The Taijiquan Classics An Annotated Translation
by Davis, Barbara; Wei-Ming, ChenFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-02-05
Publisher(s): Blue Snake Books
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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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