Chen Xiaoxing
01 · Lineage & Regional School
Chen Xiaoxing, Male, Han, from Jiaozuo, Henan, is a sixth-batch national representative bearer of Taijiquan (Ⅵ-11). The tradition is documented in Jiaozuo, Henan. Within the regional tradition and school record of Taijiquan in Jiaozuo, Henan: Taijiquan is a treasure of Eastern culture and an ancient and distinctive flower in the garden of Chinese martial arts; over the centuries it has given rise to many schools spread far and wide both at home and abroad, among them the Chen, Yang, Wu, Sun and He styles. Chen-style Taijiquan was created in the late Ming and early Qing dynasty by Chen Wangting, ninth-generation descendant of the Chen family of Chenjiagou in Wen County, Henan. Chen Wangting had served as commander of the local militia, and in his later years returned to his home village in retirement; taking the postures set out in the boxing treatise of Qi Jiguang's New Book of Discipline and Training, and drawing on the principles of yin, yang, opening and closing in the Book of Changes as well as on the methods of daoyin breathing and exhalation, he compiled them into a boxing set. From then on the art was practised by generation after generation in Chenjiagou, and by the time of the fourteenth-generation Chen Changxing it was settled into the first and second sets of the routine, and Yang Luzhan, who was not of the family name, was taught it — opening the beginning of the many schools that followed.
02 · Mastery & Signature Works
The bearer record for Chen Xiaoxing is anchored in the documented technical standards of Taijiquan in Jiaozuo, Henan. Within the documented technical tradition of Taijiquan in Jiaozuo, Henan: Taijiquan is a distinctive form of physical exercise that unites combat skill, strengthening of the body, fitness, benefit to the mind and cultivation of character, and it holds within it the profound content of Eastern philosophy. It brings into the martial arts the paired and unified contents of yin and yang, movement and stillness, front and back, presence and absence, form and spirit, and builds the body and keeps it fit through practice forms that accord with the laws of human movement, expressing the inexhaustible vitality of the Chinese nation. Representative repertoire, works and technical entries recorded for the project include: "The old frames and the pushing-hands books": The old first and second frames lead the syllabus along with pushing hands and weapons; the inheritors Wang Xi'an and Zhu Tiancai have published books and discs on them. "Silk-reeling spirals and spring power": Zhu Tiancai's art is soft outside and hard within, with silk-reeling spirals, alternating speed and a springing power used everywhere, especially in joint locking. "Chenjiagou and Chen Wangting": Created at the turn of the Ming and Qing by Chen Wangting of Chenjiagou in Wen county, the Chen style is the root from which the Yang, Wu, Wu (Hao), Sun and He schools later branched. "The lineages of Wang Xi'an and Zhu Tiancai": Wang Xi'an won over twenty national and provincial titles from 1972 and was the first to bring taiji to Japan and Europe; Zhu Tiancai studied under Chen Zhaopi and then Chen Zhaokui and has taught tens of thousands.
The old frames and the pushing-hands books
The old first and second frames lead the syllabus along with pushing hands and weapons; the inheritors Wang Xi'an and Zhu Tiancai have published books and discs on them.
Silk-reeling spirals and spring power
Zhu Tiancai's art is soft outside and hard within, with silk-reeling spirals, alternating speed and a springing power used everywhere, especially in joint locking.
Chenjiagou and Chen Wangting
Created at the turn of the Ming and Qing by Chen Wangting of Chenjiagou in Wen county, the Chen style is the root from which the Yang, Wu, Wu (Hao), Sun and He schools later branched.
The lineages of Wang Xi'an and Zhu Tiancai
Wang Xi'an won over twenty national and provincial titles from 1972 and was the first to bring taiji to Japan and Europe; Zhu Tiancai studied under Chen Zhaopi and then Chen Zhaokui and has taught tens of thousands.
03 · Transmission & Safeguarding Status
In 2025, Chen Xiaoxing was announced in the sixth batch of national representative bearers for Taijiquan, with Jiaozuo, Henan as the declared area. Within the documented safeguarding record of Taijiquan in Jiaozuo, Henan: The project was inscribed in the national inventory in 2006 (batch 1), with Jiaozuo, Henan as its declared area, and Jiaozuo Cultural Center (Jiaozuo Intangible Cultural Heritage Safeguarding Center) as its safeguarding unit. Since the project was inscribed in the national inventory, its declared area and safeguarding unit have carried out documentation, transmission and presentation within the national safeguarding framework. Together, the inventory record and the project archive form the public documentary basis for the bearer’s transmission practice.
04 · Associated Heritage Item Dossier
Historical origin
Chen-style Taijiquan was created in the late Ming and early Qing dynasty by Chen Wangting, ninth-generation descendant of the Chen family of Chenjiagou in Wen County, Henan. Chen Wangting had served as commander of the local militia, and in his later years returned to his home village in retirement; taking the postures set out in the boxing treatise of Qi Jiguang's New Book of Discipline and Training, and drawing on the principles of yin, yang, opening and closing in the Book of Changes as well as on the methods of daoyin breathing and exhalation, he compiled them into a boxing set. From then on the art was practised by generation after generation in Chenjiagou, and by the time of the fourteenth-generation Chen Changxing it was settled into the first and second sets of the routine, and Yang Luzhan, who was not of the family name, was taught it — opening the beginning of the many schools that followed.
05 · Fellow National Bearers Lineage
National representative bearers recorded under the same item code, ordered from the first to the sixth batch. Batch order is not a teacher–student relationship.
| Bearer | Declared area | Roster code | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yang Zhenhe | Yongnian, Hebei | 01-0041 | Other regional school |
| Han Huiming | Yongnian, Hebei | 01-0042 | Other regional school |
| Wang Xian | Jiaozuo, Henan | 01-0043 | Same declared area |
| Zhu Tiancai | Jiaozuo, Henan | 01-0044 | Same declared area |
| Yang Zhenguo | Yongnian, Hebei | 03-1207 | Other regional school |
| Chen Zhenglei | Jiaozuo, Henan | 03-1209 | Same declared area |
| Diweichuan | Yongnian, Hebei | 05-2537 | Other regional school |
| He Youlu | Wen, Henan | 05-2538 | Other regional school |
| Sun Wanrong | Xicheng, Beijing | — | Other regional school |
| Chen Peiju | Jiaozuo, Henan | — | Same declared area |
| Chen Xiaoxing | Jiaozuo, Henan | — | This page |
| Luan Xinchun | Baoding, Hebei | — | Other regional school |
| Li Jianfang | Ren, Hebei | — | Other regional school |
| Yao Zhiping | Yongnian, Hebei | — | Other regional school |
| Chen Bing | Jiaozuo, Henan | — | Same declared area |
06 · Archival Sources & Bibliography
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