Digest Number 1081

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Rey,

 

> Do you know where I can get the untranslated

> Chinese version of Cheng

> Tzu's Thirteen Treatises on Tai Ch'i Ch'uan ?

 

It's out of print as far as I know.

It was published in Taiwan in the 1950s

or 60s as I recall. It's pretty hard to

come by.

 

> found a translated

> copy of his book early this year in a second

> hand bookshop in a place

> called Eltham which is one of the green leafy

> alternative places

> outside of Melbourne and I found it very

> useful. I just would like to

> access some of the original concepts from the

> Chinese original.

 

There have been at least two or three

translations, and I caution you that

there are at least two versions of the

book in Chinese. One is called Zheng Zi's

Thirteen Treatises on Taijiquan. The other

is something like Zheng Zi's New Self

Study Method of Taijiquan. They are

not the same text.

 

The North Atlantic Books edition published

in 1985 and translated by Ben Lo and Martin

Inn is based on the original Thirteen

Treatises book.

 

 

>

> Also , I would be interested to read some of

> your current research on

> the origins of the Qi, if this is possible. I

> am also looking at how

> this concept translates into biomedical culture

 

A good deal of this is available in

A Brief History of Qi, at least as

far as the linguistic, literary,

and philosophical origins of qi

are concerned.

 

 

> . I am also trying to

> get a copy of your book " Who can Ride the

> Dragon " . I could not find it

> from the Melbourne University BAillieu

> Library.

 

You should be able to get both books

from the Paradigm website or from

the Redwing website.

 

www.paradigm-pubs.org

www.redwingbooks.org

 

Let me know if you continue to have

trouble finding any of these titles

and I'll see if I can help.

 

Best,

 

Ken