Yang Jianhou

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yang.
杨健侯
Yang Jianhou
Born 1839 (1839)
China
Died 1917 (aged 77–78)
Style Yang-style taijiquan
Notable students Yang Chengfu (杨澄甫),
Tian Zhaolin (田兆麟)
Yang Jianhou
Traditional Chinese 楊健侯
Simplified Chinese 杨健侯

Yang Jianhou (1839–1917), or Yang Chien-hou, was the younger son of the founder of Yang-style t'ai chi ch'uan, Yang Lu-ch'an, and a well known teacher of the soft style martial art of t'ai chi ch'uan (taijiquan) in late Qing dynasty China.[1] Yang's older brother, Yang Pan-hou, was the senior of Jianhou's generation, and also an important instructor of t'ai chi ch'uan.[2] Yang Jianhou's sons Yang Chengfu and Yang Shao-hou were also famous teachers of t'ai chi ch'uan.[1][3]

T'ai chi ch'uan lineage tree with Yang-style focus

References

  1. 1 2 Wile, Douglas (1995). Lost T'ai-chi Classics from the Late Ch'ing Dynasty (Chinese Philosophy and Culture). State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-2654-8.
  2. ↑ Wu, Kung-tsao (2006) [1980]. Wu Family T'ai Chi Ch'uan (吳家太極拳). Chien-ch’uan T’ai-chi Ch’uan Association. ISBN 0-9780499-0-X.
  3. ↑ Wile, Douglas (1983). Tai Chi Touchstones: Yang Family Secret Transmissions. Sweet Ch'i Press. ISBN 978-0-912059-01-3.


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