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"Thisbook，T'aiChiCh'uanTaWen，waswrittensixtyyearsagobyProfessorCh'enWei-ming，whowasafamousexponentoftheYangstyleT'aiChiCh'uanandastudentofthegreatmaster，YangCheng-fu.In1927heestablishedtheChihJouSchoolinShanghaiwherehetaughtmanystudents.AtthattimehesawhowpopularT'aiChiCh'uanwasbecomingandhewasconcernedthatifitbecameafaditwouldloseitsoriginalspirit.Intheprocessofitsbeingspread，itsprincipleswouldbeforgottenormixedwithotherforms，thusleadingtothelossofanimportantpartofitsessence.Therefore，thisbookisbasedonlyonwhatProfessorCh'enheardinhisteacher'sclasses.Thequestionsarehisownpersonalquestions."-BenjaminPangJengLo，fromtheIntroduction