| （School of Physical Education，South China Normal University，Guangzhou 510006，China） Abstract: Both “the theory of Taoist ZHANG San-feng founding Tijiquan” highly believed by people in the late Qing dynasty, and “the theory of CHEN Wang-ting founding Taijiquan” put forward by scholar TANG Hao in the early 1930’s, have significantly deviated from the objective main course of evolution and development of Taijiquan techniques, lacking in paying attention to and probing into the origin of relationships objectively existing between the technical systems of Changquan with “32 boxing moves” established by QI Ji-guang in the Ming dynasty and recorded in his book titled Ji Xiao Xin Shu and Taijiquan maturing in the late Qing dynasty. Over the years the ex-ploration of the history of Taijiquan have fallen into a strange loop of worshipping immortals, drawing conclusions subjectively, describing characters groundlessly and even mystifying things deliberately. The history of evolution and development of Taijiquan originating from Changquan with “32 boxing moves” established by QI, being inher-ited as cannon fist boxing, and finally forming “13 moves”, was obviously neglected and twisted.
Key words: traditional national sports；origin of Taijiquan；32 moves；Changquan；cannon fist boxing |
