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	Zhang Sanfeng - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A legendary culture hero, Zhang Sanfeng is credited by modern practitioners as having originated the concepts of neijia (內家); soft, internal martial arts, specifically T'ai Chi Ch'uan, as a result of a Neo-Confucian syncretism of Chan Buddhist Shaolin martial arts with his mastery of Taoist Tao Yin (neigong) principles.
		Zhang Sanfeng is also said to have been expert in the White Crane and Snake styles of Chinese martial arts as well as in the use of the Chinese straight sword or jian.
		According to relatively late (19th century) documents preserved within the Yang and Wu family's archives, the name of Zhang Sanfeng's master was Xu Xuanping (許宣平), said to be a Tang dynasty hermit poet and Taoist Tao Yin expert.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zhang_Sanfeng (548 words)

	T'ai Chi: Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The much disputed founder of t'ai chi is Zhang San-feng (Chang San-feng), a Daoist (Taoist) monk of the Wu Tang Monastery, who, according to records from the Ming-shih (the official records of the Ming dynasty), lived sometime during the period from 1391–1459.
		Legend states that Zhang happened upon a fight between a snake and a crane, and, impressed with how the snake became victorious over the bird through relaxed, evasive movements and quick counterstrikes, he created a fighting-form that shadowed the snake's strongest attributes.
		Zhang, the notable originator of t'ai chi, created a combination of movements and beliefs that led to the formation of the fundamental "Thirteen Postures" of his art.
	health.enotes.com /nursing-encyclopedia/t-ai-chi (2082 words)

	Zhang (surname) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is believed that the ancestors of Zhang's were archers and the bow as a totem of their tribe.
		Zhang had also been a surname by which Manchus and Mongolians chose to sinicize their names since the beginning of the Republic (1912).
		Zhang Yi, military general of the Kingdom of Shu during the period of Three Kingdoms.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zhang (925 words)

	Zhang Sanfeng - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Zhang Sanfeng was a semi-mythical Chinese Taoist priest who is believed by some to have achieved immortality, said variously to date from either the late Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty or Ming Dynasty.
		A legendary culture hero, Zhang Sanfeng is credited as having originated the concepts of nei chia; soft, internal martial arts, specifically Tai Chi Chuan, as a result of a Neo-Confucian syncretism of Chan Buddhist Shaolin martial arts with his mastery of Taoist Dao Yin (neigong) principles.
		In his book The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber, Zhang Sanfeng was a former Shaolin disciple in the late Song Dynasty, and born on April 9th, 1247 at midnight (Day 9 of month 3 in Chinese calendar).
	www.world-knowledge-encyclopedia.com /default.asp?t=Chang_San_Feng (452 words)

	Wudang Martial Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The legendary founder of Wudang wushu was Zhang San Feng.
		The emperor of the Ming Dynasty erected a monument on the mountain to commerate the contributions of Zhang San Feng.
		Zhang San Feng was able to incorporate the Daoist practice of changing the Essence into Internal Energy, Internal Energy into Spirit, and Spirit into Emptiness to form the theory of Wudang wushu.
	www.geocities.com /yongnian/wudang.html (1416 words)

	Zhang Sanfeng (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Zhang Sanfeng is a semi-mythical Taoist master said variously to date from either the late Song dynasty, Yuan dynasty or Ming dynasty.
		More reputable sources record two Chinese emperors sending missions to Zhang Sanfeng to ask for his advice, although neither mission is reported to have found him.
		The legend's name was made widespread (perhaps) in the Western Hemispehre through Jet Li's 1992 portrayal of Zhang San Feng and the invention of Tai Ji Quan.
	www.wapipedia.org /wikipedia/mobiletopic.aspx?cur_title=Chang_San-feng (373 words)

	Shaolin Gong Fu Academy of Quebec, Laval, Tai Ji - history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Zhang San Feng (or Cheng Salm Fung) was a Taoist monk who had studied at Shaolin and was living on mount Wu Dang in Hebei.
		Zhang San Feng stood up and went to a bush from where the noise seemed to come from.
		Zhang San Feng got the revelation of a new technique, entirely based on the flexibility and the art of harmonized and continuous movement, always reusing the energy, which instead of being wasted was recuperated at the end of each movement.
	www.shaolinquebec.com /en/taiji/page3.htm (1656 words)

	History of Tai Chi Chuan - Flying Eagle Martial Arts Academy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Zhang needed a form of self-defense to protect himself during his travels across China.
		Zhang's solution contained four basic principles: use calm against action, soft against hard, slow against fast, and single against a group.
		Zhang said if fighting does not include these four principles, it is not taijiquan combat.
	flyingeagleacademy.com /tchist.html (402 words)

	Wudang Kung Fu Academy for Traditional Taoist Internal Martial Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Zhang San Feng, also known as Zhang Jun Bao was born in Liao Dong in the late Yuan Dynasty.
		Zhang Jun Bao was expected to take the state exam for a career in the government.
		Zhang Jun Bao moved to the Jin Tai Temple in Bao Ji and was accepted by the respected Daoist Huo Long as a disciple.
	www.wudanggongfu.com (581 words)

	The History of the Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Zhang’s business was small at first, but later became very large and prosperous.
		The first occasion to meet the Zhang family was during a banquet in which everyone was to perform his respective martial art.
		One of the heads of the Zhang family saw the thin body of Yang Lu Chan, and as an insult, placed Lu Chan behind an ordinary martial artist preparing to demonstrate.
	www.knudtaichigb.taichinyt.dk /mappe2/histpicgb.htm (3894 words)

	Shou-Yu Liang Wushu Taiji Qigong Institute - A Brief History of Tai Chi Chuan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		According to the records in Wangzhengnan Muzhiming: "The Song Dynasty's Zhang San-Feng was a Wudang Daoist Monk." Wangzhengnan Muzhiming was written in 1669 A.D. by Huang Li-Zhou, a famous scholar of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912 A.D.).
		Some records indicate that Zhang was made an immortal figure as the result of the struggle for power in the Ming Dynasty.
		Yet another, said that Zhang San-Feng was an ancient Daoist hermit, who after observing a fight between a crane and a snake, was enlightened, and invented Tai Chi Chuan.
	www.shouyuliang.com /newsletter/v4n6/v4n6a3.shtml (1335 words)

	Mount Wudang and Wudang Kung Fu Forms Introductio
		Another Zhang San Feng was a native of I-Chou in LiaoTung Province.
		By applying inner alchemy theory, Zhang San Feng made lot of improvement and correction to Taichi Boxing which was created by Zhang San Feng, the KungFu master in Sung Dynasty.
		It is heard to be creadted by Zhang San Feng, who divided such fome set into three parts and the lowest serie was handed down to the taoist called Wild Crane.
	www.damo-qigong.net /temple/wudang/workshop01.htm (3383 words)

	Culture of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Feng shui designed architecture plays an important role in Chinese Culture.
		For example, Paifang is a Feng Shui designed gate of China town.
		Another genre of films that become better known internationally is those depicting the exotic past of China with remarkable traditional and nostalgic symbols, notably under the directors Wong Kar-wai (Mandarin: Wang Jiawei) and Zhang Yimou.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Culture_of_China (3112 words)

	Grandmaster Yuanming Zhang
		Grandmaster Zhang is the eighth generation lineage holder of Mt. Ermei Qigong, fourth generation lineage holder of Mt. Qincheng Pakua palm, sixth generation lineage holder of Hebei Hsingi, current lineage holder of Mt. Wudang sword, 18th generation lineage holder of Longmen school.
		It is not a coincidece that Grandmaster Zhang's name is the same as the founder of modern Tai Chi, Zhang San Feng.
		Grandmaster Zhang is one of the last to have received many of the teachings he is sharing with the West.
	members.tripod.com /hronald/masterzhang/grandmas.htm (421 words)

	Zhang San Feng Taijiquan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ali je Zhang San Feng res napisal tekste v rokopisu ni znano, naj bi pa izvirali iz dinastije Ming.
		Zhang Sanfeng-ov rokopis opisuje eno od mnogih borilnih veščin z Wudang-a (iz katere se je kasneje razvil Yang stil Taijiquan-a).
		Zhang Sanfeng naj bi ustvaril 13 temeljnih gibov (ampak ne tistih poznanih v Yang stilu) ampak formo z trinajstimi taktikami (open, hold a ball, simple push, stretch the palm, lift, pounding, carry, parting, circle, neutralising, double push, squat down and closing).
	www.geocities.com /oldyangtaijiquan/zsftjq.htm (1378 words)

	Kungfu Magazine: E-Zine Feature Article
		Zhang persisted, though his requests for discipleship were denied.
		The master was Zhao Zhenjiang, and what he practiced was Zhang San Feng Taijiquan, a style very different from any other kind of popular Taijiquan.
		Zhang sensed that Master Zhao was dropping hints that he might teach him.
	ezine.kungfumagazine.com /ezine/article.php?article=596 (1693 words)

	Chinese DaMo Qigong / Chi Gung
		Zhang Dao Gui was originaly apprenticed to Wang Zhen Chang, a Taoist of Chuan Zhen sect.
		Zhang Shou Qing stayed in Mt. Wudang for more than 20 years and his disciples reached 4,000 and in middle Yuan Dynasty many Taoists in Purple Heaven Palace and Grand Harmony and other temples were his disciples.
		Selecting places to construct temples and teaching disciples, Zhang San Feng began to set up San Feng sect who proposed the combination of three religion (Buddhism, Taoism and Confuciusism), cultivation of self for the benefit of the others and esteeming Zhen Wu as the highest God.
	www.damo-qigong.net /qigong/taoism.htm (1477 words)

	Zhang San Feng [Archive] - Shaolin Wahnam Institute Discussion Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Zhang San Feng, the founder of Wudan taijiquan, left the Shaolin monastery because he felt that the fighting techniques developed there had become too harsh and brute strength oriented.
		31st March 2003, 08:16 PM Zhang San Feng, the founder of Wudan taijiquan, left the Shaolin monastery because he felt that the fighting techniques developed there had become too harsh and brute strength oriented.This is inaccurate.
		The fact that Zhang San Feng was able to create an art based heavily on internal principles is a testimony to the internal training he received at Shaolin.
	www.wongkiewkit.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-465.html (458 words)

	SPCNET.TV - Zhang San Feng and his students
		Zhang Jun Bao separated from Shaolin at age 16 or so and started cultivating with taoist scriptures for some years.
		Therefore, ZSF might have started the Wudang school when he was about 50-something (he didn't start the school with 7 disciples).
		Zhang JunBao thought: "Miss Guo said her older sister was very bad-tempered and often scolded other people for no particular reason.
	www.spcnet.tv /forums/showthread.php?t=11105 (1404 words)

	Ignorance, Legend and Taijiquan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Zhang Sanfeng legend evolved during the Ming period (1368-1644), based on the close association of early Ming rulers with Taoism and Taoist priests, whose prophesies had supported the founder of the dynasty.
		Little is known about Zhang except that he is described as an eccentric, itinerant hermit with magic powers, who died once but came back to life, and whose life, based on varying accounts, spanned a period of over 300 years.
		After all, since Zhang himself could not be proven to have ever existed let alone anything he was claimed to have done, it could not hurt to claim he also invented a style of boxing.
	www.nardis.com /~twchan/henning.html (2634 words)

	Zhang San Feng - Zhang San Feng Items and lei feng Ideas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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	www.fengshuiwiz.com /zhang-san-feng.html (298 words)

	A.S.K.T. - Tai Ji Quan style Chen
		Zhang had been practising them for 7 years with little achievement, but finally his long-term training led him to enlightment.
		This scene struck Zhang’s imagination and he started a long research by practising combat techniques he learned at the Shao Lin Temple and combining them with his cosmological and alchemy knowledge.
		Another legend says that Zhang was visited in his dreams by gods who taught him Tai Ji and that the day after he defeated 100 robbers with his bare hands.
	www.askt.it /English/taiji_chen.htm (579 words)

	Wu Dang San Feng (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Master zheng san feng was born in Yi Zhou, east Liaoning, China, now it is called Liao yang city, when he was young he renounced to become a monk in Da Chao Yang temple, Lei Shang Mountain, Bei Zhen country, it is in Liaoning province.
		In the near past, the 22nd successor of zhen san feng nature sect of Chinese martial art was forced to travel, then the 23rd successor, Yang Ming Xian was forced to go home and become a farmer in Liao yang.
		Master Yang Ming Xian who was the last person of wu dang san feng nature sect, trained Shang Gui wen, he was introduced to master Yang by master Liu Zhi cheng, and now he is the only and last disciple who was able to learn directly from master Yang Ming Xian.
	www.hungkuen.net /wudang/history.htm (180 words)

	Bab 11 Bagian 1 - HSDS Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Zhang San Feng dan Wu Ji menuruni gunung, dan malam itu, mereka menginap di sebuah penginapan, ia meyuruh Wu Ji berlatih Shaolin Jiu Yang Shen Gong yang didiktekan padanya.
		Zhang San Feng terkejut, ia tak pernah menduga bahwa pada usia sekecil itu dia telah dapat memikirkan rencana seperti ini.
		Zhang San Feng diam-diam tertawa dingin, pikirnya dalam hati: "Siapa yang begitu berani dan tak tahu diri seperti ini, memintaku untuk menyerahkan anak ini?" Ia mengangkat kepalanya dan tampaklah sebuah perahu kecil mendatangi seperti terbang.
	www.zhaomin.org /forum/index.php?showtopic=76&view=getlastpost (1368 words)

	TAICHI STYLES (I) . Tai Chi Chuan Tao
		Excepting Wudang Zhaobao (Zhao Bao) and Wudang San Feng, all the other names belong to the families or individuals who developped and transmitted them.
		Zhao Bao is the name of a village and Wudang is the name of a holy group of mountains where taoist temples do predominate.
		San Feng is Zhang San Feng´s, tai-chi chuan´s creator´s first name.
	www.taijiquandao.com /03paginasingles/04styles/00styles-01.htm (424 words)

	Kungfu Magazine: Print Friendly Feature
		One day, Zhang was doing his regular morning exercises when he saw a middle-aged man practicing some martial arts.
		Zhang was curious, so he moved closer to investigate.
		Master Zhao only explained the contents if Zhang was clear on what he said.
	ezine.kungfumagazine.com /print.php?article=596 (1724 words)

	ZIRAN TAICHI KUNGFU CENTER　of New Jersey - HISTORY & LINEAGE
		Zhang earned a reputation as a top martial artist and became famous after winning the unarmed division of the All China Fighting Championships in 1929(Rodell, pg.
		Zhang did not teach a large number of students.
		Although it is clear that he taught more than one student Michuan, he realized the risk of losing this aspect of the Yang Family teachings when one of his disciples was killed in World War II.
	www.naturalpathtaichi.com /history.htm (2598 words)

	Master Jou
		In 1977 he hosted the first annual Zhang San Feng Festival in Chinatown, New York City, a gathering designed to commemorate the legendary founder of taiji.
		This philosophy was extended to the Zhang San Feng Festival which, with the purchase of the Farm, had found a permanent home.
		In fact, he would often say that his teacher was Zhang San Feng, a reference to the legendary founder of taiji.
	www.peacefulwolftaichi.com /master_jou/body_master_jou.html (3736 words)

	Oriental Martial Arts - Tai Chi
		The most popular theory ascribes the origin of Tai Chi to the Taoist priest Zhang San Feng who lived towards the end of the Song Dynasty in the 13th century.
		It is believed that after completing his training in the Shao Lin Temple, Zhang San Feng one day witnessed a fight between a snake and a crane, this led him to modify the hard Shao Lin Kung Fu into a much softer style which later developed into Tai Chi.
		This style is thought to have been developed by CHAN Wang Ting, a general of the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century.
	www.west-meet-east.com /martaichi.htm (618 words)

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