Master Li Yishe
"Post to" and creation, re-creation
One Li Yisi "Taijiquan Little Preface" Collection (4)
Li Xinfang
【 I don’t know who it started from, its subtlety, 王宗岳 is detailed and exhaustive. It was later spread to Chenjiagou, Henan Province. Yang in Nanguan, my county, loves to learn, concentrates on his work for more than ten years, and is extremely sophisticated. Maternal uncle Wu Yuxiang Seeing is good, often comparing, Yi is not willing to teach others lightly, but can only get the general idea. It is said that there is a man named Qingping Chen in Zhaobao Town, Huaiqing Prefecture, Henan Province, who is good at skill.
I started learning this technique from my mother's uncle in Gui Chou, Xianfeng. Naiyu has the most decent quality. For more than 20 years, he only has fur, but he is more sophisticated. I only use the pen to follow, and call it " Five Character Jue ", so that I can remember what I have learned. Guangxu Xinsi recites six days of Mid-Autumn Festival, and the She family is keen to know.
Li Yishe's "Taijiquan Preface" is combined
【Explanation】 "Taijiquan does not know where it originated from, and its subtlety and ingenuity. Wang Zongyue's detailed and thorough discussion. Later it was passed to Chenjiagou, Henan Province. How did it reach Chenjiagou, Henan? The most widely spread version is Wang Zongyue's biography Jiang Fa, Jiang Fa Chuan Chen Changxing, seen in the summer of the 23rd year of the Republic of China (1934), "An Interview with Wang Jiaoyu" (Wang Jiao) published in the "Beijing Shibao" Yu is the son of Yang Luchan, the disciple of Yangbanhou), and mentioned Wang Zongyue and Jiang Fa. The original text is as follows:
"Q: Can't walk on water in Tai Chi Gate? Answer: about water walk,I have heard of Mr. Yu Luchan. Bi Yun: Tai Chi Gate can walk on water, but Wang Zongyue accepts Jiang Fa as a disciple. Mr. Wang Zongyue called Jiang Fa a bald boy, which aroused Jiang Fa's anger. Under his anger, he compared with Wang Zongyue and was shot out by Wang Zongyue three times. At this point, he knew that Mr. Wang Zongyue was an extraordinary person, and rushed to Mr. Wang Zongyue, kneeling down and calling for his master, begging to be his disciple.
Mr. Wang Zongyue said: Your temperament is too strong. When I call you a bald boy, I want to kill me. If I tell you about your time, I don't know how many people will be killed in the future! Mr. Jiang Fa thanked him for a moment, and confessed to himself. Mr. Wang Zongyue observed his sincerity, and he agreed to accept him as a fellow student, and he would formally perform the apprenticeship today next year. After Mr. Wang Zongyue went, Mr. Jiang Fa built his house on the bank of the Yellow River and waited for Mr. Wang Zongyue. After about a year, one day in the evening, the sun was calm, and Mr. Jiang Fafang led the look forward to the river bank, and then he saw a figure on the river's surface coming to this bank. At that time, the wind was calm and there were no waves, and the water was as clear as a mirror. Mr. Jiang Fa looked at him for a long time, and the figure was approaching. He walked on the water. When he looked closely, Mr. Wang Zongyue was also".
"The Sixteenth of Jiang Pu Jiang Fa Kao" quotes the above as saying, "The deeds described in this paragraph are exaggerated, but Wang Jiaoyu does not claim to be a slander, and he must say that it is exposed to the cicada. Lu Chan said this, it should be a narration Chen Gully old news, and it is too far-fetched... Yang Luchan learned from Jiang and learned from the king, and the words are unequivocal. Since he is not the old man of the Chen family, how can he make it? The exaggeration of hitting ten feet and walking on the surface of the water is hard to believe, but Jiang Shishi Wangzhi said, there must be a source. That is to say, Jiang gave Chen Changxing, although other evidence is rare today, it is not based on fiction. In conjunction with the various theories, it can be seen that Jiang Pu and Jiang Fa are by no means the same person, and Wang Zongyue’s martial arts, at the time, he was a solid native of Chengou.”
Of course, there are two other theories about the origin of Chenjiagou Taijiquan. One is Ming Dynasty Chenjiagou Chen Buchuang Taijiquan, which was first published in 1933 by Kaifeng Kaiming Printing Bureau. Chen Xin " Chen Style Taijiquan Illustrated": "Ming Hongwu seven years,The ancestors kept taboo while studying, and used yin and yang to open and close the whole body. He taught his descendants how to digest and eat. They rooted and Taiji, hence the name Taijiquan."
The second is the ninth generation of Chenjiagou Chen Wangting. created Taijiquan, which comes from Tang Hao's "Taijiquan Roots" published in 1935. According to the Chen family tree of Chen Gou, the ninth generation of Chen Wangting noted "the founder of Chen's boxing knife and spear", and In the long and short sentences, there is the sentence "making boxing when you are bored", and then according to Chen Changxing's annotation of "boxer" and Chen Gengyun's annotation of "boxer", and both of them are Taijiquan masters, the conclusion is that "Looking at this mutual proof It is enough to explain that the Chen-style boxing created by Wang Ting in the genealogy is Taijiquan.”
Actually, Chen Wangting, or Chen Bu made boxing, is not the same as “Taijiquan doesn’t know where it came from. It’s subtle and ingenious. On Wang Zongyue Detailed and exhaustive. It was passed down to Chenjiagou, Henan Province." There was no essential conflict. Chen Wangting or Chen Bu made boxing, which was the early experience of Taijiquan. "The Chen surname passed to Chenjiagou, Henan" is modern. Scientific Taijiquan. Gu Liuxin, who holds the theory of Chen Wangting’s creation of Taijiquan, also said in "Taijiquan·Wang Zongyue and Taijiquan": It is clearly stated that the boxing he made was named Taijiquan. When did the descendants of the Chen family adopt the name of Taijiquan, it remains to be verified. Regarding the origin of the name of Taijiquan, Wang Zongyue's " taijiquan theory" clearly stated in the opening chapter: Taiji is born without extremes, and the mother of yin and yang."
"When did the descendants of Chen adopt the name of Taijiquan," It’s awaiting further research.” In fact, it has been verified, but it was not stated that it was after 1932. In 1932, Tang Hao and Chen Ziming went to Chenjiagou to investigate the history of Taijiquan, and they did not find anything with the words “Taijiquan”. There is only one volume of "Chen Family Tree" provided by Chen Huaisan. "Twelve pages of the ninth ancestor Wang Ting sidenote: also known as Zuoting, Wu Yusheng in the late Ming Dynasty, Wen Xingsheng in the early Qing Dynasty, in Shandong, famous hand, sweeping There are more than a thousand bandits, and the founder of Chen's boxer swords and spears is also... Xin's side note: both civil and martial arts are good. My great-great-grandfather is the best in both writing and boxing. "Sen Bi" (Tang Hao's "Xing Jian Zhai Essays · Chen Family Tree"). Sen, namely Chen Sen, with the word Huai San, the author of the annotations, is Chen Huai San himself, who provided Tang Hao's family tree.Obviously, the comment is added later.
Chen Xin "Chen Style Taijiquan Illustrated Self Preface"
Chen Xin "Chen Style Taijiquan Illustrated Catalogue"
Of course, Tang Hao also saw Chen Xinjiagou The manuscript of "Taijiquan Picture Lectures" (the book titled "Chen Style Taijiquan Illustrated" when published in 1933), prefaced by Chen Buchuang Taijiquan, but was rejected by Tang Hao: "Gift to Zhang Sanfeng for Taijiquan The original ancestor, taste the wrong words. When visiting Chenjiagou, I saw Chen Pinsan (Chen Xin) Yinmeng approach and the Taijiquan picture handout draft... From the preface, Taijiquan was invented by its ancestor Bu... The deeds of the ancestor of the Chen family There is no evidence in the literature. The sixteenth generation after the third grade is mentioned in the preface, not contained in the tombstone of Butu, and the genealogy is not recorded. It is from a fabricated article ("Xingjianzhai Essays · Chen Bufei Taijiquan Ancestor") .
In Chen Xin's book "Taijiquan Picture Lectures", there is also an article "Chen Family Cheng" which says: "Chen Zuoting, named Wang Ting, Xuhousheng, Qing entered Wuyu, fine Taijiquan", yes. It was used as direct evidence of Chen Wangting’s creation of Taijiquan, but Tang Hao did not do so. The reason was that the author of "The Chen Family Cheng" was signed by Chen Xin, so he could only quote a long and short sentence from the "Chen Family Cheng": "Sigh back in those days with perseverance and perseverance, sweeping away the group atmosphere, several times of peril, gifted, nothing in vain. Nowadays, the old and the panting, only end up with Huang Ting rolls with him, making punches when he is bored...", plus On the "Chen Family Tree" provided by Chen Sen, Chen Wangting's comment "The founder of Chen's boxing hand, knife and spear", to prove that "made boxing when bored" is Taijiquan.
is the name of "Tai Chi" used by the descendants of the Chen family. It originated from Chen Xinye. It was Chen Xin's "Chen Style Taijiquan Illustrated" published in 1933 by the Kaiming Printing Bureau of Kaifeng, Henan Province, or Chen Ziming, a student of Chen Xin. "The Legend of Chen Family Tai Chi" was published in Shanghai in 1932. At this time, Wu Yuxiang discovered Wang Zongyue Taijiquan in Yandian, Wuyang County, Henan Province in the second year of Qing Xianfeng (1852). It has a history of 80 years. Taijiquan Research·Wu Yuxiang Biography"), "Learn from Wu Yuxiang, and pass the Wang Zongyue boxing spectrum and some works of the Wu family, the more refined the art,It is quite famous in Beijing" (Gu Liuxin's "Taijiquan-Representatives of Various Schools"), and Wu Yuxiang's brother Wu Ruqing introduced Yang Luchan and his son to Beijing to teach boxing. Therefore, Wang Zongyue's theory of boxing and some of the theory of Wu Yuxiang and Li Yishe were first developed by Yang Shi was widely disseminated in the martial arts world, and the full version of Wang Wu Li Lun was published before the final revision of the 7th year of Guangxu (1881). The manuscript of Ma Yinshu, the aunt of Li Yishe in the 6th year of Tongzhi (1867), was published. The martial arts world spread, so a large number of Tai Chi monographs have been published since the beginning of the Republic of China.
Xu Yusheng's "Tai Chi Power Illustration" published in 1921
such as Xu Yusheng ( Yang Jianhou_) published by Beijing Jingcheng Printing Bureau in 1921 Disciple of span15span) "Illustration of Tai Chi Power", Sun Lutang " Taijiquan Studies" published by Shanghai Zhonghua Book Company in 1924, and Chen Weiming "Tai Chi Skill" published by Shanghai Zhonghua Book Company in 1925 Xu Zhiyi's "Taijiquan" published by Shanghai Wenhua Book Printing Co., Ltd., Liu Xinwu's "Taijiquan Method Explaining Sect" published in 1927, Yao Fuchun, Jiang Rongqiao "Taijiquan Lectures" published by Shanghai Wuxue Book Company in 1930 ", 1931 Wenguang Printing House published Yang Chengfu "Taijiquan", in 1931 by Shanghai Commercial Press published by Wu Tunan "Taijiquan", etc., all earlier than Chen Xin, Book of Chen Ziming.
Therefore, whether Chen Bu makes boxing or Chen Wangting makes boxing, they are all early experience Taijiquan, not modern scientific Taijiquan. Although there are Wang Zongyue Chuan Jiang Fa, Jiang Fa Chuan Chen Changxing In other words, when Tang Hao went to Chenjiagou to investigate in 1932, he did not find that there was a theory of Wang Zongyue boxing in Chenjiagou. Therefore, "Yang from Nanguan in my county, love to learn Yan", what he learned is still early Experience Taijiquan, and before the publication of Chen Xin's "Chen Style Taijiquan Illustrated",The major schools of Taijiquan have been formed, and their own monographs have been published.
Chen Changxing's great-grandson Chen Fake boxing photos
But only Chen Xin's book "Chen Style Taijiquan Illustrated", first called "Chen Style", Chen Xin is the re-creator of the modernization of Chen Style Boxing , Especially the "wrapped silk essence" proposed in the book, is a great invention, later called span 15span, became a major feature of Chen-style Taijiquan . Chen Fake, Chen Changxing’s great-grandson, went to Beijing to teach boxing. To demonstrate this unique style, the martial arts poet Yang Changzan said: "The old Tai Chi of Dumen respects Yang, slow and gentle to win. I don't mean that Chen Jun is unusual, and the silk is very strong." Obviously, it is precisely because of this. This unique style makes the original Chen-style boxing become a major genre of modern Taijiquan. Just as Gu Liuxin’s "Taijiquan-Wang Zongyue and Taijiquan" said: "The emergence of all schools of Taijiquan was after Wang Zongyue's "Taijiquan", and each school regarded Wang Zongyue's "Taijiquan" as a classic."
"The gods and the bright, the generations are not counted." As mentioned earlier, Wang Zongyue is the historical turning point from the early experience of Taijiquan to the modern scientific Taijiquan, but before the completion of Wu Yuxiang and Li Yishe's theory of boxing, this historical turning point It has just begun. The development of Taijiquan is still in the stage of experience. Although it can produce a handful of masters who are "shen and wise", it is difficult to replicate more masters like yourself, because of the experience. Things are still in the stage of perceptual knowledge. People cannot understand it immediately when they feel it. Only when they understand it can they feel it more deeply. It feels that only the problem of phenomena can be solved, and the theory can solve the essential problems. people".
Wang Zongyue's "Taijiquan Theory" is very clear: "From the familiarity to the understanding of the strength, from the understanding of the strength to the level of the gods", it is said that it is difficult to learn from the familiar to the understanding, and it can only be "gradually understood"; But it is easier to continue to improve after knowing the strength, just like going up a staircase, one step at a time, so it is called "step and step." Wu Yuxiang’s eldest brother, Wuyang County Wu Chengcheng, the magistrate of Wuyang County, was the first Tai Chi master to see Wang Zongyue’s theory of boxing. He wrote in "The Theory of Fighters": “This is ingenious, must be understood, not verbal. Knowing can only know the body... until the body knows,Can only understand the strength. It’s not easy to understand Jinxun."
However, Li Yishe’s "Five Character Jue" said: "From then on, you can apply it to your body in one and a half years." It only takes a year and a half to achieve bodily knowledge. The reason is that from Wang Zongyue theory to Wang Wuli theory, the historical transformation from early experience Taijiquan to modern scientific Taijiquan has been fully completed, especially Wu Yuxiang's "Shenfa", which is a decisive breakthrough. To understand Jin, you must first understand your own Jin, and then it is not difficult to understand others' Jin. "It's like a scientist's experiment" (Li Huaiyin and Li Tangyin, "The Origins of Taijiquan from the Ancestors of She Yin"). After Wang Wu and Li Lun passed on to the world, a large number of Tai Chi masters with knowledge and above appeared. "By the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were many people who passed on and practiced." Tai Chi spread quickly from Yongnian County to all parts of the country and formed various major schools. To be continued)
Wu Yuxiang Former Residence
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