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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF KUNG FU WUSHU - YI QUAN

SHORT LEXICON OF KUNG FU



THREE TRANSCRIPTION SYSTEMS

There are currently several systems of transcription of the Chinese sounds.

The three more known are :

1. Wade, created by the English sinologist Thomas Wade.

2. the system of the French School of the Far East (E.F.E.O), created by several French sinologists.

3. the Pinyin system, created in People's Republic of China

 

In the countries of Anglo-Saxon culture, people generally use the Wade system.

In France, two systems currently coexist : that of the E.F.E.O. and that of Pinyin, which one finds in the large dictionaries.

We make for our part call either to the Pinyin transcription, or the Wade transcription, according to cases.

Some examples:

 E.F.E.O.

 WADE

 PINYIN

 Yi-K'iuan

 I-Ch'üan

 Yiquan

 Kong-Fou

 Kung-Fu

 GongFu

 Pa-Koua-K'iuan

 Pa-Kua-Ch'üan

 Baguaquan

 T'ai-Ki-K'iuan

 T'ai-Chi-Ch'üan

 Taijiquan

TRANSLATIONS OF THE WORDS AND CHINESE NAMES USED IN THIS SITE

YI : the creative thought, the will, the higher intention
QUAN : pronounced Tchuan, often vulgarly translated by the fist, the boxing, and which means " to spontaneously apply what the heart decides ".
YI QUAN : the way of the harmony of the body and the mind
DA CHENG QUAN : the great achievement of the harmony of the body and the mind
GONG or KUNG : work, training
KUNG FU : achievement by a human effort
WUSHU : martial art in its noble direction (to win without fighting)
KUNG FU WUSHU : achievement of the man through the martial arts
QI : pronounced Tchi, breath, vital energy
ZHAN ZHUANG GONG : Training by the upright positions, or position of the pile
TUI SHOU : pushing hands
NEI : internal
WEI : external
WU WEI : not-to act
JING : vital essence, invaluable, quintessence, very refined
SHEN : the mind
XIN : heart
SANJIAO : triple heater
YANG SHENG : to nourish the body