Gong Bao Tian (or Gong Baotian) (1871 - 1943) was a Chinese martial artist who started training with Yin Fu while he was still an adolescent while working as a waiter in a restaurant. Gong Bao Tian’s older brother, Gong Baoshan, introduced Gong Baotian to Yin Fu. He was hired as a royal bodyguard under Yin Fu and became his successor at the palace when Yin Fu retired. When the Qing government was overthrown, Gong Baotian served as the head bodyguard of General Zhang Zuolin. Soon after that he retired to his home in Qingshan District in the province of Shandong. He published a book on his training methods.
Gong Bao Tian was from Qing Shan, Mou Ping County, Shandong Province. He practiced Yin Fu's style of baguazhang. Gong BaoTian, who was a formal disciple of Yin Fu, went into the bodyguard service in the Royal Palace. Dong HaiChuan, Yin Fu, and Gong BaoTian were three generations of baguazhang masters who were all Royal Palace bodyguards.
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