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Chen Wangting

陈王廷

Born 1600 (age 426)

Chen Wangting was a 17th-century Ming Dynasty military officer from Chenjiagou, Henan Province, credited as the founder of Taijiquan. Drawing from his martial arts training, Taoist philosophy, and traditional Chinese medicine, he created a system of combat and health cultivation that would evolve into one of the world's most practiced mind-body disciplines.

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Chenjiagou 陈家沟

Central China

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Level master
Status deceased
Born 1600

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