Back دونگ هایچوان Persian Dong Haichuan French דונג האי צ'ואן HE Dong Haichuan Italian 董海川 Japanese Dong Haichuan Portuguese Đổng Hải Xuyên Vietnamese 董海川 Chinese
| 董海川 Dong Haichuan | |
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| Born | October 13, 1797 or October 13, 1813 Zhu village, Ju Jia Wu, Wen'an, Hebei, China |
| Died | October 25, 1882 (aged 85) or October 25, 1882 (aged 69) Beijing, China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Style | Luohanquan Erlangquan Fanziquan (unconfirmed) Hongquan (unconfirmed) Xingmenquan (unconfirmed) Jingangquan (unconfirmed) |
| Rank | Founder of Baguazhang |
| Notable students | Yin Fu (尹福), Ma Gui (马贵), Cheng Tinghua (程廷华), Liang Zhenpu (梁振蒲) |
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Dong Haichuan (13 October 1797 or 1813 – 25 October 1882) is regarded as a skillful martial artist and widely credited to be the founder of Baguazhang.[1] Most, if not all, existing schools of Baguazhang place Dong Haichuan at the beginning of their lineage. Some traditional teachers in China do not regard Dong as the founder, though, but merely as the first identified transmitter of Baguazhang knowledge to the wider public. In their opinion, prior to Dong, Baguazhang teaching was conducted behind closed doors from one Taoist to another within the Taoist sect.[2][3] There is no historical evidence of practicing Baguazhang among the Taoists prior to the modern era, however.
- ^ Nine Dragon Baguazhang Archived 20 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Liang Shou-yu, Yang Jwing-Ming, Wu Wen-Ching, "Baguazhang: Emei Baguazhang Theory and Applications" 1996.
- ^ Frank Allen, Tina Chunna Zhang, "The Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang: The Art and Legends of the Eight Trigram Palm 2007".