Chen Xin

Chen Xin

Chen Xin, the eighth generation successor of Chen's Taijiquan, is a famous Taijiquan theorist in the history of modern Chinese martial arts. Grandfather Chen Youheng and Uncle Chen Youben are both famous for Taijiquan. Chen Youben created a new frame for Chen's family. Unfortunately, Chen Youheng drowned in Dongting Lake in his middle age. His father Zhongsheng and Uncle Chen Jisheng changed to learn boxing from his uncle Youben.

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Chen Xin (1849-1929), the third son of Chen Zhongshen, the 16th generation of Chen, the eighth generation of Chen's Taijiquan, was a famous Taijiquan theorist in the history of modern Chinese martial arts. Grandfather Chen Youheng and Uncle Chen Youben are both famous for Taijiquan. Chen Youben created a new frame for Chen's family. Unfortunately, Chen Youheng drowned in Dongting Lake in his middle age. His father Zhongsheng and Uncle Chen Jisheng changed to learn boxing from his uncle Youben.

Life of the characters

Zhongsheng ape back tiger item, big different from Chang Er, three years old that martial arts. He and his younger brother Ji Sheng entered Wuxiang together. During the reign of emperor Xiantong, the most famous boxers in Chenjiagou were Zhongshen, Jishen and Chen Changxing's son Gengyun. Zhongshen could fight with an iron spear weighing 30 jin, especially Wuyong. Chen Xin and his elder brother Yao practiced boxing from their father. They joined Wuxiang at the age of 19. They practiced boxing ten thousand times every year. Twenty years have been like a day. Therefore, their Kung Fu is pure and thick, and their trunks are short. Those who don't know don't believe that they can do it. They fight bravely with the county government guards and attack six or seven people in a row. All the others are afraid to flee.

He has been practicing martial arts with his father since he was a child. He is gifted and intelligent. He knows the essence of Taiji martial arts well. Later, he followed his father's instructions and practiced both literature and martial arts. In order to expound the theory of Chen's Taijiquan, he wrote books and theories. His main works are: five volumes of Chen's Jiacheng, several volumes of an Yuxuan's collection of poems and essays, and illustrations of Chen's Taijiquan Four volumes, one volume of Taijiquan Yinmeng Rulu and three three six boxing manual, among which Chen's Taijiquan illustrated as a representative. The book started in 1908, when Gong was nearly 60 years old, and was completed in 1919. It took 12 spring and autumn years. When the manuscript was finished, it was nearly rare. In the past 12 years, he devoted all his energy to the book. He did not avoid the cold and heat. He worked hard to revise the book for many times and copied it by himself. There are four copies of the book, each of which contains 20000 or 300000 words. His perseverance and spirit are really touching. The book is rich in pictures and texts. The boxing style takes the meridians and collaterals and changes. The master of boxing is reasonable and regular. The theory is refined and the method is dense. It is clear and clear. It is a monument of boxing theory and a classic of martial arts.

The Duke had no heirs. He took his elder brother Chun Yuan as his heirs and lived with zhuojing. After the completion of the book, the family's great grandson Chen Honglie said immediately: in any case, I will provide food three times a month for my old age. In 1927, when the warlord was separated, the world was in chaos and disorder, and the manuscript was lost for a time. Fortunately, with the first draft, Gonggan was very old, so he called Zichun to give it a secret. He told him: "if it can be passed, it will be passed, if not, it will be burned, and don't be confused with others"! At this time, a grandson of a family came to ask the old man to publish the manuscript on his behalf, and said: "you give me the manuscript to ensure that my life is safe; after death, there are four cypress garden goods, and all the clothes are responsible.". Immediately summon Chunyuan to ask someone to have a drink, and ask him to make a quick copy and pay it to the person. According to Chen, a few months later, the man wrote a letter from Nanjing saying, "when I came to cross the river, I lost all my clothes in the river due to the risk.". After hearing this, Gong wailed and all his energy was reduced to ashes. Since then, the public thought of illness, bed more than years and died. After his death, he stopped the coffin at home and was not allowed to be buried.

His son Chun Yuan, Li Zhao, his cousin Xue Yuan, his niece Shu Zhen, his niece Shao Dong and so on, all revised and sorted out according to the first draft. As soon as possible, his book Chen's Taijiquan was published. After finishing the manuscript, Li Zhe's grandson Chen Honglie took the manuscript to Bianjing. Regardless of the cold weather, Chen Honglie crossed the Yellow River along the Ling River. After many setbacks, he got the great help of the National Art Museum and other friends. Finally, in 1933, he published this great work of Taijiquan theory in Kaiming Publishing House of Kaifeng. The reward for this work buried old man Chen Xin and fulfilled his wish.

Over the past decades, this book has been widely spread in China and abroad. It is one of the most valuable books in the world of martial arts. It has been translated in Southeast Asia, Japan, Europe and the United States. It is a masterpiece of Taijiquan. At the time of publication, some people added some wrong ideas to the book, peddling its evils without refuting them. The book is influencing generations to climb to the peak of Taijiquan.

Chenjiagou, Wenxian County, Henan Province, is the source of all kinds of Taijiquan. Chen Xin, the author of Chen's Taijiquan illustration, studies Taijiquan subtly. It takes 13 years to write this book. It elaborates the principles and methods step by step. It uses Yi Li to explain the principles of boxing. Combined with the theory of meridians, it clarifies the core role of Chen Style Taiji. It is a classic work of Taijiquan with both theory, method and practice.

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Book Introduction

Since it was published by Kaifeng Kaiming book company in 1933, it has attracted extensive and sustained attention in the martial arts circle. Today, 70 years later, Shanxi science and Technology Press reprints the bound edition to meet the needs of contemporary readers

The outline is explained by extensive reading

"Extensive reading" can be understood as extensive reading, or flipping through it quickly. In this way, we can understand the general situation and features of the book, and get information about whether it is worth intensive reading and studying.

The original version of Chen's Taijiquan is divided into four volumes: Volume 1, Volume 2 and volume 3. In the subsequent reprints and reprints, some of them combined four volumes into one volume. The book can be summarized into four parts

One of them is Chen's Taijiquan's practice method. This part takes up the most space and is the main content of Volume I, II and III of the book.

The second is the basic theory of Taijiquan. In this part, there are not only 11 Taijiquan theses, such as 4 texts and 4 texts, which focus on the integration of Taijiquan and Yi, and Taijiquan Jingpu, but also the boxing principles and formulas scattered in the diagram of 64 potential training methods.

The third is the cultural foundation of Taijiquan. This part mainly focuses on the first part of the volume, including 40 pictures and texts to introduce the knowledge of Zhouyi and 12 maps and rhymes to introduce the meridian and acupoints of human body.

The fourth is to expound the development of Chen's Taijiquan and the articles about Chen's Taijiquan commented by people at that time. It includes the inscriptions of Taijiquan by Chen Panling in Xiping (Hua) of Henan Province, the preface of Li shican (MINXIU), Du YanXu and Chen Xin, who are from Weihui, who live in Wenxian, and the preface of Chen Jiacheng (excerpts from the later part of Chen Wangting), biography of Chen Yingyi, biography of Chen Zhongshen, tomb inscription of Chen Jun in Wenxian, and postscript of Li Chunxi Liu Huandong, and Du Yuanhua (Yu Wan) of Qinyang, in the name of the reviser, added a piece of Du Yuwan's song formula about Jiang FA's acceptance of Shanxi Teachers.

Through extensive reading, we find that Chen's Taijiquan illustrated by Chen Xin is a comprehensive introduction to the history, theory, technology and related knowledge of Chen's Taijiquan. The book has the characteristics of detailed illustration, integration of technology and theory, key points by formula and wide application.

Detailed illustration is the first feature of Chen's Taijiquan illustration. This book shows the content of the whole book in the form of "illustration". When he wrote on Yi, the picture of Yi was connected with the theory of Yi. When it comes to meridian acupoints, both the meridian diagram and the rhymes are included. There are not only the overall posture diagram, but also the upper limb movement diagram, lower limb movement diagram, step diagram, movement Qi diagram, inner qi movement diagram, winding wire strength diagram, inner strength diagram, etc. in the illustration of boxing movement, not only each diagram is attached with corresponding text explanation, but also the text explanation is connected with a certain part of the body by lines, which is very targeted to map the movement essentials of each part of the body. In this way, the boxing diagram can be described clearly and subtly, and the boxing theory can be analyzed in simple terms. From this detailed illustration, we can see the author's desire for readers to understand and learn.

The second feature of Chen's Taijiquan is the combination of technique and theory. In the beginning of the book, the author's Taijiquan papers are collected, and the Yi Li and the meridian knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, which are the cultural basis of Taijiquan, are introduced. However, a large number of boxing theories and related traditional cultural knowledge with guiding significance appear in the corresponding explanation of boxing.

For example, in explaining "the first force of Vajra ramming the pestle", the author describes the movement method of appearance, the movement method of internal force, the attack and defense function of action, and the postural essentials of each part of the body. With the title of general introduction, the author discusses the general principles of yin and Yang in Taijiquan, and points out that "only five Yin and five Yang can be combined, and Yin and yang are not biased, which is called a skillful hand." Then, taking the image as the title, taking the image of heaven and earth as well as "Qian Jian Kun Shun" and "the combination of yin and Yang" as examples, this paper explains the law of yin and Yang in the movement. His article says: "when it is quiet, yin and yang can be found without trace. It seems to be the most flexible, but in fact it is the most rigid; it seems to be the most rigid, but in fact it is the most flexible. Both yin and yang are possessed, which is called the combination of yin and Yang. " Then, five "seven character slang" are used to further describe the requirements of practicing "King Kong Daodui". Finally, the positions of "Baihui" and other acupoints that should be paid attention to when practicing this boxing are indicated. In addition, the commentary also contains some common sense of practicing martial arts. For example, in the aspect of moral education, the emphasis on "boxing is also the reason for self-cultivation and life protection." It is necessary to be "polite", "respectful and harmonious", and then learn to play taijiquan In terms of the choice of the training site and orientation, it is pointed out that "boxing usually takes place according to the situation on the ground, and it is not necessary to stick to the direction and keep a certain position." In the aspect of persistence in practice, the author puts forward the practice requirements of "boxing ten thousand times, self-expression of spirit and reason". The explanation of other situations follows this general pattern. From this kind of writing method, we can see that the author tries to guide readers to learn Taijiquan well under the guidance of theory, practice Taijiquan well and broaden the value of Taijiquan exercise under the Enlightenment of traditional Chinese culture.

The third feature of Chen's Taijiquan illustrated by Jue. The author is expounding the theory and practice of Taijiquan

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