Chinese Martial Arts
Kung Fu
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The Origin of kung fu
The earliest references to Chinese martial arts are found in the Spring
and Autumn Annals春秋时期 (5th century BCE), where a hand to hand
which it calls shǒubó (手搏), for which "how-to" manuals手册,指南 had already been written, and sportive wrestling, then known as juélì(角力).
Wrestling is also documented in the Shǐ Jì史记 , Records of the Grand Historian, written by Sima Qian (ca. 100 BCE). In the Tang Dynasty, descriptions of sword dances were immortalized in poems by Li Bai. The modern concepts of wushu were fully developed by the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Zhuangzi, its eponymous使得名的 author, is believed
to have lived in the 4th century BCE. The Tao Te Ching 道德经 , often credited to归功于 Lao Zi, is another