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On the mountain, a tree:
The image of DEVELOPMENT.
Thus the superior man abides in dignity and virtue,
In order to improve the mores.
The tree on the mountain is visible from afar, and its development influences the landscape of the entire region. It does not shoot up like a swamp plant; its growth proceeds gradually. Thus also the work of influencing people can be only gradual. No sudden influence or awakening is of lasting effect. Progress must be quite gradual, and in order to obtain such progress in public opinion and in the mores of the people, it is necessary for the personality to acquire influence and weight. This come about through careful and constant work on one's own moral development.
I Ching, 53. Development (Gradual Progress)
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Tai Chi Related
Hsu, Fun Yuen translated by Elizabeth Wenscott, An Investigation Into the Methods of Practice
To be purchased by Elizabeth Wenscott
Brian Kennedy and Elizabeth Guo, Chinese Martial Arts Training Manuals, A Historical Survey
ISBN=9781583941942
Cheng Man Ch'ing translated by Lo and Inn,
Cheng Tzu's Thirteen Treatises on T'ai Chi Ch'uan
ISBN=0938190458
Wile, Douglas,
Master Cheng's Thirteen Chapters on T'ai Chi Ch'uan
ISBN=0912059001
Wile, Douglas,
Tai chi Touchstones: Yang Family Secret Transmissions
ISBN=091205901X
Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing and his Tai Chi Chuan by Wolfe Lowenthal,
There Are No Secrets
ISBN=1556431120
Further Explorations in the Tao of Cheng Man-ch'ing by Wolfe Lowenthal,
Gateway to the Miraculous
ISBN=1883319137
Cheng Man Ch'ing translation by Mark Hennessy,
Master of Five Excellences
ISBN=188331903X
Cheng Man Ch'ing and Robert Smith,
T'ai-chi "The Supreme Ultimate" Exercise for Health, Sport, and Self-Defense
ISBN=080480560
Jou, Tsung Hwa, The Tao of Tai Chi Chuan
ISBN=0804813574
Taoism (Religious and Philisophical)
Little, Steven, Taoism and the Arts of China
ISBN=0520227840 Hard Copy
ISBN=0520227859
Soft Copy
Silvers, Brock, The Taoist Manual Applying Taoism To Daily Life
ISBN=0967794811
Order at www.smpress.com for a discounted price
Health & Longevity (Mind / Body)
Eckert, Achim, Chinese Medicine for Beginners:
Using the Power of the Five Elements to Heal Body and Soul
ISBN=0761506136
to purchase
Tara, Bennett-Goleman Emotional Alchemy; How the Mind Can Heal the Heart
ISBN=0609809032
Colbin, Annemarie Food and Healing
ISBN=0345303857
Saso, Michael The Golden Pavilion; Taoist Ways to Peace, Healing, and Long Life
ISBN=0804830606
Connely, Dianne M., Traditional Acupuncture The Law of the Five Elements
ISBN=0912379014
Hadady, Letha D. Ac., Asian Health Secrets
ISBN=0517700557
Tao Te Ching and other writings by Lao Tzu
Lectures on Tao Teh Ching by Man-jan Cheng, Translated from Chinese by Tam C. Gibbs, Lao - Tzu: "My words are very easy to understand."
ISBN=0913028916
English, Jane and Feng, Gia Fu Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching
ISBN=0679776192
Henricks, Robert Lao-Tzu's, Tao Te Ching
ISBN=0231118163
Mair, Victor, Tao
Te Ching: The Classic of Integrity and the Way
ISBN=055334935X
Pine, Red, Lao Tzu's Taoteching
ISBN=1562790854
Translations and Elucidation by Taoist Master Ni, Hua-ching, The Complete Works of Lao Tzu, Tao Teh Ching and Hua Hu Ching
ISBN=0937064009
Translated for Chinese by D.T. Suzuki and Paul Carus, Treatise on Response and Retribution
ISBN=0875482449
I Ching
Wilhelm, Richard and Baynes, Cary F., The I Ching or Book of Changes
ISBN=069109750X
Resource Guides
Some of the below resource guides are not available in the bigger book stores, search the internet and see if you are lucky!
Wieger,S.J., Dr. L., Chinese Characters, Their Origin, Etymology, History, Classification and Signification.
ISBN=0486213218
Havard University Press Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary
ISBN=0674123506
This is a Wade Giles Dictonary
Han Yin Cidian A Chinese - English Dictionary
ISBN=7100001307/H59
Beijing Forien Languages The Pinyin Chinese-English Dictionary
ISBN=0471867969
Other Pinyin Chinese-English Dictionary are available at the Peking Book House
A New English - Chinese Dictionary (Enlarged and Updated)
ISBN=810124058
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Links
The Tai Chi Center of Chicago - Myspace
The practice of Tai Chi Chuan (Taiji) has had an unmeasurable influence on those that have partaken. This site is dedicated to tai chi'ist that are musicians (professional or no-professional) or musicians that offer the musical background for our practice.
The Tai Chi Center of Chicago - YouTube
Video Library
The Tai Chi Center of Chicago - Blog
Posts by Elizabeth Wenscott (All Subjects) Don Tomei (Wellness Qigong) Lisa Hish (Taoist Health) Kipling Swehla (Neigong/Philosophy) Rob Wittig (Tai Chi Historian) Chris Zalek and Sas Stark (Discussed in Class).
Yoga at the Tai Chi Center of Chicago
Instructor Tracy Von Kaenel is a degreed dance and yoga instructor with over 20 years of teaching experience. Tracy received her Advanced Level II Certification for Yoga Instructors from the Temple of Kriya Yoga in Chicago. We are glad to have her here at the Tai Chi Center of Chicago.
Qigong Chicago
All Qigong and Tai Chi practice promotes wellness --- in fact health and longevity are traditionally considered the primary goals of these arts. Qigong and Tai Chi have been proven to help people advance along the road of wellness from wherever their starting point happens to be. This is the official site for Wellness Qigong at the Tai Chi Center of Chicago.
Angelic Organics
A community supported Illinos family farm, growing an astounding array of vegetables and herbs since 1990, farming in accordance with Organic and Biodynamic principles. Great website! Be sure to check out the page "Stirrings."
Why eat organic foods? read Shiva, Vandana Stolen Harvest, The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply
to purchase
Tom Brown's Tracker School, Tracking, Nature & Wildeness Survival
To be "one" with the Earth, it is not enough to just have good survival skills but a more rounded philosophy and skill level. That is why each of my courses cover equally the three major categories of survival: tracking, nature awareness, and the ancient philosophy of the Earth.
To learn more about Tom Brown and his school check out his website and read some of his incredible books!
Bu Jin Design
Weapon bags. Not sure which one to order? Just ask them to look up my account and you will see the bag of my choice.
Shinjinkai - The Japanese Martial Arts Society
Neighbors and friends of the Tai Chi Center of Chicago.
Cheng Tze Tai Chi Chuan Study Associatione
Cheng Tze Tai Chi Chuan Study Association, founded in 1982 by a group of senior students in memory of Professor Cheng Man Ching.
Hedda Morrison; Harvard University Library, Visual Information Library
Absolutely beautiful gelatin silver process on paper images of mountains, religious objects and priests. Search for Hua Shan then click Go!
Kipling Swehla Photography
See images from our trip to :
1996, Mainland China documenetation the life of monks and nuns in several of China's most revered Taoist temples.
2000, Taiwan, Cheng Man-Ching Cup International Tai Chi Chuan Championships
Rob Wittig & Friends Practice
the Language Arts
Electronic Literature at its best! Check out the Blue Company 2002 archive, some of us are in it.
The Official Wu Kung Tai Chi Association of America Website
If you want to know where Grandmaster Hsu is, check out this site.
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NCCA Certified Acupuncturist/Herbalist
Dr. Xin-Xiang Feng or Dr. Hui Yan Cai
228 W. Cermak Rd. 2nd Floor
Chicago IL 60616
312-326-7906
Falculty Memebers of the Midwest College of Acupunture
Licensed Acupuncturist, MSOM
XueHua Feng
634 W. Addison
Chicago IL 60613
773-934-0199
fengtcm@yahoo.com
Shiatsu Acupressure
Lisa Hish
1700 W. Irving Park Rd. Suite #201
Chicago IL 60613
773-975-0930
Grandmaster Hsu Fun-yuen of Tai Chi and Herbs
Hsu Fun-yuen
6014 N. Brodway
Chicago, Il 60626
773-973-9956
Chiropractic Physician
Neil A. Sussman, D.C.
Lakeshore Chiropractic Health Center
3125 N. Halsted Ave.
Chicago, Il 60657
773-935-9595
Wellness Qigong
Don Tomei
http://www.qigongchicago.com
info@qigongchicago.com
773-396-2653 Office
773-608-5474 Instructor
Yoga
Tracy Von Kaenel
http://www.yogachicago.us
tvonkaenel@sbcglobal.net
773-720-YOGA
773-720-9642
Linda Spriggs
The Pilates Method of Body Conditioning
Joel Hall Dance Center (1511 W. Berwyn, Chicago)
Body Endeavors ( 1526 N. Halsted, Chicago)
773.791.4107
Certified Advanced Zentherapy Practitioner
John Bannick
847-922-3182
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Odds and Ends
My Mothers first book!
Judith L. Wenscott, True Wind
It's a murder mystery (like mother and daughter, except she uses her words and I use my sword!). Go to Barnes & Noble or Amazon to find out more.
ISBN=059530902-X
Evie Evil's tourography and more! Check out the photo's by Kipling Swehla! The Official Evil Beaver Website
Fine Art (By my Tai Chi Brother) Steven Leavitts' Paintings
Nature Photo's by Mary Beth Nolan (captured in our surrounding area!) Mary Beth Nolan's Photos
last but not least.... the things we do when not in class
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