- Chen Qingping
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陳清平
Chen Qingping
Born 1795 Died 1868 Style Chen-style t'ai chi ch'uan Notable students Wu Yu-hsiang Part of the series on
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List of Chinese martial arts Terms Historical places - Shaolin Monastery (少林寺)
- Wudang Mountains (武當山)
- Mount Hua (華山)
- Mount Emei (峨嵋山)
- Kunlun Mountains (崑崙山)
Historical people - Five Elders (五祖)
- Yim Wing-chun / Yan Yongchun (嚴詠春)
- Hung Hei-gun / Hong Xiguan (洪熙官)
- Fong Sai-yuk / Fang Shiyu (方世玉)
- Dong Haichuan (董海川)
- Yang Lu-ch'an (楊露禪)
- Wu Quanyou (吳全佑)
- Ten Tigers of Canton (廣東十虎)
- Chen Fake (陳發科)
- Chan Heung / Chen Xiang (陳享)
- Wong Fei-hung / Huang Feihong (黃飛鴻)
- Sun Lu-t'ang (孫祿堂)
- Huo Yuanjia (霍元甲)
- Yip Man / Ye Wen (葉問)
- Wang Zi-Ping (王子平)
- Bruce Lee / Li Xiaolong (李小龍)
- Jackie Chan / Cheng Long (成龍)
- Sammo Hung / Hong Jinbao (洪金寶)
- Yuen Biao / Yuán Biāo (元彪)
- Jet Li / Li Lian Jie (李連杰)
- Donnie Yen / Zhēn Zǐdān (甄子丹)
Legendary figures - Bodhidharma / Putidamo / Damo (菩提達摩)
- Zhang Sanfeng (張三丰)
- Eight immortals (八仙)
Related Chen Qingping or Ch'en Ch'ing-p'ing (陳清平; 1795 - 1868) was a 15th generation descendant and 7th generation master of the famed Chen Family and considered to be an influential martial artist and teacher of taijiquan (t'ai chi ch'uan).
It is said that he was married to a woman from the Zhaobao village, only a few miles north east of the Chen Village (Chenjiagou); the home of the Chen Family famous for their martial arts.
After moving to the Zhaobao Village, Chen Qingping learned Zhaobao taijiquan from Zhang Yan (张彦). It is said that he continued to develop the martial arts that were taught to him by a family elder Chen Youben (陳有本) (credited as the creator of the Chen Style Small Frame) alongside Zhaobao taijiquan. Chen Qingping later became famous in his own right and taught many Zhaobao taijiquan.
His main disciple He Zhaoyuan passed on this art which later developed into He family Taijiquan. Another disciple Li Jingyan, created the Hulei style Taijiquan by combining his art with other martial arts popular in the local area where he lived.
Chen Qingping, along with being credited with being a major influence in the development of the Zhaobao style, is also credited as one of the teachers of Wu Yuxiang who later developed the Wu/Hao style taijiquan, sometimes referred to as the "Scholar-style of Taijiquan". Wu Yuxiang is said to have been recommended to Chen Qingping by Wu Yuxiang's primary teacher, Yang Luchan.
Family tree
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LEGENDARY FIGURES | Zhang Sanfeng* circa 12th century NEIJIA | Wang Zongyue* T'AI CHI CH'ÜAN +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | The 5 Common Styles Zhaobao Taiji Jiang Fa (蒋发) Chen Wangting | 1600-1680 9th generation Chen Xing Xihuai (邢希怀) CHEN STYLE | Zhang Cu-Chen (张楚臣) | | Chen Jingbo (陈敬伯) Chen Changxing Chen Youben | 1771-1853 14th generation Chen circa 1800s 14th generation Chen Zhang Zong-yu (张宗禹) Chen Old Frame Chen New Frame, Chen Small Frame | | | Zhang Yan (张彦) | Yang Lu-ch'an Chen Qingping (陈清平) 1799-1872 1795-1868 YANG STYLE | | | He Zhaoyuan (和兆元) +---------------------------------+-----------------------------+ | | | | | | He Qingxi (和庆喜) Yang Pan-hou Yang Chien-hou Wu Yu-hsiang | 1837-1892 1839-1917 1812-1880 Zheng Wuqing (郑悟清) Yang Small Frame | WU/HAO STYLE | +-----------------+ | | | | | Wu Ch'uan-yu Yang Shao-hou Yang Ch'eng-fu Li I-yu 1834-1902 1862-1930 1883-1936 1832-1892 | Yang Small Frame Yang Big Frame | Wu Chien-ch'uan | Hao Wei-chen 1870-1942 Yang Shou-chung 1849-1920 WU STYLE 1910-1985 | 108 Form | | Sun Lu-t'ang Wu Kung-i 1861-1932 1900-1970 SUN STYLE | | Wu Ta-kuei Sun Hsing-i 1923-1970 1891-1929
Notes to Family tree table
Names denoted by an asterisk are legendary or semilegendary figures in the lineage, which means their involvement in the lineage, while accepted by most of the major schools, isn't independently verifiable from known historical records.
References
- Wile, Douglas Lost T'ai-chi Classics from the late Ch'ing Dynasty (1996) State University of New York Press, Albany. ISBN 0-7914-2653-X
External links
- Chenstyle.com This resource guide to Chen and related styles has a description and short video of Zhaobao Jia
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