Long River Reading List

“A few selections out of a much larger number of worthwhile books”, Wolfe

• Master Cheng's New Method of Taichi Ch'uan Self-Cultivation, Cheng Man Ch'ing. Translated by Mark Hennessy. Frog, Ltd., 1999
  Contains introductory text by Professor Cheng Man Ch'ing along with photographs (and descriptions) of the movements and postures.


• There Are No Secrets: Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing and his Tai Chi Chuan, Lowenthal, Wolfe. North Atlantic Books, 1991
  The essence of Wolfe and Long River Tai Chi Circle’s approach. A true modern classic that focuses on the deeper philosophical, psychological, and physiological issues of taichichuan.


• The Essence of T'ai Chi Ch'uan: The Literary Tradition, Lo, Benjamin Pang Jeng; Inn, Martin; Amacker, Robert; and Foe, Susan. North Atlantic Books, 1979
  The “Tai Chi Classics” as translated by one of Cheng Man Ch'ing’s senior students.


• Gateway to the Miraculous: Further Explorations in the Tao of Cheng Man- ch'ing, Lowenthal, Wolfe. Frog, Ltd., c/o North Atlantic Books, 1994


• Master Cheng's Thirteen Chapters on Tai Chi Ch’uan, Cheng Man Ch'ing. Translated by Douglas Wile. Sweet Ch'i Press (September 1, 1984), ISBN: 0912059001


• Tao: The Watercourse Way by Alan Watts (Author), Al Chung-liang Huang;


• Lao-Tzu Te-Tao Ching; translated by Robert Henricks; Ballantine Books


• Tai Chi Chuan; by Cheng Man-ching; North Atlantic Books


• Tai Chi; by Cheng Man-ching & Robert Smith; Tuttle


• Cheng Tzu's Thirteen Treatises on Tai Chi Chuan; by Cheng Man-ching,trans. By Benjamin Lo and Martin Inn; North Atlantic Books


• Lao-Tzu: "My Words Are Very Easy to Understand;" (Professor Cheng's commentary on the Tao Teh Ching); North Atlantic Books


• I Ching; translated by Richard Wilhelm; Pantheon Books


• The Four Books of Confucius; translated by James Legge; Culture Book Co


• Zen in the Art of Archery; Eugen Herrigel; Vintage Books


• The Way of Chuang Tzu; Thomas Merton; New Directions