The Research Of The Confucian Doctrine Of The Mean’s Influence On Chen-style Taijiquan

In the process of two thousands years history of civilization development, Confucianism as the core and dominant of Chinese traditional culture, which has been regarded as the orthodox culture and permeates every aspect of social life subtly. Taijiquan as Chinese “business card”, which contains noble morality, self—defense effect, significant health effect, elegant aesthetic art. The author chooses Confucian doctrine of the Mean and Chen-style Taijiquan as the research object to fully excavate Confucian doctrine of the Mean’s influence on Chen-style Taijiquan and seek roots of Chen-style Taijiquan in the perspective of confucianism.The paper uses literature, field research, expert interviews and logical analysis methods to analyze the cultural connotation of Confucian doctrine of the Mean and its impact on people and society, then, the author analyzes the development vein of the Chen-style Taijiquan, characteristics and practicing law. On the basis of having a comprehensive understanding of the Confucian doctrine of the Mean and Chen-style Taijiquan, the author analyzes the Confucian doctrine of the Mean’s influence on Chen-style Taijiquan combing with personal experience in the process of practicing it.The study found that Confucian doctrine of the Mean’s influence on Chen-style Taijiquan is embodied in the takenori, boxing theory, offensive and defensive skills, mind cultivation, harmonious beauty, negative effect and other effects. In addition to this, this paper indicates that all of these effects exhaustive the breath of the Confucian doctrine of the Mean showing the imprint of oriental traditional culture.Through the study of the Confucian doctrine of the Mean’s influence on Chen-style Taijiquan, we can have a better understanding of the relationship between the Confucian doctrine of the Mean and the Chen-style Taijiquan, which is of great significance in the field of the cultural connotation of Chen-style Taijiquan, deepen the understanding of it and broaden the research field of Chen-style Taijiquan.