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Lost T'ai-chi Classics from the Ch'ing Dynasty (Suny Series, Chinese Philosophy & Culture) | 
 enlarge | Author: Douglas Wile
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Category: Book
List Price: £23.25
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 348764
Media: Paperback
Pages: 233
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 0.5
ISBN: 0791426548
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7148
EAN: 9780791426548
ASIN: 0791426548
Publication Date: January 19, 1996
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An Advanced Western Perspective May 22, 2006
William S. Dockens (Denmark)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Douglas Wile's T'ai Chi's Ancestors and Lost T'ai-ch'i Classics from the Late Ch'in Dynasty deserve to be treated as a pair and included in every serious student's library. They are unique in that they not only present previously secret, advanced concepts to Western readers; they introduce a much needed, well balanced, Western perspective to T'ai Ch'i martial arts literature. Readers, East and West, should be cautioned however. These are advanced texts that require a great deal of thought and careful analysis to be appreciated.
William S. Dockens III PhD.
 Very good book... July 5, 2005
Mr. Darren P. Hammond
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is good... very good but sometimes it seemed to follow an agenda in proscribing the invention of systems to particular people or the use of them in particular areas...Well worth the read and would recommend it.
Absolutely essential reading for all Tai Chi Chuan students. May 21, 2002
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
As well as new information on the 'classics' this book sheds much light on the true 'origins' of Tai chi (Tai Chi's Ancestors by the same author also helps greatly). Being a very scholarly work it is not an easy read but it repays the effort working through it. If you do not have a copy of the tai chi 'classics' yet, then get this one first. It is worth the money for the translations alone.
The best translation of the classics ever. January 26, 2002
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is the best translation of the classics ever, it is clear
and well written and contains previously unknown information.
Both beginers and advanced tai chi practitioners will benifit from it.
If you only get one translation of the taiji classics ever...........this is it.
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