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Wang Zongyue was a legendary figure in the history of t'ai chi ch'uan (taijiquan). In some writings, Wang was a famous student of the legend

Legend

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ary Zhang Sanfeng

Zhang Sanfeng

Zhang Sanfeng was a semi-legendary Chinese Taoist priest who is believed by some to have achieved immortality, said variously to date from either the late Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty or Ming Dynasty. His name is said to have been Zhang Junbao 張君寶 before he became a Taoist.Zhang's legend is that of...

, a 13th-century Taoist monk

Monk

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credited with devising neijia

Neijia

Nèijiā is a term in Chinese martial arts, grouping those styles that practice nèijìng , usually translated as internal martial arts, occupied with spiritual, mental or qi-related aspects, as opposed to an "external" approach focused on physiological aspects...

in general and t'ai chi ch'uan in particular.

Wang is also said to have resided in Tai-Gu County, Shan Xi Province in the middle of the 15th Century, and to have learned an early form of t'ai chi in the Jing-Tai Taoist Temple at Bao-ji County. Two who are said to be Wang's disciples, Chen Zhou Tong and Jiang Fa, went on to make important contributions to the development of modern t'ai chi ch'uan.

Wang is reputed to have authored The T'ai Chi Treatise, alleged by the Wu brothers to have been found in Beijing

Beijing

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as part of the Salt Shop Manuals in the mid 19th century. This treatise records many t'ai chi proverbs; among them: "four ounces deflect one thousand pounds" and "a feather cannot be added; nor can a fly alight". The T'ai Chi Treatise is among a body of literature collectively referred to as the Tai chi classics
Tai chi classics
The Tai Chi Classics are classical texts used as guides for the practice of the Chinese martial art of t'ai chi ch'uan. These texts, which vary from school to school, are usually written in classical Chinese and are used by modern schools that trace their lineage from the Chen family or from them...

by many t'ai chi ch'uan schools.

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LEGENDARY FIGURES
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Zhang Sanfeng

Zhang Sanfeng

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circa 12th century
NEIJIA

Neijia

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Wang Zongyue*
T'AI CHI CH'ÜAN
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The 5 Common Styles Zhaobao Taiji
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Jiang Fa (蒋发)
Chen Wangting |
1600-1680 9th generation Chen Xing Xihuai (邢希怀)
CHEN STYLE |
Zhang Cu-Chen (张楚臣)

| | Chen Jingbo (陈敬伯)
Chen Changxing

Chen Changxing

Chen Changxing also spelled Ch'en Chang-hsing was a 14th generation descendant and 6th generation master of the famed Chen Family and considered to be an influential martial artist and teacher of taijiquan ....

Chen Youben

Chen Youben 陳有本 was a 14th generation descendant and 6th generation master of the famed Chen Family and considered to be an influential martial artist and teacher of taijiquan ....

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1771-1853 14th generation Chen circa 1800s 14th generation Chen Zhang Zong-yu (张宗禹)
Chen Old Frame Chen New Frame, Chen Small Frame |
| | Zhang Yan (张彦)
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Yang Lu-ch'an

Yang Lu-ch'an

Yang Lu-ch'an or Yang Luchan, ; also known as Yang Fu-k'ui , born in Kuang-p'ing , was an influential teacher of the soft style martial art t'ai chi ch'uan in China during the second half of the 19th century...

Chen Qingping (陈清平)
1799-1872 1795-1868
YANG STYLE |
| | He Zhaoyuan (和兆元)
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| | | | He Qingxi (和庆喜)
Yang Pan-hou

Yang Pan-hou

Yang Banhou was an influential teacher of t'ai chi ch'uan in Ch'ing dynasty China, known for his bellicose temperament.-Biography:...

Yang Chien-hou

Yang Chien-hou , was the younger son of the founder of Yang-style t'ai chi ch'uan, Yang Lu-ch'an, and a well known teacher of the soft style martial art of t'ai chi ch'uan in late Qing dynasty China. Yang Chien-hou's older brother, Yang Pan-hou, was the senior of Chien-hou's generation, and also...

Wu Yu-hsiang

Wu Yu-hsiang was a Chinese t'ai chi ch'uan teacher and government official active during the late Ch'ing dynasty. Wu was a scholar from a wealthy and influential family who became a senior student of Yang Lu-ch'an...

Wu Ch'uan-yu

Wu Ch'uan-yu or Wu Quanyou was an influential teacher of t'ai chi ch'uan in late Imperial China. He is credited as the founder of the Wu style t'ai chi ch'uan...

Yang Shao-hou

Yang Shaohou along with Yang Chengfu 楊澄甫 represent the third generation of Yang family taijiquan 楊氏太極拳.At birth he was named Yang Zhaoxiong and was later named Mengxiang, and then Shaohou, commonly known as "Mr...

Yang Ch'eng-fu Li I-yü
1834-1902 1862-1930 1883-1936 1832-1892
| Yang Small Frame Yang Big Frame

103 form Yang family T'ai Chi Ch'uan

103-form Yang family t'ai chi ch'uan, also called the Traditional Form , is a prescribed sequence of moves used to practice Yang-style t'ai chi ch'uan.-T'ai chi forms:...

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Wu Chien-ch'üan

Wu Chien-ch'uan

Wu Chien-ch'uan , was a famous teacher of the neijia martial art of t'ai chi ch'uan in late Imperial and early Republican China....

| Hao Wei-chen

Hao Wei-chen

Hao Wei-chen or was a Chinese t'ai chi ch'uan teacher. Hao became a well known and influential teacher of Wu Yu-hsiang style t'ai chi ch'uan, his teacher Li I-yu was Wu Yu-hsiang's nephew. Hao passed the art to his son and grandson, who became respected teachers in their turn, so that the style...

1870-1942 Yang Shou-chung

Yang Shou-chung

Yang Shou-chung , birth name Yang Zhenming , was the eldest son of Yang Chengfu.-Biography:Yang Shou-chung began training in his family's style of t'ai chi ch'uan at age 8. By age 14 he had begun to work with his father as a teaching assistant and at age 19 he was already teaching government...

1849-1920
WU STYLE

Wu style tai chi chuan

The Wu family-style t'ai chi ch'uan of Wu Ch'uan-yu and Wu Chien-ch'uan is the second most popular form of t'ai chi ch'uan in the world today, after the Yang style, and fourth in terms of family seniority. This style is different from the Wu style of t'ai chi ch'uan founded by Wu Yu-hsiang...

1910-1985 |
108 Form

108 form Wu family T'ai Chi Ch'uan

The different slow motion solo form training sequences of T'ai Chi Ch'uan are the best known manifestation of T'ai Chi for the general public. In English, they are usually called the hand form or just the form; in Mandarin it is usually called ch'uan: 拳...

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| Sun Lu-t'ang

Sun Lu-t'ang

Sun Lu-t'ang was a renowned master of Chinese Neijia martial arts and was the progenitor of the syncretic art of Sun-style tai chi chuan...

Wu Kung-i

Wu Kung-i was a well-known teacher of the soft style martial art t'ai chi ch'uan in China, and, after 1949, in the British colony of Hong Kong. He was also the "gate-keeper" of the Wu family from 1942 until his death in 1970....

1861-1932
1900-1970 SUN STYLE
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Wu Ta-kuei Sun Hsing-i
1923-1970 1891-1929

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Names denoted by an asterisk are legendary or semi-legendary figures in the lineage, which means their involvement in the lineage, while accepted by most of the major schools, isn't independently verifiable from known historical records.

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