Who was the ancestor of Tai Chi?

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Boxing is the same, it is important to learn the source. Textual research and textual research should not only spread and evolve in the Ming Dynasty, but also be viewed from a correct perspective. There are different legends about the fate of Taiji Chuan, which have been corrected by predecessors under the guise of the Association. Tai Ji Chuan studied and practiced in the world today, including Yang's, Wu's, Wu's and Sun Shi, as well as the local popular orthographic Tai Chi, all came from Chenjiagou, wen county, Henan Province, and were recognized by Tai Ji Chuan's practice today. Mr. Chen, a senior martial arts scholar, has already talked about it and can't be discussed. (See the third section of the first chapter of Tai Ji Chuan Textbook written by Mr. Chen. Therefore, the historical facts transmitted by Chen Taiji are important materials of China Wushu.

History of Chen Tai Ji Chuan

First, the historical origin of Chenjiagou

To understand the ins and outs of Taijiquan, we must understand the historical evolution of Chenjiagou. The history of Chenjiagou can be traced back to the late Yuan Dynasty in China. In order to maintain its decadent rule, the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty carried out cruel political oppression and economic exploitation, which brought profound disasters to the people and triggered the peasant uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang, a native of Fengyang, An Wei, led troops to join forces with the Red Scarf Army and captured Qing Ji. 1367 sent troops to the Northern Expedition, crossed the Yellow River and unified China, but was blocked by Yuan General timur, who was guarding Huaiqing House in Henan Province.

The two sides fought fiercely in Huaiqing Prefecture on the north bank of the Yellow River for many days, and the outcome was inseparable. Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he took it out on Huaiqing people. After he proclaimed himself emperor, a group of Shanxi imperial guards were robbed on a bridge near Gengzhuang, wen county, Huaiqing Prefecture, and several escaped Ming soldiers reported that they were robbed by people in Huaiqing Prefecture. Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard the news, and remembered the old scores that he was desperately resisted by the iron fungus of the Yuan Dynasty in Huaiqing. He thought there were no good people in Huaiqing, so he ordered Chang Yuchun to lead the troops to clean Huaiqing, and carried out three brutal and bloody massacres in Qinyang, Wenxian, Mengxian and Wuzhi counties under Huaiqing's jurisdiction, which made Fiona Fang hundreds of miles barren and thousands of hectares of fertile land barren.

In the fifth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1372), Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered the relocation from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province to Huaiqing Prefecture. Among the immigrants, there is a young man named Chen Bu, whose ancestral home is Dongtuhe Village, Zezhou County, Shanxi Province. After years of disasters in his hometown, he fled to Hongdong, was wrapped in the immigration team with his wife and children, and was taken into Huaiqing House. He settled in the northeast of Wenxian County 10 km, and named the village Chenbuzhuang. Because Chenbuzhuang is low-lying, it is often flooded. In the seventh year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, Chen Bu's banker led him to Changyang Village. This village is located in the southeast of Chenbuzhuang, west Qingfeng Ridge, with the Yellow River in the south and the ridge in the north, which ensures the drought and flood. Changyang Village has persimmon ditch in the west, north ditch in the east, and ditch surrounded on three sides. With the growth of the Chen family, Changyang Village was renamed Chenjiagou. Until the founding of New China, the name "Gu Changyang" was written on the wedding utensils used by Chenjiagou. Chenjiagou is about 5 kilometers east of Wenxian County, and it is still dominated by Chen's surname, with more than 2,600 residents in the village.

Second, the origin of Chen Taiji's biography

Chen Bu, the ancestor of the Chen family, settled in Changyang Village, Qingfeng Ridge, worked hard and established a family. Chen Bu, who is proficient in boxing, set up a martial arts club in the village to teach his descendants to practice boxing and martial arts in order to protect mulberries from local bandits.

Chen Bu and his descendants lived under one roof for six generations, including Chen Gang II, Chen Lin III, Chen Jingyuan IV, Chen Tang V and Chen VI. Seven brothers, Chen Siqi, Chen and Chen, started their own careers. Chen Siqi passed on Chen Shoushen in the eighth, then Chen I read, Chen I speak, Chen I recite and Chen I desert in the ninth, and then Chen I told Chen Ruxin in the tenth. Another branch of the Chen family, the fourth and seventh generations of Chen, spread to the eighth generation of Chen Fumin, and Chen Fumin spread to the ninth generation of Chen Zhuogan and Chen Zhuoting.

Chen (about 1509), also known as Chen, was born in Wuyang in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. He is both a civilian and a soldier. He went to Yudai Mountain alone, trying to stop Li Ji's rebellion in Dengfeng. In order to quell the pirates in Shandong, the Qing court made great achievements, which was famous in Henan and Shandong but not reused by the Qing court. Unable to serve the country, Chen retired. In addition to farming, he invented and created a set of new boxing methods combining Yin and Yang, combining with the ancestral 100 single-eight-style long boxing, drawing on the strengths of many families, combining the theory of Yin and Yang and the five elements in Yi ology, and referring to the meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine and the technique of guiding breathing, including Tai Ji Chuan five-way, artillery one-way, two-push, knife and gun.

From the existing "Long and Short Sentences" by Chen, we can learn some things at that time:

Sigh that year, I persevered and swept the atmosphere, and I was not afraid of danger several times! Blessed in vain, I am still breathing when I am old. In the end, there was only a roll of Huang Ting as a companion, who used to punch in his spare time, plow in his busy time, and teach some disciples' children and grandchildren in his spare time to make Jackie Chan a tiger.

If you owe official grain early, you should pay off your private debt, but don't flatter with arrogance and flattery, be patient first. People treat me like a fool, they treat me like an asshole, and they often wash their ears without playing the crown. Laughing and killing thousands of generals, being conscientious, is not as good as Shu Tai in my heart. Fame and fortune are always not greedy for understanding institutions, know Handan, like fishing, wander around mountains and rivers, and waste nothing for prosperity. If you get a healthy and peaceful world, you don't regret it. It doesn't matter if he is indifferent to the world, and it doesn't matter if he succeeds or fails. If not immortal, who is immortal?

Chen's ability to practice boxing in his later years is also inseparable from a martial arts master named. When Wang Tinggong broke into Yudai Mountain in his early years, Li met one of Li's men, who was also very skilled in martial arts. It is said that his feet are as fast as flying and he can chase rabbits with a hundred paces. After being exiled by the Qing government, he defected to Chen. He regards Chen as his friend and teacher, and is willing to be a servant and disciple. The close relationship gives Chen an opponent to learn from, and the new Tai Ji Chuan can also be tested and revised in practice.

Third, the theoretical source of Chen Tai Ji Chuan.

Chandy IX Sun Chenchuang compiled Chen Tai Ji Chuan from four theoretical sources:

1. Combine boxing with the changes of Yin-Yang and Five Elements in Yi-ology.

The human body is an organic whole that keeps moving. Yi-ology holds that the movement of all things in nature is the unity of opposites of Yin and Yang. The movement of human life itself is a process in which the opposition of Yin and Yang reaches unity in the constant contradictory movement.

Yi-ology holds that all things or phenomena that are warm, ascending, bright, exciting, frivolous and active belong to the category of Yang. All cold, healthy, depressed, restrained and quiet things or phenomena belong to the category of yin. Tai Ji Chuan followed the theory of Yin-Yang change, and in the operation of one move and one potential, Yin carries Yang, Yang carries Yin, and Yin and Yang change and complement each other.

2. Combine boxing with the theories of guidance and breathing of TCM, and apply Qigong to boxing.

Traditional Chinese medicine guidance is a health preserving method invented by ancient doctors in China. Mainly through breathing, bending and stretching of hands and feet, the qi, blood and essence of all parts of the human body circulate unimpeded, thus promoting the health of the body.

The application of guidance in Tai Ji Chuan is the combination of meaning and form, which makes the heart physiology normal, thus guiding the free flow of blood gas in the body. According to the ancient doctors in China, the heart is the residence of the gods, which controls the circulation of blood vessels and plays an important role in regulating various organs of the human body. It is the master of human life activities, and the most important organ in everyone is located at the head of the five senses. In the theory of five zang-organs controlling essence and qi, the heart stores the pulse, the lung stores the soul, the liver stores the soul and the kidney stores the will. The whole body's blood can only be transported to all parts of the body by the push of the heart. Therefore, when Chen created Tai Ji Chuan, he combined the techniques of "Hundred Single and Eight Potential Long Boxing" taught by his ancestor Chen Bu with the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine, so as to make the movement of the body conform to and promote blood circulation under the condition of relaxing the whole body. Practicing Tai Ji Chuan can make the heart vigorous, the qi and blood full, the meridians unobstructed, the functions of the heart governing the blood vessels play a normal role, and the blood runs normally in the blood vessels, thus playing the role of practicing boxing and keeping in good health. Otherwise, the lack of qi and blood of exercisers will weaken the power of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, block meridians and produce pathological changes, which is not conducive to the health of exercisers.