Chen Qingping


Chen Qingping or Ch'en Ch'ing-p'ing was a 15th generation descendant and 7th generation master of the Chen Family. He was also the 7th generation successor of the Zhaobao style of Tai Chi. He was an influential martial artist and teacher of taijiquan.
He was married to a woman from the Zhaobao village, only a few miles north east of the Chen Village ; the home of the Chen Family famous for their martial arts. He has also been said to have learned the small-frame Chen style developed by Chen Youben, but no evidence exists to support this assertion.
After moving to the Zhaobao Village, Chen Qingping learned Zhaobao taijiquan from Zhang Yan, who was the 6th generation master of the Zhaobao Tai Chi lineage. Due to the difficulty of mastering any one style of Tai Chi, and given the fact that Zhang Yan was said to have praised one of Chen Qingping's best students, He Zhaoyuan, it seems clear that Chen Qingping taught Zhaobao Tai Chi in more or less a pure form
His main disciple He Zhaoyuan passed on this art which later developed into He family Taijiquan. Another disciple, Li Jingyan, created the Hulei style Taijiquan by combining his art with other martial arts popular in the local area where he lived.
Chen Qingping is also credited as one of the teachers of Wu Yuxiang who later developed the Wu/Hao style taijiquan, sometimes referred to as the "Scholar-style of Taijiquan". Wu Yuxiang was recommended to Chen Qingping by Wu Yuxiang's primary teacher, Yang Luchan.

T'ai chi ch'uan lineage tree with Zhaobao focus