Sun Lutang

{{Short description|Chinese martial artist}}

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{{Infobox martial artist

| name = Sun Lutang
{{nobold|孫祿堂}}

| image = 1930 sun lutang.jpg

| caption = Portrait of the Chinese, neijia martial arts master Sun Lutang

| birth_name = Sun Fuquan (孫福全)

| birth_date = {{BirthDeathAge|B|1860| | |1933| | |yes}}

| birth_place = Hebei, China

| death_date = {{BirthDeathAge| |1860| | |1933| | |yes}}

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| nationality = Chinese

| style = Sun-style tai chi,
Baguazhang
Xingyiquan

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| teacher = Xingyiquan:
Li Kuiyuan (李魁元),
later Guo Yunshen (from 1882)
baguazhang:
Cheng Tinghua (from 1891)
Wu (Hao)-style tai chi:
Hao Weizhen (from 1911)

| rank = Founder of Sun-style tai chi
Founder of Sun-style baguazhang
Founder of Sun-style xingyiquan

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| website = [http://www.suntaichi.com/sunlutang.html Sun-style website]

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|s = {{linktext|孙|禄|堂}}

|t = {{linktext|孫|祿|堂}}

|p = Sūn Lùtáng

|w = Sun Lu-t'ang

|altname = Sun Fuquan

|c2 = {{linktext|孫|福|全}}

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|p2 = Sūn Fúquán

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{{Chinese martial arts}}

Sun Lutang (1860-1933) was a master of Chinese neijia (internal) martial arts and was the progenitor of the syncretic art of Sun-style tai chi.{{cite journal|last=Yip|first=Li (Faye)|title=Principles and Practice of Sun Style Tʻai Chi – TʻAI CHI The International Magazine of Tʻai Chi Chʻüan Vol. 22 No. 2|journal=Tʻai Chi |publisher=Wayfarer Publications|date=April 1998|issn=0730-1049}} He was also considered an accomplished Neo-Confucian and Taoist scholar (especially of the I Ching), and was a distinguished contributor to the theory of internal martial arts through his many published works.{{cite book|last=Wile|first=Douglas|title=Lost Tʻai-chi Classics from the Late Chʻing Dynasty (Chinese Philosophy and Culture)|publisher=State University of New York Press|year=1995|isbn=978-0-7914-2654-8}}

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| caption1 = Sun Lutang standing in xingyiquan's San Ti Shi stance.

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| caption2 = Sun Lutang performing baguazhang.

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