- See Matsuda Ryûchi, Zhongguo wushu shilüe, p. 129.
- See Quan jing, Quan fa beiyao, 1.18b, 2.19a. See also Yihequan yundong qiyuan
tansuo, p. 89; “Meihua quan” in Zhongguo wushu baike quanshu, p. 122; and Chuan-
tong Shaolin quan taolu jiaocheng, 1:409–453. - See Yihequan yundong qiyuan tansuo, pp. 83–88; and Zhou Weiliang, Zhong-
guo wushu shi, pp. 86–88. - The manual is reproduced in Yihequan yundong qiyuan tansuo, pp. 163–169.
See also Esherick, Origins of the Boxer Uprising, p. 149. - See Naquin, Millenarian Rebellion in China, p. 31. See also Esherick, Origins
of the Boxer Uprising, p. 149. - See Yihequan yundong qiyuan tansuo, pp. 83–102; Esherick, Origins of the
Boxer Uprising, pp. 148–155; and Zhou Weiliang, Zhongguo wushu shi, pp. 86–88.
3 3. This is a reference to the ten principles of Shaolin close-range striking,
which are elaborated in Quan jing Quan fa beiyao, 1.10b –13a. - This is an allusion to the Zhuangzi: “When Confucius was on his way to Ch’u,
he passed through a forest where he saw a hunchback catching cicadas with a sticky
pole as easily as though he were grabbing them with his hand.” See Watson, Complete
Works of Chuang Tzu, 19.199.
3 5. Yang Youji was a fabulous archer of the Spring-and-Autumn period state of
Chu. - Quan jing, Quan fa beiyao, preface, 1a–2a.
- This is a reference to the Zhuangzi: “To pant, to puff, to hail, to sip, to spit
out the old breath and draw in the new, practicing bear-hangings and bird-stretchings
(xiong jing niao shen), longevity his only concern—such is the life favored by the
scholar who practices gymnastics (daoyin), the man who nourishes his body, who
hopes to live to be as old as Pengzu.” See Watson, Complete Works of Chuang Tzu,
15.167–168 (slightly altered). - Lin Qing, Hong xue yinyuan tuji, section 1. On Lin Qing, see Hummel, Emi-
nent Chinese of the Ch’ing period, pp. 506–507. - Wen Yucheng (Shaolin fanggu, p. 355) speculates that Lin Qing’s visit occa-
sioned the mural’s painting. Liu Baoshan’s Taguo school of Shaolin fighting claims to
teach only those forms that are shown in the fresco. See Ching, “13,000 Warriors of
Taguo,” p. 49. - Compare Qi Jiguang, Jixiao xinshu: shiba juan ben, 14.227–230; He Liangchen,
Zhenji, 2.26–27; Zheng Ruoceng, Jiangnan jing lüe, 8a.3b–4a; and Tang Shunzhi, Wu
bian, qianji, 5.37b. See also Cheng Dali, “Mingdai wushu,” pp. 66 –70. - Tang Shunzhi, Wu bian , qianji, 5.37b–39b.
- See Cao Wenming’s introduction to Qi Jiguang’s Jixiao xinshu: shiba juan
ben, pp. 4–5. On Qi Jiguang, see Goodrich, Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1:220–224;
and Huang, 1587 A Year of No Significance, pp. 156–188. - Wile, T’ai-chi’s Ancestors, p. 19. The original is Qi Jiguang, Jixiao xinshu:
shiba juan ben, 14. 22 9. - Wile, T’ai-chi’s Ancestors, p. 19. The original is Qi Jiguang, Jixiao xinshu:
shiba juan ben, 14. 22 9 –23 0.
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