Long River Reading List
“A few selections out of a much larger number of worthwhile books” - Wolfe
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Master Cheng's New Method of Taichi Ch'uan Self-Cultivation, Cheng Man Ch'ing.
Translated by Mark Hennessy. Frog, Ltd., 1999
Contains introductory text by Professor Cheng Man Ch'ing
along with photographs (and descriptions) of the movements and postures.
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There Are No Secrets: Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing and his Tai Chi Chuan, Lowenthal,
Wolfe. North Atlantic Books, 1991
The essence of Wolfe and Long River Tai Chi Circle’s approach.
A true modern classic that focuses on the deeper philosophical, psychological, and physiological issues of taichichuan.
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The Essence of T'ai Chi Ch'uan: The Literary Tradition, Lo, Benjamin Pang
Jeng; Inn, Martin; Amacker, Robert; and Foe, Susan. North Atlantic Books,
1979
The “Tai Chi Classics” as translated by one of Cheng Man Ch'ing’s senior students.
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Gateway to the Miraculous: Further Explorations in the Tao of Cheng Man- ch'ing,
Lowenthal, Wolfe. Frog, Ltd., c/o North Atlantic Books, 1994
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Like a Long River: Some Taichi Thoughts,
Lowenthal, Wolfe. 2006
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Tao: The Watercourse Way
by Alan Watts (Author), Al Chung-liang Huang;
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Lao-Tzu Te-Tao Ching; translated by Robert Henricks; Ballantine Books
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Tai Chi Chuan; by Cheng Man-ching; North Atlantic Books
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Tai Chi; by Cheng Man-ching & Robert Smith; Tuttle
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Cheng Tzu's Thirteen Treatises on Tai Chi Chuan; by Cheng Man-ching,trans. By
Benjamin Lo and Martin Inn; North Atlantic Books
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Lao-Tzu: "My Words Are Very Easy to Understand;" (Professor Cheng's commentary
on the Tao Teh Ching); North Atlantic Books
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I Ching; translated by Richard Wilhelm; Pantheon Books
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The Four Books of Confucius; translated by James Legge; Culture Book Co
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Zen in the Art of Archery; Eugen Herrigel; Vintage Books
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The Way of Chuang Tzu; Thomas Merton; New Directions