Li Shuwen

{{short description|Chinese martial artist}}

{{family name hatnote|Li|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox martial artist

| name = Li Shuwen

| other_names = "God Spear Li"

| image = Li Shuwen.png|

| image_size = 140px

| birth_date = 1864

| birth_place = {{flag|Qing Dynasty}}, Wangnanliang Village/Shazhangzhuang Village in CangzhouLiu Yunqiao. Eight-stroke boxing. Xinchao She Cultural Enterprise Co., Ltd.. 2014.05. {{ISBN|9789863165101}}.

| death_date = January 24, 1934 (aged 69–70)

| death_place = {{flag|Republic of China}}, Weixian County, Shandong Province Liu Yunqiao. Eight-stroke boxing. Xinchao She Cultural Enterprise Co., Ltd.. 2014.05. {{ISBN|9789863165101}}. or Tianjin Xiaozhan Town{{Cite web | url=http://www.shizhanbajiquan.com/third.jsp?id=106&resourceId=bjcc | title=4166com金沙(中国)有限公司 }}

| martial_art = Bajiquan

| teacher = Huang Sihai, Zhang Jingxing

| students = Huo Diange, Zhang Xiangwu, Liu Yunqiao, Li Etang, others

}}

Li Shuwen ({{zh|t=李書文|}}) (1864–1934) was a master practitioner of the Chinese martial art of Bajiquan. He was known as "God Spear Li" (神槍李).{{cite book |last= DeMarco |first=Michael A. |date=2004 |title= Journal of Asian Martial Arts, Volume 13, Number 1, 2004|publisher= Via Media Publishing Co|page=61 |asin= B0012O3SV6}} His prowess was said to be such that he boasted that he did not have to strike the same opponent twice.{{cite web |url= http://www.plumpub.com/kaimen/2013/li-shu-wen-spearman-extraordinaire/ |title=Li Shu Wen, Spearman Extraordinaire |last1=Plum Staff |date= 26 April 2013 |website=Plum Publications |access-date= 24 July 2015 }} He was a martial arts adviser of Fu Zhensong, notably once fighting him to a draw.{{cite book |last= Zhen |first=Lin Chao |date=16 February 2010 |title= Fu Zhen Song's Dragon Bagua Zhang |publisher= Blue Snake Books |pages=30–31 |isbn= 978-1583942383}} Li's students eventually became personal bodyguards for Mao Zedong, Chiang Kai-shek, and Puyi.

While not due to malicious intent, Li Shuwen killed many people during his life in either martial arts matches or self defense, causing victims' relatives to hold a grudge. He died after consuming poisonous tea served by one of them. Regardless, his reputation as one of the world's greatest martial artists persists to this day.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}