Lost T ai chi Classics from the Late Ch ing Dynasty

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Lost T ai chi Classics from the Late Ch ing Dynasty

Author	: Douglas Wile
File Size	: 47,8 Mb
Publisher	: SUNY Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 01 January 1996
ISBN	: 079142653X
Pages	: 264 pages

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Analysis of rich new material allows Wile to make a fresh survey of longstanding issues: the origins of T'ai-chi; the authorship of the classics; the differences between Wu, Yang, and Li; and the roles of such figures as Chang San-feng, Wang Tsung-yueh, Chiang Fa, and the formerly missing link, Ch'ang Nai-chou.

Lost T ai chi Classics from the Late Ch ing Dynasty by Douglas Wile

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