Background
He was born in Hebei and was named Sun Fuquan (孫福全) by his parents.
He was born in Hebei and was named Sun Fuquan (孫福全) by his parents.
lieutenant was common in old China for people to have multiple names). He continued to use his original name in some areas, including the publishing of his books He was also well-versed in two other internal martial arts: xingyiquan (hsing-i ch"uan) and baguazhang (pa-kua chang) before he came to study t"ai chi ch"uan (taijiquan).
His expertise in these two martial arts were so high that many regarded him as without equal.
Sun learned Wu (Hao)-style t"ai chi ch"uan from Hao Wei-chen. He subsequently was invited by Yang Shao-hou, Yang Chengfu and Wu Chien-ch"üan to join them on the faculty of the Beijing Physical Education Research Institute where they taught t"ai chi to the public after 1914.
Sun taught there until 1928, a seminal period in the development of modern Yang, Wu and Sun-style t"ai chi ch"uan. First son, Sun Xingyi (孫星一.
1891-1929)
Second son, Sun Cunzhou (孫存周.
1893-1963)
Third son, Sun Wuzi (孫务滋. 1897-1922)
Daughter, Sun Jianyun (孫劍雲. 1913-2003)
Xingyiquan from Li Kuiyuan (李奎垣), and later from Guo Yunshen (郭雲深) (from 1882).
Baguazhang from Cheng Tinghua (程延華) (from 1891).
Wu (Hao)-style taijiquan from Hao Wei-chen (郝為眞) (from 1911).