Chang Dsu Yao was born on June 14, 1918 in Chaiji (), a village in of
Pei County,
Jiangsu. He died in
Taipei,
Taiwan, on February 7, 1992. He was the sixteenth generation lineage holder of
Meihuaquan. He began to study Meihuaquan when he was six years old, and later trained under
Liu Baojun. In 1938, he came to
Guilin to study at the Military School for Officers, a branch of
Whampoa Military Academy created in that Year, named "Military Sixth Campus" ()). Here, Chang met some important teachers, such as
Chang Dongsheng, and studied different styles of Martial Arts, such as
bajiquan,
baguazhang,
xingyiquan, and
Fu Style Baguazhang. After graduation, he fought in the anti-Japanese War first and then in the Chinese Civil War with the faction of
Chiang Kai-shek against the Communists. After the defeat of Chiang Kai-shek, Chang Dsu Yao took refuge in
Taiwan. In Taiwan he established contact with several famous Martial Artists such as
Cheng Man-ch'ing,
Liu Yunqiao, Wu Tipang (), and . He also taught Martial Arts to the Army and Police. Chang wrote articles for
"Wutan Tsa Chih", a magazine founded by Liu Yunqiao. In 1974, Chang Dsu Yao retired from the Army and in 1975, he moved to
Bologna, and then, in 1977, to
Milan. He had many students, including his sons Chang Wei-hsin and Chang Yu-hsin, and others, such as
Xu Wenli, Maurizio Zanetti, Enrico Lazzerini, and Roberto Fassi, with whom he wrote several books on martial arts. ==Chang School==