Lost T'ai-chi Classics from the Late Ch'ing Dynasty

Lost T'ai-chi Classics from the Late Ch'ing Dynasty

by Douglas Wile
ISBN-10:
0791426548
ISBN-13:
9780791426548
Pub. Date:
08/15/1996
Publisher:
State University of New York Press
ISBN-10:
0791426548
ISBN-13:
9780791426548
Pub. Date:
08/15/1996
Publisher:
State University of New York Press
Lost T'ai-chi Classics from the Late Ch'ing Dynasty

Lost T'ai-chi Classics from the Late Ch'ing Dynasty

by Douglas Wile

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Overview

Analysis of rich new material allows Wile to make a fresh survey of longstanding issues: the origins of T'ai-chi; the authorship of the classics; the differences between Wu, Yang, and Li; and the roles of such figures as Chang San-feng, Wang Tsung-yueh, Chiang Fa, and the formerly missing link, Ch'ang Nai-chou.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780791426548
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 08/15/1996
Series: SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 252
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Douglas Wile is Associate Professor at Brooklyn College. He is the author of The Art of the Bedchamber: The Chinese Sexual Yoga Classics, Including Women's Solo Meditation Texts, also published by SUNY Press.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration

Note on Illustrations

Introduction

I Social and Historical Background of T'ai-Chi Ch'uan in the Nineteenth Century

China and the Nations

Rebellion at Home

The North China Plain

Elite Culture

Late Ch'ing Intellectual Trends

Reexamining the Biography of Wu Yü-hsiang

Approaches to Understanding Wu and Li Involvement in T'ai-chi Ch'üan

II Textual Tradition of the T'ai-Chi Classics

III Analysis and Translation of the New Texts

The Writings of Wu Ch'eng-ch'ing

Analysis of the Texts

Translation of the Texts

The Writings of Wu Ju-ch'ing

Analysis of the Texts

Translation of the Texts

The Writings of Li I-yü

Analysis of the Texts

Translation of the Texts

Yang Family Forty Chapters

4/1 Analysis of the Texts

4/2 Translation of the Texts

IV Significance of the New Texts

Authorship of the Previously Received Classics

Authenticity of the New Texts

Dijfferences between the Wu/Li and Yang Editions of the Classics

Authorship of the Bookstall Classics

Historicity of Chang San-feng

Historicity and Role of Wang Tsung-yüeh

Period and Role of Chiang Fa

Paucity of Theoretical Texts in Ch'en Village

Chang Nai-chou and the Wu/Li Classics

Survival of Manuscripts in the Wu and Li Families

Conclusion

Appendix I. Original Chinese Texts for the Lost Classics

Appendix II. Textual and Biographical Studies

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index
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