六合八法拳源流之研究

A Study on the Origin of Liuhe-Bafaquan

六合八法拳作为内家拳的一种,有着悠久的历史,但是关于六合八法拳的起源是一个值得关注的问题,本文针对目前已有的材料进行了梳理,并对现有的多种起源说法进行了分析与评述。认为六合八法拳为后人创编而伪托宋代陈抟老祖,吸取太极、形意、八卦等拳的特点不断发展而形成独特的地方性内家拳种。

As a sort of boxing among the internal-school boxing,liuhe-bafaquan(literally means six-harmony and eight-posture boxing) has a long history;however,its origin is an issue that deserves attention.This article makes some combing to the currently available materials and made analysis and commentary on multiple existing versions of origins.It deems that liuhe-bafaquan was composed by the later generation under name of ancestor Chen Tuan in the Northern Song Dynasty,absorbed the characteristics of taijiquan(a kind of traditional Chinese shadow boxing),xingyiquan(form-and-will boxing) and baguaquan(eight-diagram boxing),and developed constantly to form a unique local boxing sort that belongs to the internal school.