简_武当太虚拳简介_History of Wudang Taixu Quan

         据明末清初黄宗羲所撰《王征南墓志铭》记载：张三峰是北宋末年(公元年960 - 1127年)武当山道士。宋徽宗召他入京，途中遇到贼人，他夜里梦到玄武大帝传授内家拳法。

         过了百年后，太极拳分为南北两派。张松溪、王征南等为南派，王宗岳、陈长兴等为北派。南派太极拳，在清代经雍正传入皇宫，在皇宫内秘传，称太虚拳。

太虛拳与太极拳同源异流，其理均一，唯太虚主先天(未知)，太极(多极)主后天（已知），太虚即无极，阴阳未分，浑然鼓荡，一气于其间，是根据宇宙河图洛书数理及其阴阳生化之机而构造此拳。此拳动作以体松柔和为主，每一动作均以圆圈动转，连环不断。本拳发劲时可分柔劲与刚劲，柔劲为单劲，刚劲为六劲，发六劲时需运气用截劲。极能生劲，自极成劲，成于心定。

此外，太虛拳根据无极造化，经浩然之气，练习时用意不用力，纯以柔和运动，强健内脏，不长肌肉，使“精一”归于丹田，使得真元固守，六气调和，水火既济而生神明，百官守职，疾病不生，寿元长远。因此，对本拳的练习本为优良的养生之术。

本拳由武当道士张三峰所创，后相传到张松溪、邱元靖（清），清之雍正年间（公元1678年—1735年）传入皇宫内，以后在皇宫内秘传，经历乾隆、嘉庆、道光、咸丰年代，再由咸丰之皇叔（公元1851年—1861年）传给当时在京伍德文先生之组伍荣羽翁（钦赐蓝顶拖翎、“直隶厅衔”赐“荣封二世”龙匾一直悬挂在新会南山伍氏祠至文革时被毁）。后经伍荣羽相传至伍文兆，再传伍学卫，再传至伍德文，数代家传。

According to the Wang Zhengnan epitaph records written in late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, Zhang Sanfeng was a Wudang Mountain Taoist priests during late Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127) , who invented Wudang Quan (Famous and influential Chinese Boxing).         

After a hundred years, Wudang Quan is divided into two streams, North (Taiji Quan) and South (Wudang Quan).  In early Qing dynastic （1678—1735）, Wudang Taixu Quan was submitted to the Emperor, Yongzheng, and since then it could only be practiced by the Emperor and his Palace Members.   Wudang Quan was inherited to four consecutive Emperors until Xianfeng （1851—1861）.  During this era an uncle of the Emperor imparted Wudang Taixu Quan to his very good friend, Mr. Rongyu Weng (great grandfather of Mr. Wu Dewen,伍德文先賢), who was doing business and offering medical service in Beijing from Guangdong. 

                      Until and after 1941, Mr Wu Dewen (1884 - 1974) started to teach Wudang Taixu Quan to his disciples in Jiangmen Guangdong.