Sun Lutang

Sun Lutang
孫祿堂
Portrait of the Chinese, neijia martial arts master Sun Lutang
BornSun Fuquan (孫福全)
1860 (1860)
Hebei, China
Died1933 (aged 72–73)
NationalityChinese
StyleSun-style tai chi,
Baguazhang
Xingyiquan
Teacher(s)Xingyiquan:
Li Kuiyuan (李魁元),
later Guo Yunshen (from 1882)
baguazhang:
Cheng Tinghua (from 1891)
Wu (Hao)-style tai chi:
Hao Weizhen (from 1911)
RankFounder of Sun-style tai chi
Founder of Sun-style baguazhang
WebsiteSun-style website
Sun Lutang
Traditional Chinese祿
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSūn Lùtáng
Wade–GilesSun Lu-t'ang
Sun Fuquan
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSūn Fúquán

Sun Lutang (1860-1933) was a master of Chinese neijia (internal) martial arts and was the progenitor of the syncretic art of Sun-style tai chi.[1] He was also considered an accomplished Neo-Confucian and Taoist scholar (especially of the I Ching), and was a distinguished contributor to the theory of internal martial arts through his many published works.[2]

Sun Lutang performing baguazhang.
  1. ^ Yip, Li (Faye) (April 1998). "Principles and Practice of Sun Style Tʻai Chi – TʻAI CHI The International Magazine of Tʻai Chi Chʻüan Vol. 22 No. 2". Tʻai Chi. Wayfarer Publications. ISSN 0730-1049.
  2. ^ Wile, Douglas (1995). Lost Tʻai-chi Classics from the Late Chʻing Dynasty (Chinese Philosophy and Culture). State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-2654-8.