The Taijiquan Classics An Annotated Translation

by Davis, Barbara; Wei-Ming, Chen

• ISBN13: 9781556434310
• ISBN10: 1556434316
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-05
• Publisher: Blue Snake Books

Summary

Taijiquan enthusiasts around the world have used the Taijiquan Classics as a touchstone for almost two centuries -- yet much about the Classics has remained mysterious and unexamined.

Author Biography

Barbara Davis is editor of the Taijiquan Journal and international quarterly. She has a master's degree in East Asian Studies, and is translator of Taiji Sword by Chen Weiming. Davis is director of Great River T'ai Chi Ch'uan in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
	p. 1
A Brief History of Taijiquan	p. 3
The History of the Taijiquan Classics	p. 25
The Language and Literature of the Taijiquan Classics	p. 49
The Ideas of the Taijiquan Classics	p. 59
The Taijiquan Classics Translated	p. 73
Taijiquan Jing	p. 75
Taijiquan Treatise	p. 77
Exposition of Insights into the Thirteen Postures	p. 79
Thirteen Postures Song	p. 81
Playing Hands Song	p. 83
The Annotated Taijiquan Classics	p. 85
Taijiquan Jing	p. 87
Taijiquan Treatise	p. 102
Exposition of Insights into the Thirteen Postures	p. 121
Thirteen Postures Song	p. 143
Playing Hands Song	p. 150
Chinese Texts	p. 153
Notes	p. 173
Bibliography	p. 191
Index	p. 203
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