Sun Lutang

Sun Lutang
孫祿堂
Portrait of the Chinese, neijia martial arts master Sun Lutang
BornSun Fuquan (孫福全)
1860 (1860)
Hebei, China
Died1933 (aged 7273)
NationalityChinese
StyleSun-style tai chi,
Baguazhang
Xingyiquan
Teacher(s)Xingyiquan:
Li Kuiyuan (李魁元),
later Guo Yunshen (from 1882)
baguazhang:
Cheng Tinghua (from 1891)
Wu (Hao)-style tai chi:
Hao Weizhen (from 1911)
RankFounder of Sun-style tai chi
Founder of Sun-style baguazhang
Founder of Sun-style xingyiquan
Other information
WebsiteSun-style website
Sun Lutang
Traditional Chinese祿
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSūn Lùtáng
Wade–GilesSun Lu-t'ang
Sun Fuquan
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSūn Fúquán

Sun Lutang (1860-1933) was a master of Chinese neijia (internal) martial arts and was the progenitor of the syncretic art of Sun-style tai chi. He was also considered an accomplished Neo-Confucian and Taoist scholar (especially of the I Ching), and was a distinguished contributor to the theory of internal martial arts through his many published works.

Sun Lutang performing baguazhang.