Zhang Sanfeng -----founder of Taijiquan

Taiji	Taijiquan

Although  there are various people credited with the founding of  taijiquan, Zhang Sanfeng is generally given the major credit. Zhang Sanfeng ,who was  born at midnight on April 9 1247.the anniversary of this day is celebrated by followers of Taijiquan with dancing ,drinking and demonstration of Taijiquan ,also known as Zhang Tong  and Zhang Junbao and is certainly the greatest teacher of taijiquan.
 His ancestors lived on Dragon-Tiger Mountain , a Daoist historical site in Jiangxi Province in  southeast China. His grandfather moved to Yizhou in Liaoning , a northeast province. His   father, Zhang Juren was a very intelligent man. Zhang Sanfeng passed the examination given by the government of the Emperor Taizong of the Yuan Dynasty, ( 1279-1368), and was thereby eligible for a high  government position. However, he was devoid of worldly ambition and preferred to live in the mountains. This lack of worldly ambition  was admired since the educated  Chinese saw the hermit who renounced all connection with society as the ideal and the position of government official as much less satisfying.