9 Yum White Bone Claws - Ming Cult origins unrecognized in HSDS?
Although the 9 Yum White Bone Claws were depicted as an integral component of the overall 9 Yum Jen Ging manual in the first and second editions of Jin Yong's CONDOR HEROES TRILOGY novels, by the third edition, the claw technique had become a martial art originating from the Ming Cult, included by Wong Seung in the 9 Yum Jen Ging only for archival purposes.
If the 9 Yum White Bone Claws was originally a Ming Cult martial art, why didn't any Ming Cult members from the HSDS era recognize it as such when they witnessed Chow Chi Yerk using it? At the very least, I would think that Yeung Siu, who compiled a history of the Ming Cult, would have had some inkling as to what the technique really was and where it came from.