Using the methods of literature review and logical analysis,this paper has sorted out the basic theories and internal relations of the connotations of taijiquan philosophy,martial arts and health preservation,and summarized that"Taoism"ideology and culture play a major role in taijiquan philosophy and culture;the culture of taijiquan and martial arts has absorbed the contradiction theory in the dialectics of Taoism,the basic thought of Chinese traditional military and the art of war;and that in the health preservation culture of taijiquan,self-cultivation,exercise and life are the three main categories of its health preservation system.
taijiquanphilosophymartial artshealth preservationtheoretical research