{"product_id":"master-of-five-excellences-isbn-9781883319038","title":"Master of Five Excellences","description":"Professor Cheng Man-Ch’ing regarded a set of five disciplines—the \"five excellences\"—to be the mark of a well-rounded person: calligraphy, painting, poetry, t’ai chi, and medicine. Although he is best known for his teachings on the martial arts (in particular, his highly influential adaptation of t’ai chi), versatility was central to Cheng’s philosophy of life, and he encourage his students to combine artistry with scholarship. This inspiring book is a commentary on and working compendium of Cheng’s literary and pictorial interpretations of these subjects. Of interest to aficionados of Chinese art, culture, and history, \u003ci\u003eMaster of Five Excellences\u003c\/i\u003e also offers internal techniques for practitioners of the martial arts, as Hennessy provides an insight into the rarely-glimpsed creative side of Cheng Man-Ch’ing.Mark Hennessy spent eleven years in China studying philosophy, classical language, and tai chi ch'uan. He has lectured at the National College of Political Science in Taiwan and Tonsei University in Seoul. His other translations of Cheng's writings are: \u003ci\u003eCheng Man-ch'ing: Essays on Man and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMaster Cheng's New Method of Tai chi Self-Cultivation.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Frog Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304484524261,"sku":"NP9781883319038","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781883319038.jpg?v=1767732376","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/master-of-five-excellences-isbn-9781883319038","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}