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Author:   Douglas Wile
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.354kg
ISBN:  

9780791426548

ISBN 10:   0791426548
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   15 August 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Note on Illustrations Introduction I 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 Yu-hsiang Approaches to Understanding Wu and Li Involvement in T'ai-chi Ch'uan II Textual Tradition of the T'ai-Chi Classics III 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-yu Analysis of the Texts Translation of the Texts Yang Family Forty Chapters 4/1 Analysis of the Texts 4/2 Translation of the Texts IV 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-yueh 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 Appendix I. Original Chinese Texts for the Lost Classics Appendix II. Textual and Biographical Studies Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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This book contains an enormous amount of information concerning all aspects of T'ai-chi ch'uan not available before. To say that the work is a major contribution to the field is an understatement; it dwarfs all other works so far published in the English language. This is a first-rate, scholarly book that will have a great bearing on the academic views concerning T'ai-chi ch'uan's history and value for present-day study. Because of his meticulous research and profoundly articulate text, Wile has redefined 'T'ai-chi ch'uan' for the academic world with clarity and, for the first time, with accuracy. - Michael A. DeMarco, Journal of Asian Martial Arts

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Douglas Wile is Associate Professor at Brooklyn College. He is the author of The Art of the Bedchamber: The Chinese Sexual Yoga Classics, Including Women's Solo Meditation Texts, also published by SUNY Press.

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