The following Timeline covers events that have some relevance to the descent and lineage of the martial arts that we study up until 1976 when our chief instructor Sifu Rand began his training with Master Lam Kam Chuen. Note that a lot of the birth and death dates of masters vary based upon source as they were often passed down by word of mouth.

960 Establishment of Sung Dynasty by Chao Kuang Yin
1103 Marshal Yue Fei, attributed founder of Hsing-I, born
1127 Sung Dynasty retreat south from advancing Jin Empire
1142 Marshal Yue Fei martyred
1206 Yuan Dynasty established in North China by Genghis Khan
1279 final fall of the (Southern) Sung Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty
1368 Establishment of Ming Dynasty by Chu Yuan Chang
1620 Master Ji Long Feng, who gave Hsing-I its modern name, born
1644 Manchu complete their conquest of China (est. Ching Dynasty)
1665 Master Cao Ji Wu born
c.1710 death of Master Ji Long Feng
1727 Manchu government re-bans martial arts practice
c.1770 death of Master Cao Ji Wu
1799 Master Yang Lu Chan, founder of Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan, born
1806 Master Chan Heung born
1807 Master Li Neng Ran born
1820 Master Guo Yun Shen born (for possible alternate date see below)
1826 Master Li Neng Ran begins studying Hsing-I with the Dai family
1831 Master Che Ti Zhai born
1836 Traditional founding date of Choy Lee Fut
1837 Master Yang Ban Hou born
1838 Master Dai Long Ban dies
1839 Master Guo Yun Shen born
1839 Master Yang Jian Hou born
1844 Master Liu Chi Lan born
1847 Master Li Cun Yi born
1849 Master Song Shi Rong born
1856 Master Che Ti Zhai begins studying with Master Li Neng Ran
1861 Master Sun Lu Tang born
1865 Master Hao En Guang born (for possible alternate date see below)
1872 Master Yang Lu Chan dies
1873 Master Tam Sam born
1875 Master Chan Heung dies
1877 Master Hao En Guang born
1880 Master Huang Bo Nian born
1885 General Li Jing Lin born
1885 Master Wang Xiang Jai born
1888 Master Li Neng Ran dies
1888 Master Tam Sam becomes a student of Master Liu Chan
1890 Master Yang Ban Hou dies
1898 Master Li Cun Yi begins studying with Master Che Ti Zhai
1900 Date of the Boxer Rebellion
1911 Nationalist Revolution.
1911 Master Guo Yun Shen dies
1911 Master Li Cun Yi begins teaching in Tian Jin
1912 Empress Dowager Yonglu abdicates on behalf of Emperor Pu Yi
1912 Establishment of the Republic of China.
1912 Master Che Ti Zhai dies
1913 Election of National Assembly
1913 Assasination of Song Chiao-Jen
1914 National Assembly is dissolved. Yuan Shi Kai becomes Dictator.
1916 Master Liu Chi Lan dies
1917 Master Yang Jian Hou dies
1917 Warlord Jang Zun briefly restores Pu Yi to the throne
1922 Master Li Cun Yi dies
1923 Master Hao En Guang killed (took a bullet while protecting his client)
1925 Death of Sun Yat Sen
1926 The Northern Expedition led by Chiang Kai-Shek
1927 Master Song Shi Rong dies
1928 Pressure from Japanese: capital moved from Beijing to Nanking
1928 Master Ku Yu Chang winner of 1st National Martial Arts Contest
1929 Gen. Li Jing Lin made director Shandong Martial Arts Association
1931 Japanese establish puppet state in Manchuria
1931 General Li Jing Lin dies
1932 Pu Yi restored as Emperor of Manchuria by the Japanese
1933 Master Sun Lu Tang dies
1937 Japanese begin occupation of Beijing
1937 Guomindang and Communisty Party join forces against Japaneses
1938 Japanese occupy Canton
1942 Master Tam Sam dies
1943 Mao Zedong achieves supremacy in Communist Party
1948 Master Lam Kam Chuen born in Hong Kong
1949 Fall of Guomindang in Mainland China to the Communist Party
1949 Establishment of the People's Republic of China
1959 Master Lam Kam Chuen begins training in the martial arts
1952 Death of Master Ku Yu Chang
1975 Master Lam Kam Chuen moves to London
1976 Sifu Rand begins training with Master Lam