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In the modern history of Chen-style Taijiquan, Chen Zhaopi is an inescapable figure, his life is legendary, mixed achievements, because he deceived his uncle Mr. Chen Xin's boxing spectrum, people mention him is more secretive. When my master recalled Chen Fake's ancestor, he mentioned him, and he had an evaluation of him in terms of kung fu, and it was also very vague in terms of character. So much so that I didn't know for a long time who deceived Chen Xin and made him angry.
Mr. Chen Zhaopi's life is a lucky life, he was born in Chenjiagou, a place famous for Taijiquan, and has been glorious for half his life. He learned Tai Chi with his family's uncle Chen Fake Gong. Legend has it that at the beginning, he did not make a living by boxing, but was engaged in the business of medicinal herbs - the Chen family has always had a business of martial arts and Chinese medicinal materials. It is also said that he has been teaching boxing for a living since he was young.
At that time, Yang-style Taijiquan was popular in Beijing, from the princes to the commoners, and the practice of Yang-style Taijiquan became a trend, and later there was also the spread of Wu-style Taijiquan. However, everyone knows that Yang Luchan learned boxing from Chen Changxing, and is more mysterious and interested in the more primitive Chen-style Taijiquan, but there is no Chen-style Taijiquan successor to come to the capital to spread boxing. There is a poem as proof:
In the past, who knew Tai Chi, Tan Gong's illness began to spread. Who expected Chen Jiaquan in northern Henan, but relied on the Yang family in southern Hebei.
According to the master's writings, Mr. Chen Zhaopi once sent medicinal herbs to the capital, and some people who like Taijiquan knew that he was from Chenjiagou and began to learn boxing from him. Chen-style boxing became more lively, and the strength of silk winding was more obvious, and the number of Xi scholars soon increased, and Chen Zhaopi's fame also increased. It is also said that in 1928, he was invited by the owner of Beijing Tong Ren Tang to teach boxing in Beijing. And how many days he has been fighting, and he has not been defeated, I don't think it is credible, and there is a suspicion of exaggerating his kung fu. Most of the plots set up are from literary and artistic works.
In the Republic of China, national art halls arose in various places to strengthen the country and strengthen the species. The honorary directors of the Kokushukan in each region are also the chief executives of each region. The mayor of Nanjing City came forward to invite Chen Zhaopi to participate in the Taijiquan teaching of the Nanjing Guoshu Museum, and the salary was considerable.
Chen Zhaopi also had many apprentices in Beijing, many of whom had not finished their studies, so he wrote to ask his third uncle to come to Beijing to continue teaching for him. At first, the students were reluctant, but Mr. Chen Zhaopi told them that his boxing was scientific with the third uncle Chen Fa, and his kung fu was much better than his own, and everyone was relieved. The milestone figure in the widespread spread of true Taijiquan was Master Chen Fake, who not only had many disciples, but also were all very famous, and even had several independent portals. Yang Jiong's poem describing his teaching of boxing:
"Dumen Taiji old respect Yang, slow and soft, good at winning. Unexpectedly, Chen Junbiao is different, and the strength of the silk is particularly strong. ”
Mr. Chen Fake once told Master Hong Junsheng that his nephew and apprentice kung fu is actually average, that is, he has been doing farm work since he was a child, has the strength, courage and courage to start, so he actually stood in the Taijiquan world. This is very likely to be true, because he did not teach a famous apprentice in the Nanjing Guoshu Museum, and the videos of the later Four King Kongs practicing and teaching boxing abound on the Internet. But I agree with one of his theories, he believes that beginners should fight Tai Chi for three years, don't care about the soft and light ones first, and then study and practice carefully after three years.
Chen Zhaopi did a stinky thing that was a stain on his life, and it is unknown whether he returned to the village to give back to the villagers in his later years.
Mr. Chen Xin has worked hard for decades to write a book of Taijiquan, but he has no access and financial resources to publish it. Chen Zhaopi told his uncle that he had a way in Nanjing, and he would get a coffin book for Chen Xin after it was published.
As a result, Mr. Chen Xin waited for the left and left and left for no news, and when asked, he said that there was a storm when crossing the river, and the manuscripts and other luggage fell into the river. This story reminds me of the jade seal of the country, and the legend is that the emperor carried the jade seal across the river, and there was a huge wind, in order to suppress the evil wind and waves, he threw it into the river, and the wind and waves were calm immediately, and the sky was clear.
Hearing this bad news, Mr. Chen Xin fell seriously ill with heartache and passed away soon after. Before he died, he gave the draft to his nephews and asked them to organize and publish it. The title of the book published later is the standard of Taijiquan theory, "Chen's Taijiquan Illustration", which contains some things from Chen Xin's descendants, because the collation and publication are somewhat unclear, some are missing, and they are not complete Chen Xin's works. But the flaws are not hidden, and the overall is still very good. And there is an electronic version, which is easy to read, spread for a long time, and has made great contributions to Taijiquan.
After the publication of "Chen's Taijiquan Illustrated", Chen Zhaopi also published "Chen's Taijiquan Huizong" and "Chen's Taijiquan Illustrated". These books were supposed to be Mr. Chen Xin's original work, but it is very likely that he washed the manuscript when it was published, and lost its original value. I wanted to search for an electronic version on the Internet, but unfortunately I couldn't read it against the "Chen's Taijiquan Illustrations".
This incident can be said to be a stain on Chen Zhaopi's life, Mr. Chen Xin's life's hard work was skillfully taken, and people were angry to death, no matter how you say it, it is very inauthentic. In the end, it is so bad to publish it in your own name and take someone else's hard work for yourself. In his later years, he returned to his hometown to feed his hometown, and it is difficult to say whether he was persecuted in a special era and whether it has anything to do with this matter.
If you want to talk about Chen Zhaopi's merits, it is that he returned to his hometown to teach Taijiquan. Just in time for the great famine, those who have some ability have gone to major cities across the country to teach boxing, but there is no one in the village to teach it. Chen Zhaopi returned to his hometown to teach boxing after retiring from the water conservancy system, and Chenjiagou's Chen-style Taijiquan is flourishing today, and his contribution and the contribution of the old secretary Zhang Weizhen is the largest, one teaches boxing, and the other supports teaching boxing. The Four King Kongs are all his descendants. As for the later contributions of Chen Zhaoxu, Chen Zhaokui, Feng Zhiqiang, and Meng Xianbin, they were not as great as him.
However, in addition to shaking and shaking, the Four King Kongs do not have Chen Fake's silk winding strength, and there is no principle of the unity of opposites in Taijiquan, and Chen-style Taijiquan has been reduced to a nominal reality, which is also derived from him.
Whether it is merit or fault, everyone has their own opinions. However, it is not necessary to say that Chen-style Taijiquan will decline, because it is simple and easy to learn, and it will spread more widely. It's just that the connotation is already missing. This is in decline from a pure Tai Chi point of view. If you want to revive it, the heirs must carefully study Mr. Chen Xin's "Chen's Taijiquan Illustrated" or Chen Zhaopi's "Chen's Taijiquan Huizong" and "Chen's Taijiquan Illustrated", and do not imitate the Four King Kongs, they perform too many ingredients. Exerting strength, beating the chest, shaking and shaking is a taboo in Taijiquan. Mr. Chen Xin asked to move with the middle qi, to respect and harmony in the heart, run gently, stop silently, and only run with meaning. The inner fist is heavy inside, and it is necessary to practice Liuhe, and do not mix it with the outside because there is nothing to show off outside.