officials around the country all praised his actions. Yet when the new emperor came to the throne, he immediately built statues and memorials of Yue Fei so that people could pay their respects to him. In addition, cast iron statues were made of Qin Hui and Moqi Xie kneeling down with their hands tied behind their backs for people to curse and spit on. They even resorted to false accusations to eliminate the war party and finally had Yue Fei sent to prison and executed. At the news, General Han Shizhong asked Qin Hui, 'What crime in the world did Yue Fei commit?' To this, Qin Hui replied evasively, 'Mo Xu You' which meant 'something fairly likely.' Later the phrase 'mo xu you' entered Chinese to mean a trumped-up charge or a fabricated charge. Yue Fei was only 39 at the time he was executed. In 1163, Song Emperor Gaozong exonerated Yue Fei and had his corpse reburied as a hero.

"Modern" Hsing-I was developed at the end of the Ming and beginning of the Qing dynasties, in the 1600s, by Ji Long Feng (Ji Jike) who was a martial artist known for his ability with a spear who  laid his martial foundation by first mastering boxing at the Songshan Shaolin Temple, a mecca for the development of civilian fighting methods. . His love of the spear was so great that he set about to develop a system that would incorporate the theories of spear tactics in hand to hand practice.

During his quest, Legend has it he was visited by a heavenly being while living in seclusion in a cave on Zhong Nan mountain, and presented with Yue Fei's ancient boxing manual on Xinyi quan, a book which described the lost techniques  which had long been outlawed. Ji revolutionized the boxing of his day

Ji was from Zhu Feng, an area east of Pu County in Shanxi Province. Today, this place is known as Zhang Ying Zhen Village, Yung Ji County. Ji taught Ma Xue Li (1714-1790) of Honan "Moslem" 10 animal style known as Xinyi Liuhe Quan, and Ca Ji Lu who taught Dai Long Bang. At that time the art was called- "Heart -Will" boxing.

Probably one of the most famous exponents of Xingyi is Li Lao Neng (also known as Li Neng Ran). He was born in 1807 in Shen County, Hebei Province and originally practiced Chang Quan (Long Fist). It wasn't until he went to Shanxi and was repeatedly defeated by Dai Long Bang's sons that he and switched to the art of Xinyiquan, begging them to teach him. Since's Dai's sons were young, they took him to their father. He then began training under Dai. Some say it actually his son Dai Wen Xun who taught him. He was 37 at the time.

Over the next ten years, Li stayed with Dai and mastered the art, earning himself the nickname of "Divine Fist Li." Li then returned to Hebei Province and began teaching there himself. He greatly expanded on what he learned and made many major contributions to the art. He also changed the original name of Xinyiquan (Heart & Mind Boxing) to Xingyiquan - "Form of the Will Boxing." Dai's style is still known as Xinyiquan to this day and differs greatly from Xingyi.

 He added the San Ti posture to the beginning and end of each of the forms. He is also credited with coming up with the principles of keeping the elbows close to the ribs and the fists in front of the heart. He was a great innovator, his principles developing into what is now known as the Hebei style - the most widely practiced Xingyi style to this day.

Some of Li Lao Neng's most famous students included the infamous "Half-step Kwo" Guo Yun Shen, Che Yi Zhai, Liu Qi Lan, Bai Xi Yuan and Song Shi Rong. Guo and Liu went on to teach Li's Xingyi in Shen County, Hebei Province. Che and Song taught in Shanxi. Li eventually returned to Taigu and died in 1888 at the age of 81

Guo Yun Shen (originally called Guo Yu Sheng) is one of the more famous Xingyi figures in Chinese history. He was one of Li Lao Neng's top students, though at first Li would not teach him due to his violent nature. Li showed him Beng Quan but Guo stole the form and copied it. He did this for three years. Li was convinced of his dedication and began to teach him.

Most people know the story about Guo being sent to prison after killing a man with his famous punch. There he remained manacled for three years practicing Beng Quan over and over in his cell. When he got out of prison, his Beng Quan was so awesome he earned himself the nickname "Half Step Crushing Fist Strikes Everywhere Under Heaven." His skill was better than before he entered prison.

Guo went back to working as a bounty hunter. He was a bit of a ruffian. He still loved to fight and challenged anyone he could. At this point he had only studied the five fists. Since he never lost a fight, he thought anything else was a bother.

His teacher, Li Lao Neng, sent him to another of his top students, Che Yi Zhai, to teach him a lesson. Guo eagerly went and Chi easily defeated him, nearly taking him down with a Pi Quan to the head. Guo realized how foolish he was being and went back to Li to complete his training.

Guo's ferociousness gave way to the wisdom of age and he grew to be a great respected master of Xingyi.

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Xingyi Quan There are four different Xingyi Quan styles. They are Henan Style, Dai Family Style, Shanxi Style, and Hebei Style. Hebei Style is the most popular style.       General Yue Fei, the Chinese national hero, is respected as Xingyi Quan founder.     Ji Longfeng, the real foumder of Xingyi Quan. It is said he got General Yue's martial arts book and used some spear skills to made up Xingyi Quan.         Li Luoneng, the fifth generation master, was respected as the greatest Xingyi master   Che Yizhai was Li's first disciple and the founder of Shanxi Style Xingyi Quan. Guo Yunshen was Li's disciple and one of   the most famous Xingyi master.     Liu Qilan was Li's disciple. He and his disciples made Hebei Style Xingyi became the most popular group.           Bu Xuekuan was Che's disciple. Wang Peisheng studied Shanxi Style Xingyi with one of Bu's earler disciple Zhao Runting. Zhang Zhaodong was Liu's disciple. He won the great reputation for Xingyi Quan.       Han Muxia was Zhang's disciple. As a Xingyi and Bagua master, he had great reputation and was respected one of three best in his generation. Wang Peisheng studied Hebei Xingyi and Bagua with him.