Chen Wangting

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Chen.
Chen Wangting
陳王庭
Statue of Chen Wangting
Born1580
Chen Village, Henan, China
Died1660 (aged 79–80)
Other namesChen Zouting
NationalityChinese
StyleChen-style tai chi
(founder of Chen-style)
Notable studentsChen Suole (陳所樂)
Chen Ruxin (陳汝信)
Chen Wangting
Hanyu Pinyin
Chén Zòutíng

Chen Wangting (1580–1660),

Chinese martial art
. He reputedly devised his style of tai chi after his retirement following the fall of the Ming dynasty.

Military career

During the Ming dynasty, Chen served as Commander of the Wen County garrison, and was distinguished for his protection of merchant caravans in Henan and Shandong.[1] After the Ming dynasty ended and the reign of the Qing dynasty began, Chen's military career was effectively over, and he retired to the family settlement.

Influence on tai chi

Whether or not Chen invented the earliest form of tai chi is in dispute. Traditional folklore and many lineages name the semi-mythical figure of

Taoist
monk, as the progenitor of the art.

Two widely documented theories of Chen's martial arts work exist: the first is that he learnt his arts from

Taoist influences on Chen family tai chi exist in the Shaolin tradition.[2][page needed
]

Chen Wangting's next well-known successor was the 14th generation Chen Changxing (1771–1853), who was the direct teacher of the founder of Yang-style tai chi: Yang Luchan.

Tai chi lineage tree with Chen-style focus


Notes

  1. ^ "Long" as in "Continuous"; not to be confused with the external martial art also known as Long Fist or Changquan.

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-1-55643-377-1
    .
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0-8048-3440-7
    .
  3. ^ Henning, Stanley (1994). "Ignorance, Legend and Taijiquan". Journal of the Chen Style Taijiquan Research Association of Hawaii. 2 (3). Archived from the original on 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
  4. ISBN 978-0-8048-3526-8
    .
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