First, the origin of Tai Ji Chuan
When, where and by whom Tai Ji Chuan was created has long been questioned by many people. Some people say it was Zhang Sanfeng in the Song Dynasty, or Li Daozi and Xu Xuanping in the Tang Dynasty ... What's more, some people say that Wang Zongyue, Shaanxi Province, taught Jiang Fa during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty in the late Qing Dynasty. There are really different opinions. The former is almost vague, and the teacher worships Taoist gods, which is a fairy tale; The latter involves playing with emptiness and deliberately expanding the portal, which is difficult to justify after all. As a result, neither of them can stand the historical appraisal.
From 1930 to 1932, Mr. Su (word Fan Sheng), the former editor-in-chief of the Central Martial Arts Hall, invited Chen Zuo as a guide to visit Chenjiagou, wen county, Henan, the birthplace of Tai Ji Chuan. After several months of in-depth investigation and study, he consulted the Zhongzhou Literature Collection, wen county County Records, Chen Jiaqihe's Taiji Biography and other relevant historical materials, and photographed people's portraits, relics, inscriptions, tombs and boxing photos at that time, confirming that the ancestor of Taiji Biography was Chen (the word played in the court, about1600-/kloc) of the ninth Chen family in Chenjiagou in late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Tracing back to Chen, on the basis of the boxing equipment handed down from generation to generation by his ancestor Chen Bu, he absorbed the specialties of various contemporary boxing methods, merged them into one furnace, and created Tai Ji Chuan through innovation.
Second, Chenjiagou and Taiji Biography
The birthplace of Tai Ji Chuan-Chenjiagou, wen county City, Henan Province, is located ten miles east of the county seat, riding on Qingfeng Ridge, and was called Changyang Village 600 years ago.
After Ding Ding (1368) in Ming Dynasty, it was abandoned after three washes, and then it was forcibly moved to Shaanxi to fill it. In the fifth year of Hongwu (1372), Chen Bu, the ancestor of Chen family in Chenjiagou, fled to Hongdong with his family from Yuandu County, Zezhou (Jincheng), Shanxi Province, and was forced to move to Hanoi (Qinyang) County, Huaiqing Prefecture, Henan Province, and settled more than 30 miles southeast of the county. Because he is honest and kind, and proficient in boxing, people in the neighborhood value him very much, so he called his place Chen Buzhuang (Wenxian after liberation, now also called Chen Buzhuang). After two years, because of the low and narrow terrain, he moved his family to Changyang Village, Wenxian County. Later, Chen's population doubled and Changyang Village was renamed Chenjiagou.
Chen has been handed down from generation to generation. First, six live together and seven separate. Before the establishment of the family business, I focused on cultivation and construction, and occasionally learned boxing equipment as a family study. For literature, it is neglected. Therefore, it was not until the 19th year of Qianlong (1754) that Chen Jiaqi was established. It has been 400 years since they moved here. The characters and deeds are not recorded in writing, especially in boxing, and there are many omissions. Therefore, boxing equipment can only be directly started from Chen's ninth generation.
Third, the inheritance and development of Tai Ji Chuan.
Chen, a native of Wu Yao in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, was both civil and military, and studied under Huang Lao. According to the theory of Yin-Yang treatment in the Book of Changes, a classical materialist philosophy in China, and referring to the principle of "meridian" theory in traditional Chinese medicine, and on the basis of ancestral boxing equipment, he absorbed the specialties of excellent boxing methods of various schools in the Han Dynasty, and created five sets of Tai Chi boxing, five sets of boxing, thirteen potential, cannon boxing and 108 potential Tai Chi long boxing. Tools include: guns, knives, swords, sticks, hammers, whips, etc ... Especially unique are double pushers and double guns. It has created valuable wealth for our descendants, which is also the crystallization and pride of the ancient civilization of the Chinese nation.
Chen is knowledgeable and has written a lot in his life. But due to the long history, most of them have been lost. At present, there is only one "General Song of Boxing Classics" and one word (long and short names). His words begin with: "sigh, persevere, sweep the atmosphere and count the dangers." Blessed in vain! Up to now, I am old and exhausted, and finally there is only one volume of Huang Ting left. When you are free, you will fight, when you are busy, you will plow, and when you are free, you will teach a few disciples to become tigers ... "Under such educational incentives, the boxing atmosphere in Chenjiagou is even more prosperous. There are still two proverbs circulating: "Can King Kong play the cymbals?" (2) "Drink old dog water and lift your legs." . This shows the popularity and extensiveness of Tai Ji Chuan in Chenjiagou. So from generation to generation, celebrities came forth in large numbers and gradually developed to all parts of the motherland and friendly countries.
Chen Wangting spread to Chen Changxing, the 14th Chen. 1In the 1920s and 1930s, Changxing gave a fist to his nephew and disciple Yang Fukui (played by Lu Chan). After Fu Kui returned to his hometown in Yongnian, Hebei Province, he handed down Hou Jianchuan after work. Hou Jianchuan's son was young and became a government. Ban Hou passed on the whole friend, and the whole friend passed on Woods' full health. /kloc-In the mid-9th century, Wu Yuxiang, a fellow countryman of Yang Fukui, saw Yang Fukui's exquisite boxing and went to Chenjiagou to study. Chen Changxing was old and inconvenient to teach, so Cai Wu went to worship Chen Qingping, who lived in Zhaobao Town for the 15th time, to learn boxing. Wu Hou, his nephew Li Yishe was passed on. Both of them are from noble families, and their nephews and uncles are well-read, easy to understand and understand, so they have achieved something. After Li Chuanhao was true, Hao Chuanzi was Sun Lutang. After this spread, Chen Taijichuan developed into Yang, Wu, Wu and Sun, represented by Yang Fukui, Wu Yuxiang, Wu and Sun Lutang respectively.
In addition, Chen 108 potential Taiji Changquan was spread from Ru Chen Tu and Guo Yongfu to He Huaibi in Hongdong, Shanxi during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and congratulations were widely circulated in Shanxi. Just list the "Tai Chi Handover Form" (3) below, and you can receive the notebook at a glance.