Chen Qingping
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Chen Qingping or Ch'en Ch'ing-p'ing (陳清平; 1795 - 1868) was a 15th generation descendant and 7th generation master of the famed Chen Family and considered to be an influential martial artist and teacher of taijiquan (t'ai chi ch'uan).
It is said that he was married to a woman from the Zhaobao village, only a few miles north east of the Chen Village (Chenjiagou); the home of the Chen Family famous for their martial arts.
After moving to the Zhaobao Village, Chen Qingping learned Zhaobao taijiquan from Zhang Yan (张彦). It is said that he continued to develop the martial arts that were taught to him by a family elder Chen Youben (陳有本) (credited as the creator of the Chen Style Small Frame) alongside Zhaobao taijiquan. Chen Qingping later became famous in his own right and taught many Zhaobao taijiquan.
His main disciple He Zhaoyuan passed on this art which later developed into He family Taijiquan. Another disciple Li Jingyan, created the Hulei style Taijiquan by combining his art with other martial arts popular in the local area where he lived.
Chen Qingping, along with being credited with being a major influence in the development of the Zhaobao style, is also credited as one of the teachers of Wu Yuxiang who later developed the Wu/Hao style taijiquan, sometimes referred to as the "Scholar-style of Taijiquan". Wu Yuxiang is said to have been recommended to Chen Qingping by Wu Yuxiang's primary teacher, Yang Luchan.
LEGENDARY FIGURES
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Zhang Sanfeng
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circa 12th century
NEIJIA
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Wang Zongyue
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T'AI CHI CH'ÜAN
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The 5 Common Styles Zhaobao Taiji
Jiang Fa (蒋发)
Chen Wangting |
1600-1680 9th generation Chen Xing Xihuai (邢希怀)
CHEN STYLE |
Zhang Cu-Chen (张楚臣)
| | Chen Jingbo (陈敬伯)
Chen Changxing
Chen Youben
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1771-1853 14th generation Chen circa 1800s 14th generation Chen Zhang Zong-yu (张宗禹)
Chen Old Frame Chen New Frame, Chen Small Frame |
| | Zhang Yan (张彦)
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Yang Lu-ch'an
Chen Qingping (陈清平)
1799-1872 1795-1868
YANG STYLE |
| | He Zhaoyuan (和兆元)
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| | | | He Qingxi (和庆喜)
Yang Pan-hou
Yang Chien-hou
Wu Yu-hsiang
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1837-1892 1839-1917 1812-1880 Zheng Wuqing (郑悟清)
Yang Small Frame | WU/HAO STYLE
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Wu Ch'uan-yu
Yang Shao-hou
Yang Ch'eng-fu Li I-yu
1834-1902 1862-1930 1883-1936 1832-1892
| Yang Small Frame Yang Big Frame
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Wu Chien-ch'uan
| Hao Wei-chen
1870-1942 Yang Shou-chung
1849-1920
WU STYLE
1910-1985 |
108 Form
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| Sun Lu-t'ang
Wu Kung-i
1861-1932
1900-1970 SUN STYLE
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Wu Ta-kuei Sun Hsing-i
1923-1970 1891-1929
Notes to Family tree table
Names denoted by an asterisk are legendary or semilegendary figures in the lineage, which means their involvement in the lineage, while accepted by most of the major schools, isn't independently verifiable from known historical records.
It is said that he was married to a woman from the Zhaobao village, only a few miles north east of the Chen Village (Chenjiagou); the home of the Chen Family famous for their martial arts.
After moving to the Zhaobao Village, Chen Qingping learned Zhaobao taijiquan from Zhang Yan (张彦). It is said that he continued to develop the martial arts that were taught to him by a family elder Chen Youben (陳有本) (credited as the creator of the Chen Style Small Frame) alongside Zhaobao taijiquan. Chen Qingping later became famous in his own right and taught many Zhaobao taijiquan.
His main disciple He Zhaoyuan passed on this art which later developed into He family Taijiquan. Another disciple Li Jingyan, created the Hulei style Taijiquan by combining his art with other martial arts popular in the local area where he lived.
Chen Qingping, along with being credited with being a major influence in the development of the Zhaobao style, is also credited as one of the teachers of Wu Yuxiang who later developed the Wu/Hao style taijiquan, sometimes referred to as the "Scholar-style of Taijiquan". Wu Yuxiang is said to have been recommended to Chen Qingping by Wu Yuxiang's primary teacher, Yang Luchan.
Family tree
This family tree is not comprehensive.LEGENDARY FIGURES
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Zhang Sanfeng
Zhang Sanfeng
Zhang Sanfeng was a semi-legendary Chinese Taoist priest who is believed by some to have achieved immortality, said variously to date from either the late Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty or Ming Dynasty. His name is said to have been Zhang Junbao 張君寶 before he became a Taoist.Zhang's legend is that of...
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circa 12th century
NEIJIA
Neijia
Nèijiā is a term in Chinese martial arts, grouping those styles that practice nèijìng , usually translated as internal martial arts, occupied with spiritual, mental or qi-related aspects, as opposed to an "external" approach focused on physiological aspects...
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Wang Zongyue
Wang Zongyue
Wang Zongyue was a legendary figure in the history of t'ai chi ch'uan . In some writings, Wang was a famous student of the legendary Zhang Sanfeng, a 13th-century Taoist monk credited with devising neijia in general and t'ai chi ch'uan in particular.Wang is also said to have resided in Tai-Gu...
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T'AI CHI CH'ÜAN
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The 5 Common Styles Zhaobao Taiji
Jiang Fa (蒋发)
Chen Wangting |
1600-1680 9th generation Chen Xing Xihuai (邢希怀)
CHEN STYLE |
Zhang Cu-Chen (张楚臣)
| | Chen Jingbo (陈敬伯)
Chen Changxing
Chen Changxing
Chen Changxing also spelled Ch'en Chang-hsing was a 14th generation descendant and 6th generation master of the famed Chen Family and considered to be an influential martial artist and teacher of taijiquan ....
Chen Youben
Chen Youben
Chen Youben 陳有本 was a 14th generation descendant and 6th generation master of the famed Chen Family and considered to be an influential martial artist and teacher of taijiquan ....
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1771-1853 14th generation Chen circa 1800s 14th generation Chen Zhang Zong-yu (张宗禹)
Chen Old Frame Chen New Frame, Chen Small Frame |
| | Zhang Yan (张彦)
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Yang Lu-ch'an
Yang Lu-ch'an
Yang Lu-ch'an or Yang Luchan, ; also known as Yang Fu-k'ui , born in Kuang-p'ing , was an influential teacher of the soft style martial art t'ai chi ch'uan in China during the second half of the 19th century...
Chen Qingping (陈清平)
1799-1872 1795-1868
YANG STYLE |
| | He Zhaoyuan (和兆元)
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| | | | He Qingxi (和庆喜)
Yang Pan-hou
Yang Pan-hou
Yang Banhou was an influential teacher of t'ai chi ch'uan in Ch'ing dynasty China, known for his bellicose temperament.-Biography:...
Yang Chien-hou
Yang Chien-hou
Yang Chien-hou , was the younger son of the founder of Yang-style t'ai chi ch'uan, Yang Lu-ch'an, and a well known teacher of the soft style martial art of t'ai chi ch'uan in late Qing dynasty China. Yang Chien-hou's older brother, Yang Pan-hou, was the senior of Chien-hou's generation, and also...
Wu Yu-hsiang
Wu Yu-hsiang
Wu Yu-hsiang was a Chinese t'ai chi ch'uan teacher and government official active during the late Ch'ing dynasty. Wu was a scholar from a wealthy and influential family who became a senior student of Yang Lu-ch'an...
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1837-1892 1839-1917 1812-1880 Zheng Wuqing (郑悟清)
Yang Small Frame | WU/HAO STYLE
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Wu Ch'uan-yu
Wu Ch'uan-yu
Wu Ch'uan-yu or Wu Quanyou was an influential teacher of t'ai chi ch'uan in late Imperial China. He is credited as the founder of the Wu style t'ai chi ch'uan...
Yang Shao-hou
Yang Shao-hou
Yang Shaohou along with Yang Chengfu 楊澄甫 represent the third generation of Yang family taijiquan 楊氏太極拳.At birth he was named Yang Zhaoxiong and was later named Mengxiang, and then Shaohou, commonly known as "Mr...
Yang Ch'eng-fu Li I-yu
1834-1902 1862-1930 1883-1936 1832-1892
| Yang Small Frame Yang Big Frame
103 form Yang family T'ai Chi Ch'uan
103-form Yang family t'ai chi ch'uan, also called the Traditional Form , is a prescribed sequence of moves used to practice Yang-style t'ai chi ch'uan.-T'ai chi forms:...
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Wu Chien-ch'uan
Wu Chien-ch'uan
Wu Chien-ch'uan , was a famous teacher of the neijia martial art of t'ai chi ch'uan in late Imperial and early Republican China....
| Hao Wei-chen
Hao Wei-chen
Hao Wei-chen or was a Chinese t'ai chi ch'uan teacher. Hao became a well known and influential teacher of Wu Yu-hsiang style t'ai chi ch'uan, his teacher Li I-yu was Wu Yu-hsiang's nephew. Hao passed the art to his son and grandson, who became respected teachers in their turn, so that the style...
1870-1942 Yang Shou-chung
Yang Shou-chung
Yang Shou-chung , birth name Yang Zhenming , was the eldest son of Yang Chengfu.-Biography:Yang Shou-chung began training in his family's style of t'ai chi ch'uan at age 8. By age 14 he had begun to work with his father as a teaching assistant and at age 19 he was already teaching government...
1849-1920
WU STYLE
Wu style tai chi chuan
The Wu family-style t'ai chi ch'uan of Wu Ch'uan-yu and Wu Chien-ch'uan is the second most popular form of t'ai chi ch'uan in the world today, after the Yang style, and fourth in terms of family seniority. This style is different from the Wu style of t'ai chi ch'uan founded by Wu Yu-hsiang...
1910-1985 |
108 Form
108 form Wu family T'ai Chi Ch'uan
The different slow motion solo form training sequences of T'ai Chi Ch'uan are the best known manifestation of T'ai Chi for the general public. In English, they are usually called the hand form or just the form; in Mandarin it is usually called ch'uan: 拳...
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| Sun Lu-t'ang
Sun Lu-t'ang
Sun Lu-t'ang was a renowned master of Chinese Neijia martial arts and was the progenitor of the syncretic art of Sun-style tai chi chuan...
Wu Kung-i
Wu Kung-i
Wu Kung-i was a well-known teacher of the soft style martial art t'ai chi ch'uan in China, and, after 1949, in the British colony of Hong Kong. He was also the "gate-keeper" of the Wu family from 1942 until his death in 1970....
1861-1932
1900-1970 SUN STYLE
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Wu Ta-kuei Sun Hsing-i
1923-1970 1891-1929
Notes to Family tree table
Names denoted by an asterisk are legendary or semilegendary figures in the lineage, which means their involvement in the lineage, while accepted by most of the major schools, isn't independently verifiable from known historical records.
External links
- Chenstyle.com This resource guide to Chen and related styles has a description and short video of Zhaobao Jia