A lot of people, including Feng Shui masters, make a mistake in the name of the great Daoist Chen Tuan 陳摶。They erroneously call him Chen Bo 陳搏 (in Cantonese, Chan Bok). This is because the two characters look very similar.
Tuan 摶 means to touch.
Bo 搏 means to fight.
In the next article I will write in more details about the name of the great Daoist.
JY
4 comments:
Thank you for your generous sharing and it is so enlightening
The issue of Chen 'tuan' or 'bo' and the topics linked to him ...and why, is a subject worth unwrapping.
For the teacher Chen, or the Song Dynasty, there exists about 5 differing health and martial exercises claiming him as an origin. Use of the name 'bo' would then become significant. There is a martial exercise of note: common named: 心意六合八法拳 or as secular: 華嶽希夷門 [sometimes joined]. A teacher to the public 吳翼翬 contracted a stone carved memorial 石刻 紀念館 陳摶 placed in zhongling 鍾靈山 or guilin 桂林. I have never found this plaque on any chinese site. http://www.liuhebafachuan.com/history2.html
http://waterspirit6x8.tripod.com
The issue of Chen 'tuan' or 'bo' and the topics linked to him ...and why, is a subject worth unwrapping.
For the teacher Chen, or the Song Dynasty, there exists about 5 differing health and martial exercises claiming him as an origin. Use of the name 'bo' would then become significant. There is a martial exercise of note: common named: 心意六合八法拳 or as secular: 華嶽希夷門 [sometimes joined]. A teacher to the public 吳翼翬 contracted a stone carved memorial 石刻 紀念館 陳摶 placed in zhongling 鍾靈山 or guilin 桂林. I have never found this plaque on any chinese site. http://www.liuhebafachuan.com/history2.html
http://waterspirit6x8.tripod.com
The issue of Chen 'tuan' or 'bo' and the topics linked to him ...and why, is a subject worth unwrapping.
For the teacher Chen, or the Song Dynasty, there exists about 5 differing health and martial exercises claiming him as an origin. Use of the name 'bo' would then become significant. There is a martial exercise of note: common named: 心意六合八法拳 or as secular: 華嶽希夷門 [sometimes joined]. A teacher to the public 吳翼翬 contracted a stone carved memorial 石刻 紀念館 陳摶 placed in zhongling 鍾靈山 or guilin 桂林. I have never found this plaque on any chinese site.
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