Wang Zongyue
Wang Zongyue was a legendary figure in the history of t'ai chi ch'uan (taijiquan). In some writings, Wang was a famous student of the legendary Zhang Sanfeng, a 13th-century Taoist monk credited with devising neijia in general and t'ai chi ch'uan in particular. Wang is also said to have resided in Tai-Gu County, Shan Xi Province in the middle of the 15th Century, and to have learned an early form of t'ai chi in the Jing-Tai Taoist Temple at Bao-ji County. Two who are said to be Wang's disciples, Chen Zouting and Jiang Fa, went on to make important contributions to the development of modern t'ai chi ch'uan. Wang is reputed to have authored ''The T'ai Chi Treatise'', alleged by the Wu brothers to have been found in Beijing as part of the ''Salt Shop Manuals'' in the mid 19th century. This treatise records many t'ai chi proverbs; among them: "four ounces deflect one thousand pounds" and "a feather cannot be added; nor can a fly alight". The ''T'ai Chi Treatise'' is among a ...
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Wang (surname)
Wang () is the pinyin romanization of Chinese, romanization of the common Chinese surnames (''Wáng'') and (''Wāng''). It is currently the list of common Chinese surnames, most common surname in mainland China, as well as the most common surname in the world, with more than 107 million worldwide.
[Public Security Bureau Statistics: 'Wang' Found China's #1 'Big Family', Includes 92.88m People]." 24 Apr 2007. Accessed 27 Mar 2012. Wáng () was listed as 8th on the famous Song Dynasty list of the ''Hundred Family Surnames.'' Wāng () was 104th of the ''Hundred Family Surnames''; it is currently the list of common Chinese surnames, 58th-most-common surname in mainland China. Wang is also a surname in several European countries.

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