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

Name: Lost T'ai-chi Classics from the Late Ch'ing Dynasty
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ISBN: 9780791426548

ISBN-10: 0791426548

ISBN-13: 9780791426548

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Authors: Douglas Wile

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List price: $33.95
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 8/15/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 252
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

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Preface


Acknowledgments


Note on Transliteration


Note on Illustrations


Introduction



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 Yï¿½-hsiang


Approaches to Understanding Wu and Li Involvement in T'ai-chi Ch'ï¿½an



Textual Tradition of the T'ai-Chi Classics



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-yï¿½


Analysis of the Texts


Translation of the Texts


Yang Family Forty Chapters


4/1 Analysis of the Texts


4/2 Translation of the Texts



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-yï¿½eh


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



Original Chinese Texts for the Lost Classics



Textual and Biographical Studies


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index