A Winding Path To Seclusion An Intimate Commprehension Of Vitality

Taijiquan sport, as a popular "philosophic boxing" at home and abroad, characterized by showing life vitality in martial world, with its unique charm of embodying oriental cultural life philosophy, is wide spread all over the globe.The internal motive which supports ahd impels Taijiquan sport is based on Chinese profound traditional culture kernel?Two Combine into One" of mankind and the universe.Firstly, at the level of mankind and nature, Taijiquan is based on"grand ultimate "; it is a philosophic concept referring to the Chaos in the beginning of the universe. Taijiquan is a kind of sport that expounds the intangible "grand ultimate"(universe) through the tangible "boxing" (mankind).Taijiquan is also called "thirteen-position" or "chang boxing(flowing boxing)". The movement of man's body entails the philosophy of "five-element" and "eight-diagram". The flowing movement symbolizes successively changing things in the universe.When it came into being and have developed, it had absorbed the thinking of keeping in good heath in Daoism. In both requirements and skills, it pursues "Two Combine into One" of mankind and the universe, according to the law of nature.From the angle of cultural connotation, Taijiquan can be seen as "imitative boxing" in special sense. In terms of movements ; positions ; names ; terms and the diagram of grand ultimate that stands for the universepattern and so on, which are coincident with the nature, it is a realization of cultural concept of returning to nature and a reflection of "Two Combine into One" of mankind and the universe.Secondly, at the level of mankind self, integrity thinking pattern formed in the development process of the thought of "Two Combine into One" of mankind and the universe deeply influenced Taijiquan. It is showed by pursuing of integrity of inside and outside of "small grand ultimate" in man's body and the life connotation of integrity of form and spirit.Integration of inside and outside is mainly realized by the harmony of movements outside and breath inside. It is realized by Taiji integrity with waist as a pivot and the harmony between movements and breath.Integration of form and spirit mainly realize the life connotation of the mixture form of outside and spirit inside brought by imagery thinking. Thus, Taijiquan is made up of three levels: "form charm"?will charm"?spirit charm".Thirdly, at the level of mankind and society, Taijiquan sport is a good way of cherishing individual life by establishing harmony among group and also a refection of "integration with the universe ", a part of "Two Combine into One" of mankind and the universe.The value and efficacy of Taijiquan sport are harmonious with the development and the need of the society.Taijiquan sport with its own features of movement method and life philosophy brings people a special enjoyment, cultivates their personality. It makes contribution to the promotion of quality of individual even the whole nation.In short, whether "pursing nature of human" in Daoism or "humanization of nature" in Confucianism, this thinking of "Two Combine into One" of mankind and the universe has been involved has influenced unobtrusively on Taijiquan. That thinking is philosophic basic and culturalfoundation of Taijiquan. It focuses on "small grand ultimate", pays attention to individual vitality and group cooperation spirit. This special "imitative boxing" with particular character of life connotation reflects the combination of "grand ultimate" and "boxing" and contains the natural life philosophy of comprehending vitality and life connotation of a winding path to seclusion.This paper contributes to reveal life philosophy of Taijiquan, rich people's spirit source, and construct basic cultural theory of Taijiquan.