Stylistic Features of Chen Taiji's Biography

Chen (about 1609), also known as Chen Zouting, was born in Wuyang in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. He is both a civilian and a soldier. He went to Yudai Mountain alone, trying to stop the rebellion of Li Ji, a military force in Dengfeng. In order to quell the bandits in Shandong, the Qing court made great achievements, which was famous in Henan and Shandong but not reused by the Qing court. Chen couldn't serve his country, so he retired. In addition to farming, he also learned the essence of many families according to the ancestral hundred-single-eight-style long fist, combined with the theory of Yin-yang and Five Elements in Yi Xue and referring to Chinese medicine.

With regard to meridian theory and guided breathing technology, a set of new boxing methods combining yin and yang with rigidity and softness was invented, including Tai Ji Chuan five links, one-way gun hammer, two-person push, knife, gun, stick, sword, mace and two-person sticking gun.

From the existing "Long and Short Sentences" by Chen, we can learn some things at that time:

Sigh that year, I persevered and swept the atmosphere, and I was not afraid of danger several times! Blessed in vain, I am still breathing when I am old. In the end, there was only a roll of Huang Ting as a companion, who used to punch in his spare time, plow in his busy time, and teach some disciples' children and grandchildren in his spare time to make Jackie Chan a tiger. If you owe official grain early, you should pay off your private debt, but don't flatter with arrogance and flattery, be patient first. People treat me like a fool, they treat me like an asshole, and they often wash their ears without playing the crown. Laugh and kill princes, be conscientious, be inferior to Shu Tai in heart, and never be greedy for fame and fortune. Understand the organs, know each other, like fishing, travel around, do nothing, and waste. If you get a healthy world, calm as usual, no regrets, it doesn't matter if his world is cold, success has nothing to do, and failure has nothing to do. Who is the immortal? I am a fairy!

Chen's ability to practice boxing in his later years is also inseparable from a martial arts master named. When Wang Tinggong broke into Yudai Mountain in his early years, Li met one of Li's men, who was also very skilled in martial arts. It is said that his feet are as fast as flying and he can chase rabbits with a hundred paces. After the suppression of the Qing government, he defected to Chen, worshipped Chen as a teacher, and was willing to be a servant. This close relationship has given Chen an opponent to learn from, and Tai Ji Chuan has been tested and revised in practice.