dragon_ddhbutton_redMost of what you read here can be found in a number of books on the subject of Tai Chi Chuan. However, the definitions regarding energies are clarified in master Kuo, Lien-ying's book "THE TAI CHI BOXING CHRONICLE". Some of the thoughts on these subjects are interpretations by the author. D. D . Harrington 7-1-'96 Revised 3-15-'97 ... Revised 10-20-'97 ... Revised 6-19-’98 ...
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY AUTHOR not to be used for commercial purposes without expressed written permission by the author. Notes and Bib. Japanese translation - Noriko Harrington ... A coma is added between the last name and first name of a Chinese person as done in the western style when the last name is written first. Chinese names can be spelled differently in different text. Tai Ji Quan=Tai Chi Chuan, Yang, Lu-chan=Liu-chan, chuan=ch'uan or chi= c'hi. Please excuse the inconsistencies. If you have suggestions or additions on text and information (pictures?), feel free to send me a note. Think of this text as informative and also a search for better definitions. Practitioners and teachers need all the help they can get. * - Kuang P'ing -Wade/Guiles spelling system pre-communist mainland China (still used on Taiwan)= Guang Ping Yang-pin yin spelling system of the present mainland China - post Republic. [ ]=numbered references in the text and their source
Bib
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Kuo, Lien Ying- translated by Guttman- "The Tai Chi Boxing Chronicle"
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Wile, Douglas-"Lost Tai-chi Classics from the Late Ch'ing Dynasty"
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Kuo, Simmone- "Long Life Good Health"
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Huang, Alfred -"Complete Tai Chi"
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Chiang, Yun Chun - oral tradition and "Thirty Basic Exercises- Traditional Names of the Sixty-four Movements of Tai Ji Quan and Nineteen Basic Principles" - pg. 31
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Chang, Po-tuan - English translation by Thomas Cleary in1986-"The Inner Teachings of Taoism"pgs. 52 to 56-This work was done in the eleventh century after the fall of the Tang dynasty and it's author was a member of the Complete Reality school of Taoism. This text is an adjunct to his major work entitled "Understanding Reality" and is ranked as equal with another alchemistic work entitled "Triplex Unity" by Wei, Po-yang.
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Wilhelm, Richard - translation into English from German by Baynes, Cary F. - "THE I CHING or Book of Changes" Third Edition- Princeton University Press 1967 - pgs. 268-270
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Chen, Wei-ming - translated by Benjamin Pang Jeng Lo and Robert W. Smith. " Tai Chi Ch'uan Ta Wen-Questions and Answers on Tai Chi Ch'uan" North Atlantic Books, Berkeley Ca. First published 1929 in Shanghai, China. The text included herei is inspired by Chen, Wei-ming's listing but differs somewhat from the original in that some explanations are specific to the practice of Yang Kuang P'ing Tai Chi. Quotation marks clarify differences between D.D.H. And Chen, Wei-Ming's text. Additional suggested reading for greater understanding of the definition of energies used in Tai Chi Chuan- "The Intrinsic Energies of T'ai Chi Ch'uan"-Chen Kung Series-published by Dragon Door Publications- Saint Paul- compiled and translated by Stuart Alve Olson.
Revised 10-19-2011 ... Copyright by D. D. Harrington 2011