Xie Quan has the missing moves seen in Chen TJQ Yi Lu
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:47 pm
The set I am talking about is not seen until 1:15 and a piece of each of the 6 sections in shown until 1:55/
I have already proved in my book "Hidden History of the Chinese Internal Martial Arts" (available on Amazon) that Chen TJQ Yi Lu set closely follows in the same sequences all the postural movements of the Shaolin Taizhu Quan 32 postures Chang Quan set, What's missing is from this Shaolin set but found in Chen TJQ Yi Lu is a series of postural movements found in the set shown in this video. All the missing movement are found IN SEQUENCE in the form shown in this video. THUS, Chen Yi Lu is a combination of Shaolin TaiZhu Quan and this Shaolin Xin Yi Hu Quan set (also known as Xie Quan).
In 1984, Jia Zhaoxuan published a book in Henan province titled Shaolin Wushu (少林武术) presenting a routine named “Xinyi Quan” (Heart Mind Boxing). Jia Zhaoxuan declares that his family was in possession of this boxing method since one of his ancestors, Jia Shuwang, learned Shaolin Quan in the monastery. Jia Zhaoxuan explains that his ancestor had hand copied an old manuscript in the monastery that described this set. This event occurred during the reign of the Xangxi Emperor (1662-1723), around the time of Chen Wangting’s death. The set has the same sequences of techniques as Chen Taiji Yi Lu (first form), the techniques have the same names, with numerous and definite analogies.
(Note: this routine is very similar to the Qi Jia Quan 32 Postures routine practiced by descendents of Ming dynasty General Qi Jiguang. According to “The Biography of Zhang Songxi” in The Government Records and Annals of Ningbo City from 1683 kept in the Siming area of Zhejiang, this routine was also influenced by the teachings of Zhang Songxi, A version of this set can still be found in the Siming Nei Jia Quan system.)
According to T. Dufresne & J. Nguyen, a Henan Shaolin master named “Zhang Aijun told us he knew this sequence as “Xie Quan” (斜拳 - Oblique Boxing) and was practiced in Zhengzhou (郑州) and its environs. Zhengzhou is a major city about fifty kilometers northeast of Shaolin, about forty kilometers to the east of the village of Chen (陈家 句) and the town of Zhaobao (赵堡镇). We ourselves have noted that Jia Songan (贾松安), grand-son of Jia Zhaoxuan, this linage is currently in Kaifeng (开封) and Jiazhai (贾寨) under the name of ‘Shaolin Xiexingquan’ (少林斜行 拳) – Shaolin Slanted Walking Boxing, or ‘Xiexingquan of the old school of Shaolin Xinyi’ (少林古传心意邪行拳).
Aijun Zhang cited two other professors, now deceased, who taught the Xiequan. These are Zhang Rulin (张儒林) from Xingyang (荥阳), twenty kilometers from Zhengzhou, and Li Xinfa (李新发) from Zhengzhou.”
If one lists the names of the techniques that are in common to both Shaolin Xiexing Quan and Taiji Quan, there are more than twenty names, which is far beyond coincidence:
Ao - 拗,
Bai He Liang Xi - 白 鹤 晾 翅,
Bai She Tu Xin - 白 蛇 吐 信,
Da Hu - 打 虎,
Dan Bian - 單 鞭,
Er Qi Jiao - 二 起 腳,
Gao Tan Ma - 高 探 馬,
Hui Tou Wang Yue - 回 頭 望 月,
Jingang Dao Dui - 金 剛 搗 碓,
Jin Ji Du Li - 金 雞 獨 立,
Kua Hu - 跨 虎,
Lianhuan Chui - 連 環 捶 / Lianhuan Pao - 連 環 炮,
Long Chu Hai- 龍 出 海 / Long Chu Shui - 龍 出 水,
Qian Hou - 前 后,
Qixing - 七星,
Shi Zi Jiao - 十 字 脚,
Shi Zi Shou - 十 字 手,
Tong Bei - 通 背,
Wangong She Hu - 彎 弓 射 虎,
Xie Xing - 斜 行,
Ye Ma Fen Zong - 野 馬 分 鬃,
Yuanhou Xian Guo - 猿 猴 献 果,
Yunding - 雲 頂 / Baiyun Gai Ding - 白 雲 蓋 頂,
Yunü - 玉 女, etc.
Xiexing Quan / Xinyi Quan postures, which includes other terms related to Chen Taiji Quan, such as Green Dragon Rises from Water, Subdue Tiger, and more..
Continues T. Dufresne & J. Nguyen, “As we have already said, this Xiequan has the same structure and the same techniques as in sequences of the Chen style Taiji Quan Yi Lu. However, the punch and its repetitions [found in the Chen and Yang styles] are absent, as in the style of Taiji Quan Zhaobao. If the punch has been added to the Taiji Quan, after its separation from the Xiequan, this addition is necessarily old. This punch is already in the Chenshi Quan Xie (Compendium of Boxing and Weapons of Chen-Style - 陈氏拳械普), a manuscript which preserves the old lists of sequences of Chen Style Taiji Quan. Therefore Xiequan is a close relative of either Zhaobao or Chen style as it was formerly practiced. Note that this sequence is sometimes taught by practitioners of Changshi Wuji (苌氏 武技) (a boxing widespread in the area, claiming Chang Naizhou 苌乃周, 1724-1783). However, we do not believe that this is its origin. Indeed, Xiequan techniques are quite different from those of Changshi Wuji that are particularly
characteristic.”
Thus, Shaolin Xiexing Quan and Zhaobao / Chen Taiji Quan may both have descended from the same ancestral root style or Xiexing may have descended from the same ancestor as Taiji Quan. Some researchers think that this Shaolin Xiexing Quan set may be a version of a Tongbei Xing Quan set that Xinyi Quan master Ji Longfeng had learned at Qianzai Temple, introducing it to Shaolin during his visits (again connecting the origins of Xinyi Quan and Chen Taiji Quan and suggesting that the two styles were drawing from the same original sources). According to ancient Tongbi and Tongbei quanpu manuals, Tongbei Quan was developed in the early 1500s using Shaolin Quan as a base, as shall be explained later in this book. There are also the Ji Longfeng influenced sets of Changhua Xinyimen (长护心意门) and Xinyiba (心意把) in Shaolin Quan. Also, note that such people as the eighth century AD (the Tang dynasty) philosopher Xu Xuanping (許宣平) developed a Chang Quan 長拳 or Long Boxing of 37 forms, which featured postures named: Play the Pipa, Single Whip, Step up to Seven Stars, Jade Lady Works the Shuttles, High Pat on Horse; and White Crane (originally Phoenix) Cools Wing. Thus, sharing the same posture names as found in Shaolin Xie Quan and Chen / Yang Taiji Quan.