Sun Lutang

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Sun Lutang

Sun Lutang ( Chinese  孫祿堂  /  孙禄堂 , Pinyin Sūn Lùtáng , W.-G. Sun Lu-t'ang , * 1861 in the historical district of Wán in the village of Dōngrènjiā, today Shunping , administratively part of Wangdu in the province of Hebei , China ; † 16 December 1933 ) was a master of Chinese internal martial arts ( Neijiaquan ) and founder of the Sun style of Taijiquan . In addition, he is considered a Neo-Confucian and Taoist scholar.

Sun Lutang was first known for his Xingyiquan and Baguazhang , which he learned from famous teachers of his time, Guo Yunshen and Cheng Tinghua . Only at the age of 50 did Sun Lutang learn the Wu-Hao style of Taijiquan from Hao Weizhen . On this basis he developed his own style of Taijiquan ( Sun Style Taijiquan ), in which he incorporated elements of Xingyiquan and Baguazhang.

Unlike most martial artists of his day, Sun Lutang was educated. He has published numerous books, which are still considered standard works for the internal martial arts, and which helped to establish the martial arts not only as an activity of the uneducated classes. The popularization of the division of the Chinese martial arts into internal and external styles is mainly due to him and his books.

literature

  • Sun Lutang: A study of Taijiquan . North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, California 2000, ISBN 1-55643-462-6 .
  • Sun Lutang: Xing yi quan xue: the study of form-mind boxing . Ed .: Dan Miller. High View Publications, Pacific Grove, California 1993, ISBN 0-86568-185-6 .
  • Sun Lutang: Classical Baguazhang: Sun Style Baguazhang: Bagua Quan Xue and Bagua Jian Xue . Smiling Tiger Martial Arts, 2002, ISBN 978-1-929047-38-3 .
  • Sun Lutang: The true essence of boxing . 1924.
  • Sun Lutang, Martin Bödicker: Sun Lutang on Tai Chi Chuan . CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2015, ISBN 978-1517125226

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Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Sun is the family name here, Lutang is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Sun, Lutang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 孫祿堂 (Chinese); Sūn Lùtáng (Pinyin); Sun Lu-t'ang (Wade-Giles)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Founder of the Sun style of Taijiquan
DATE OF BIRTH 1861
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1933