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{{short description|32nd abbot of Shaolin Temple}}
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'''Haideng''' ({{zh|c=释海灯|p=Shì Hǎidēng}}; also sometimes spelled as Hai Teng<ref>{{Citation|last=Li|first=Han-Jun|title=Abbot Hai Teng of Shaolin|date=2000-01-01|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121739/|accessdate=2016-07-22}}</ref> and Hai-tank in older translations<ref>{{Citation|last=PedomisSekaMirtis|title=Monk Hai-tank "Finger Skill"|date=2009-04-15|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSVeBHSgm9E |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/wSVeBHSgm9E |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|accessdate=2016-07-22}}{{cbignore}}</ref>) (14 August 1902 &ndash; 11 January 1989) was a Chinese [[Buddhist monk]], martial artist and emeritus abbot of [[Shaolin Temple]] during the 20th century. He was born '''Fan Wubing''' ({{zh|c=范无病}}) in Jiangyou County, [[Sichuan]] province. His parents gave him the name "Fan Wubing", which means Fan the Never Sick, in hopes that this might improve his being constantly sick when he was young.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shaolin.org/answers/ans03a/apr03-1.html|title=Answers to Readers' Questions and Answers — April 2003 (Part 1)|website=shaolin.org|access-date=2016-07-22}}</ref>

At the age of 19, Fan Wubing was accepted into [[Sichuan University]], but did not attend due to financial difficulties. Instead, he attended Sichuan Police Academy, but later dropped out in pursuit of martial arts training.

Hai Deng was famous for his ''one-finger [[Zen|Chan]]'', one of the 72 arts of the Shaolin temple, with which he could support most of his body weight on one finger.<ref>Shaolin Abbot Hai Deng. Documentary in Chinese by Central News Film Studio， 1984</ref> Thanks to a visit to the USA in 1985, he was noted for his religious observance, literary skill, and qigong talents.<ref>[http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=730 Gene Ching. The First Shaolin Monk in America. Kung Fu Magazine, 2007]</ref> He Was first met with the [[Xuyun|Master Xu Yun (Empty Cloud.)]]

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==External links==
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NExoT38sjj4 video of Hai Deng performing his "One finger Chan".
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMdj6FDcQMo&NR video of Hai Deng's student performing Two Finger Chan.

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