Moy Lin-shin (Chinese: 梅連羨; pinyin: Méi Liánxiàn) (1931 in Taishan county, Guangdong – June 6, 1998, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)[1] was a Taoist monk, teacher and tai chi instructor who founded the Taoist Tai Chi Society, the Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism and the Gei Pang Lok Hup Academy.
Moy reported that he studied the religious and philosophical side of Taoism and that he had acquired knowledge and skills in Chinese martial arts.
[2] In addition to his studies and education in Taoism, Moy Lin-shin learned a range of internal martial arts including liuhebafa, tai chi, xingyiquan, baguazhang and Taoist qigong.
Moy's main teacher was Yang Liu (杨六; Cantonese: Yeung Luk), a Daoist hermit teaching qigong and tai chi.
Another one of Moy's main teachers in Hong Kong was Liang Zipeng, an instructor in liuhebafa and other arts, who was in turn a student of Wu Yihui.
Moy started with a standard Yang-style tai chi form, also saying he had mixed in elements of other internal arts, and taught it to condition students to learn Lok Hup Ba Fa later.
In 1981 Moy Lin-shin and Mui Ming-to established a Canadian branch of the Hong Kong-based Fung Loy Kok Institute of Taoism, which became the religious arm of the Taoist Tai Chi Society.
This occurred with the opening of a Fung Loy Kok high shrine at the Society's Bathurst Street location in Toronto.