Hao Wei-chen

Hao Wei-chen (郝為真, 1842-1920) (may have been born in 1849) was a T'ai Chi Ch'uan student of Master Li I-yu. Hao became a well known and influential teacher of Wu style T'ai Chi Ch'uan (his teacher Li was Wu Yu-hsiang's nephew). His name is also written Hao Weizhen. Hao passed the art to his son and grandson, who became respected teachers in their turn, so that the style is sometimes now known as Wu/Hao style. One of Hao's most famous students was Sun Lu-t'ang.

T'ai Chi family tree
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LEGENDARY FIGURES | Zhang Sanfeng* circa 12th century NEI CHIA | Wang Zongyue* T'AI CHI CH'ÜAN | THE 5 MAJOR CLASSICAL FAMILY STYLES | Chen Wangting 1600-1680 9th generation Chen CHEN STYLE |   +---+    |                                                                   | Chen Changxing                                                     Chen Youben 1771-1853 14th generation Chen                                    circa 1800s 14th generation Chen Chen Old Frame                                                    Chen New Frame |                                                                  | Yang Lu-ch'an                                                      Chen Qingping 1799–1872                                                         1795–1868 YANG STYLE                                                         Chen Small Frame, Zhaobao Frame |                                                                  |    +-+-+   |    |                                 |                             |   | Yang Pan-hou                      Yang Chien-hou                   Wu Yu-hsiang 1837–92                          1839–1917                        1812–80 Yang Small Frame                     |                             WU/HAO STYLE |                                +-+                      |    |                                 |                 |                      | Wu Ch'uan-yü                      Yang Shao-hou     Yang Ch'eng-fu          Li I-yü 1834–1902                        1862–1930         1883–1936               1832–92    |                              Yang Small Frame  Yang Big Frame            | Wu Chien-ch'üan                                       |                    Hao Wei-chen 1870–1942                                          Yang Shou-chung         1849–1920 WU STYLE                                           1910–85 108 Form                                                                     | |                                                                       Sun Lu-t'ang Wu Kung-i                                                                  1861–1932 1900–70                                                                    SUN STYLE |                                                                         | Wu Ta-kuei                                                                  Sun Hsing-i 1923–72                                                                    1891–1929