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<title>Chen Zi-Ming</title>

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About

(?-1951), seventeenth generation descendant of Chen clan, famous Taijiquan master, student of Chen Xin; in the 1920s and 30s Chen Ziming established several martials arts organizations in Huaiqing and other places in Henan Province, where he taught Taijiquan to many students.

Later, through Jiang Zicheng's recommendation (Jiang's father was a governor of Huaiqing before 1911), Chen Ziming went to Shanghai to teach martial arts. Apart from teaching, Chen Ziming wrote famous “Chen Family Taijiquan Method Passed Through Generations” (Chen Shi Shichuan Taijiquan Shu) and compiled old hand-written Chen clan manuscripts into “Boxing and Weapon Collection of Chen Family Passed Through Generations” (Chen Shi Shichuan Quan Xie Huibian). The latter one was mimeographed in several copies which Chen Ziming gave to his friends, Xu Zhen being one of them.

Works

Also see: Tai Chi Library