Cloud Hands Index
August 1, 2009
Index to Taijiquan Classics
Essentials in the Practice of the Form and Push Hands by Li I-yu
Exposition of Insights Into the Practice of the
Thirteen Postures by Wu Yu-Xiang
Five Character Secret by Li I-yu
General Works: Bibliography and Links
Mental Elucidation of the Thirteen Postures by Wu Yu-Xiang.
Plain Sayings on Each Posture by Li I-yu.
Quotations from the Taijiquan Classics
Song of the Thirteen Postures. Anonymous
Songs of the Eight Postures by T'an
Meng-hsien
Sparring Hands and Walking Frame Essentials by Li I-yu.
Talks on the Practice of Taijiquan by Yang Cheng-fu.
T'ai Chi Chuan Treatise by Chang San-feng
Ten Important Points by Yang Cheng-fu
Treatise on T'ai Chi Chuan by Wang Tsung-yueh
Anonymous
Song of Push Hands. Anonymous. 2Kb.
Song of Push Hands.
Interpretations by Lee N. Scheele
Song of the Thirteen
Movements
Song
of the Thirteen Postures. Anonymous. 4Kb
Song of the Thirteen
Postures. Translated by Benjamin Lo.
Song
of the Thirteen Postures. 12Kb.. Translated by Louis
Swaim.
Song of the Thirteen Postures.
Interpretations by Lee N. Scheele
Chang San-feng (circa 1350)
Chang San-feng Links, Bibliography, Quotes, Poems, Notes. 42Kb.
Quotations from the Taijiquan Classics
T'ai
Chi Ch'uan Ching (Treatise). By Chang, San-feng. 6Kb.
T'ai Chi Ch'aun Ching. Interpretations by Lee N. Scheele
Li I-yu (circa ?)
Essentials in the Practice of the Form and Push Hands. By Li, I-yu. 7Kb.
Essentials in the Practice of
the Form and Push Hands. Interpretations by Lee N. Scheele
Five
Character Secret. By Li, I-yu. 9Kb.
Five Character Secret.
Interpretations by Lee N. Scheele.
Plain Sayings on Each
Posture. By Li I-yu. Edited and translated by Peter Lim Tian Tek.
Principles in
Practicing the Form and Push Hands
Sparring Hands and
Walking Frame Essentials. Translated by Benjamin Lo.
Taijiquan Classics: In
Li I-yu's Handwritten Manuals. Edited and translated by Peter Lim Tian Tek. This is an outstanding collection of Tai Chi
Classics.
T'an Meng-hsien (circa ?)
Songs of the Eight Postures. By T'an, Meng-hsien. 7Kb.
Songs of the Eight Postures.
Interpretations by Lee N. Scheele
Wang Tsung-yueh (Wang Zong-yue) (circa 1750)
Tai Chi Tun By Wang Tsung-yueh.
The
Tai Chi Treatise. By Wang, Zong-yue. 13Kb.
Taijiquan Classic.
By Wang, Tsung-yueh. Translated by Robert W. Smith.
Treatise on T'ai Chi Ch'uan. Interpretation by Lee N. Scheele
Treatise on Tai Chi Chuan.
Translated by Knud Erik Andersen.
Treatise on T'ai Chi Chuan. By Wang, Tsung-yueh.
7Kb. Essay version.
Treatise on Taijiquan. By Wang, Tsung-yueh. 10Kb.
Verse version.
Wu Yu-xiang (Wu Yu-hsiang, Wu Yu-xian) (1812-1880)
Student of Yang Lu Chan
(Attributed by some to Wang Chung-yueh.)
Exposition of Insights Into the Practice of the Thirteen Postures. By Wu, Yu-hsiang. 6Kb.
Expositions of Instights into
the Practice of the Thirteen Postures. Interpretations by Lee N. Scheele
Mental
Elucidation of the Thirteen Postures. By Wu, Yu Xiang.
14Kb. Translation by
Louis Swaim.
Yang Cheng-fu (1883-1936)
Talks on the Practice of Taijiquan. By Yang, Cheng-fu. Recorded by Zhang Hong Kui. 9Kb.
Talks on the Practice of
Taijiquan
Ten Essentials of Tai Chi Theory. By Yang, Cheng-fu.
8Kb. Translated by Louis Swaim.
Ten Essential Points.
Interpretations by Lee N. Scheele
Ten
Important Points By Yang, Cheng-fu. 10Kb.
Ten Important Points
By Yang, Cheng-fu. 9Kb.
Ten Principles on Tai Chi Chuan
Words of Experience by Tung
Ying Chieh. Translated by Albert Tang.
Yang Cheng Fu's 10
Essentials. Narrated by Yang Cheng Fu. Recorded by
Chen Wei Ming. 8Kb.
Taijiquan Classics
General Works
Bibliography and Links
Advanced Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan. Volume One: Tai Chi Theory and Tai Chi
Jing. By Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming. Boston, Massachusetts, Yang's Martial Arts
Academy,
YMAA, 1986. Glossary, 276 pages. ISBN: Unknown.
The Art
of War. By Sun Tzu. Translated by Thomas Cleary.
Illustrated edition.
Shambhala, 2004. 224 pages. ISBN: 1590301854.
Beyond
the Closed Door: Chinese Culture and the Creation of T'ai Chi Ch'uan. By Arieh Lev Breslow. Almond Blossom Press, 1995. 399
pages. ISBN: 096447302X.
The Bodhisattva Warriors. The Origin, Inner Philosophy, History and
Symbolism of the
Buddhist Martial Art within India and China. By Shifu Nagaboshi Tomio
(Terence Dukes).
Boston, MA, Weiser Books, 1994. Index, bibliography, extensive notes, 527
pages. ISBN: 0877287856.
Chan San-Feng: Bibliography, Links, Quotes, Notes,
Classics. By Michael P. Garofalo.
Chen Style Taijiquan: Bibliography, Links, Quotes
Cheng Man-ch'ing
(1901-1975) Links, bibliography, a list of the movements in
the 37 movements short form of Master Cheng, quotations, and notes.
Chi Kung (Qigong, Dao-yin):
Bibliography, Guides, Lessons, Research
Chinese
Philosophy and Tai Chi Chuan. By Dan Docherty.
Cloud
Hands Blog: Qigong, Yoga, and Taijiquan. Often includes Taoist and
Buddhist
quotes, poems and commentary.
Dao De Ching by Lao Tzu:
Bibliography, Links, Notes
The
Dao of Taijiquan: Way to Rejuvenation. By Tsung Hwa Jou.
Charles E. Tuttle, 1998.
3rd Edition. 233 pages. ISBN: 0804813574. An outstanding
textbook on Tai Chi Chuan.
All styles are introduced and explained. A very informative introduction
to the philosophy
and practices of Tai Chi Chuan.
Drawing Silk: Master's Secrets for
Successful Tai Chi Practice. By Paul B. Gallagher. Fairview, North
Carolina, 2007. Bibliography, 246 pages. ISBN: 9781419663123.
Numerous classics and Taoist tales and lore are included in this
text. Originally published in 1988.
Eight
Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path. By Bhante
Henepola Gunaratana. Boston, Wisdom Publications, 2001. Index,
bibliography,
268 pages. ISBN: 0861711769. A clear and insightful
commentary on the
Eightfold Path of Buddhism. Refer also to the Eight
Precepts.
The
Essence of T'ai Chi Ch'uan: The Literary Tradition. Translated and
edited by
Benjamin Pang Jeng Lo; Martin Inn, Robert Amacker, and Susan Foe.
Berkeley,
California, North Atlantic Books, 1979, 1985. 100 pages. ISBN:
0913028630.
The
Essence of T'ai Chi. By Waysun Liao. Boston, Shambhala,
1995.
Shambhala Pocket Classics. 162 pages. ISBN: 1570620393.
The
Essence of T'ai Chi Ch'uan: The Literary Tradition. Translated and
edited by
Benjamin Pang Jeng Lo; Martin Inn, Robert Amacker, and Susan Foe.
Berkeley,
California, North Atlantic Books, 1979, 1985. 100 pages. ISBN:
0913028630.
The Five Character Secrets of Li Dongfeng. Translated by Paul
Dillon. Santa
Rosa, CA, Great Achievement Enterprises, 1996. 67 pages. No
ISBN. The Taoist sage Chen Hsi I (c 906-990) is reported to have created the
Liuhebafachuan
(Six Harmonies and Eight Methods Boxing) form while living near Mount Hwa
(Hwa Shan) in the north central province of Shasi. In later years, Li
Dongfeng
supposedly found manuscripts by Chen Hsi-I, The Five Character Secrets.
Liuhebafa
Five Character Secrets. Translated with comments by Paul Dillon.
Boston, MA, YMAA Publications, 2003. 168 pages. 11
illustrations. ISBN: 1886969728.
The Foundation of
Taijiquan. By Ma Hong. Translated by Tu-Ky Lam.
Green Paths in the Valley Blog
By Michael P. Garofalo. Often
includes Taoist and Buddhist quotes and commentary.
Instant
Tao: Tai Chi Chuan Discourse and Canon. By Dan
Docherty. ISBN: 01816474135.
Lao-tzu's
Taoteching. Translated by Red Pine (Bill Porter). Includes
selected commentaries of the past 2,000 years. Mercury House, San Francisco, 1996. 184
pages. ISBN: 1562790854.
Liuhebafa
Five Character Secrets. Translated with comments by Paul Dillon.
Boston, MA, YMAA Publications, 2003. 168 pages. 11
illustrations. ISBN: 1886969728.
Lost
T'ai-chi Classics from the Late Ch'ing Dynasty. By Douglas Wile.
State University of
New York Press, 1996. ISBN: 079142653X. Index, charts, bibliography,
233 pages. The
most detailed and scholarly account of Tai Chi Chuan classics available.
Analysis and
translation of many new texts. Outstanding contribution!
Mastering
Yang Style Taijiquan. Bu Fu Zongwen. Translated by Louis
Swaim. Berkeley,
California, North Atlantic Books, 1999. Glossary, bibliography, 226
pages. Translations
of many Tai Chi classics are included, with commentary, on pages: 180-218..
101 Reflections on Tai Chi Chuan. A Motivational Pocket Guide for Tai
Chi Chuan. By Michael Gilman. Boston, MA, YMAA Publication Center, 2000. 114
pages.
ISBN: 1886960868.
Philosophy
in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought.
By Geogre Lakoff and Mark Johnson. Basic Books, Perseu Books, 1999.
Index,
bibliography, 624 pages. ISBN: 0465056741.
"The mind is inherently embodied. Thought is mostly unconscious. Abstract concepts are
largely metaphorical."
The
Power of Ch'i. An introduction to Chinese mysticism and philosophy.
By Michael Page.
San Francisco, Thorsons, Harper Collins, 1988. Index, 128 pages.
ISBN: 1855383632.
Qigong: Links and Bibliography
Quotations from the Taijiquan Classics
Scholar
Boxer: Chang Naizhou's Theory of Internal Martial Arts and the Evolution
of Taijiquan. By Chang Niazhou. Translation and commentary by
Marnix Wells.
North Atlantic Books, 2004. 200 pages. ISBN: 1556434820. Chang
Naizhou, 1724-1783. The book includes photographs and illustrations.
Scholar
Warrior: An Introduction to the Tao in Everyday Life. By Deng
Ming-Dao. Harper
San Francisco, 1990. Index, bibliography, 351 pages. ISBN:
0062502328.
A
Source Book in Indian Philosophy. Edited by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
and Charles
A. Moore. Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1957. Index,
bibliography,
appendices, 684 pages. ISBN:0691019584.
Staff Weapons Links, bibliography, quotes,
notes.
A
String of Pearls. 108 Meditations on Tai Chi Chuan. By Michael
Gilman. Port Townsend, Turning Point Press, 1996. 103 pages.
ISBN: 0965216403.
Sun Style Taijiquan: Bibliography, Links, Quotes, Notes
Sword (Jian):
Links, bibliography, quotes, notes.
T'ai
Chi According to the I Ching: Emobodying the Principles of the Book of
Changes.
By Stuart Alve Oson. Inner Traditions, 2000. 240 pages.
ISBN: 0892819448.
T'ai Chi Ch'aun Classics.
Interpretations by Lee N. Scheele based upon the
translations of the Classics found in: The
Essence of T'ai Chi Ch'uan: The Literary Tradition.
This webapge is mirrored elsewhere.
The T'ai Chi Ch'uan Experience: Reflections and Perceptions on Body-Mind Harmony.
By Sophia Delza. Foreward by Robert Cummings Neville. State
University of New York
Press, 1996. Index, 330 pages. ISBN: 0791428982.
T’ai Chi Ch’uan For Health and
Self-Defense. Philosophy and Practice.
By Master T. T. Liang. Edited and with a foreword by Paul B. Gallagher.
Revised, expanded edition, 1977. New York, Vintage Books, 1974, 1977.
133 pages. ISBN: 0394724615.
T'ai Chi Ch'uan: Links and Bibliography
T'ai
Chi Classics. By Waysun Liao. New translations of three
essential texts of T'ai Chi Ch'uan with commentary and practical instruction by Waysun Liao.
Illustrated by the author. Boston, Shambhala, 1990. 210 pages. ISBN: 087773531X.
Tai Chi Classics.
Translated by Knud Erik Andersen.
T'ai
Chi's Ancestors: The Making of an Internal Art. By Douglas
Wile. Sweet Chi Press, 1999. ISBN: 0912059044.
Tai Chi for
Living - Classics Notes by Jan C. Childress.
Tai Chi
Secrets of the Ancient Masters. Translated by Yang
Jwing-ming. Edited by
Yang Jwing-ming and James C. O'Leary. Selected readings with
commentary on
Tai Chi Treasures. Jamaica Plain, MA, YMAA Publications, 1999.
128 pages.
ISBN: 188696971X.
Tai Chi
Secrets of the Wu Style: Chinese Classics, Translations, and Commentary.
By Yang Jwing-ming. Jamaica Plain, MA, YMAA Publications, 2002. 96
pages.
ISBN: 1886969175.
Tai Chi
Secrets of the Wu and Li Styles: Chinese Classics, Translations and
Commentary. By Yang Jwing-ming and Liang Qiang-ya. Jamaica
Plain,
MA, YMAA Publications, 2001. 121 pages. ISBN: 1886969981.
Tai Chi
Secrets of the Yang Style. Translated with commentary by Yang
Jwing-ming.
Translations and commentary on Chinese Classics. Boston, MA,
YMAA
Publications, 2001. Index, glossary, 192 pages. ISBN: 1886969094.
A translation of 49 documents by Yang, Ban-Hou (1837-1892) and by a few other Yang family members.
T'ai Chi
Sensing- Hands. A Complete Guide to T'ai Chi T'ui-Shou Training
from Original Yang Family Records. Translation and commentary by Stuart Alve Olson. Multi-Media Books, Division of CFW Enterprises, 1999.
Distributed by Unique Publications, Burbank, CA. First Edition. 280 pages. ISBN: 1892515156. Part of the Cehn Kung (Yearning K. Chen) T'ai Chi
Series.
Tai Chi
Touchstones: Yang Family Secret Transmissions. Compiled and translated
by Douglas Wile. Brooklyn, New York, Sweet Chi Press, 8th Edition, 1983. 159
pages.
ISBN: 091205901X.
Taijiquan: Bibliography and Links
The
Taijiquan Classics: An Annotated Translation. By Barbara Davis.
Includes a commentary by Chen Wei-ming. San Franscisco, North Atlantic Books, 2004.
Index,
notes, bibliography, 212 pages. MGC. ISBN:
1556434316.
Taijiquan Classics.
Edited and translated by Peter Lim Tian Tek. This is an outstanding and extensive collection of Tai Chi Classics.
Taijiquan Fundamentals
A variety of useful articles.
Taoism and
Philosophy of Tai Chi Chuan
Taoism: Links and Bibliography
The Tao
of the Tao Te Ching. A Translation and Commentary by Michael LaFargue.
State University of New York Press, 1992. Bibliography, 270 pages. ISBN:
0791409864.
The Tao of Zen. By Ray Grigg. Boston, Charles E. Tuttle, Inc.,
1994. Book Sales, 1999. Notes, 357 pages. ISBN: 0785811257.
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu:
Bibliography, Links, Notes
Valley Spirit Qigong:
Red Bluff, California. Instructor: Michael Garofalo, M.S.
Vitality,
Energy, Spirit: A Taoist Sourcebook. Translated and edited
by Thomas Cleary. Boston,
Shambhala, 1991. 281 pages.
WuWei Foundation: Tai Chi
Classics
Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan: Links, Bibliography,
Quotes, Form
Zhang Sanfeng: Bibliography, Links, Quotes, Notes,
Classics. By Michael P. Garofalo.
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