Ancient China · Daoist and Martial Artist

Zhang Sanfeng 張三峰

Attested AD 960 - AD 1279

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Sanfeng was a Daoist and Martial Artist.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 960 to AD 1279 宋
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 6

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Active in
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 6
At Wudang 武當 · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 6

Learning and skills

Skill inner-school boxing 內家 · Level founder
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 6

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 6

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 505Volume 505 Biographies 292: Yi Shu Si · 1 passage

內家者，起於宋武當道士張三峰，其法以靜制動，應手即僕，與少林之主於搏人者異，故別少林為外家。 The inner school began with the Wudang Daoist Zhang Sanfeng in the Song. Its art counters motion with stillness: one touch and the opponent goes down. Shaolin, by contrast, is built around overpowering an adversary, and so came to be called the outer school.