Confucius, the greatest Chinese philosopher, Li Pai, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Yang-min, the Ming Dynasty philosopher, and Wang Hsi-tze and Yen Tsen-chin, the Ming dynasty choreographers, are examples of people who mastered the use of both the pen and the sword.
唐朝的大詩人李白、明朝的理學家王陽明及書法家王羲之、顏真卿等，雖是文人，也都習武。而歷史上著名的武將如郭子儀、岳飛、鄭成功、戚繼光等，雖是武將，也能賦詩填詞，舞文弄墨。講求文武合一雲樵先生自己就是一個文武合一的人。