The certificate of merit for Grand Master Chang Chih-Tung

The certificate of merit for Grand Master Chang Chih-Tung, collected from Chinese Waitankung Illustrated in 1983. (Chinese Edition)

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This volume was written by worldwide Tankung Grand Master Chang Chih-Tung for the purpose of promoting sports for all. It was popular and reprinted many times. For memorizing Grand Master Chang Chih-Tung after his return to origin on March 14th, 1996, the Ministry of Education issued a certificate of merit with a posthumous photo for his contribution to the country. 

The certificate of merit for Grand Master Chang Chih-Tung

Grand Master Chang Chih-Tung was born on December 1, 1920 at Tianjin. He has been smart since his childhood. He went to school at the age of  seven and graduated from Tianjin Normal School. He started learning Tantui taught by Master Chang Zhen-Rong. He formally acknowledged Chang Rui as his master to learn five-elements Tungpichuan. He also acknowledged Chang Zhe as his teacher by recommendation of Chang Rui. He finally attained excellent achievement after hard learning and exercising for ten years. 

He was the Chairman of Tianjin Guoshu Museum in 1946 to promote Guoshu exercises and attained big fame within the area of Beijing and Tianjin. 

For the sake of the server situation, in December, 1948 and followed by the commands of Master Chang Zhe, he took the secret books of Tankung to Taiwan. He was a teacher at Jiufen Elementary School in Taipei county in 1949. The climate of the Ruifang mountain area was rainy and wet all the time. He was very seriously ill then. He remembered and opened the Tankung secret books to start exercising. He then regained health after half a year. After struggling exercising for 18 years, he finally reached a big achievement with the state of hiding the horse penis and spreading the vitality within the whole body. 

He transferred to DingXi Elementary School in Taipei county in 1967.  He started to teach Groshu Tantui and Waitankung publically. After that, Waitankung was popular with many followers and exercisers and known spreaded out the whole country to reach the state of sports for all.

The Chinese WaiNeiTankung Research Association was founded in September, 1978. The development of Tankung then was prompted more rapidly and the association branches were also successively established. The Tankung population has even reached one hundred and fifty million. Many foreign Tankung classes were also established within the areas of Malaysia, Singapore, Philippine, Indonisia, Thailand, Japan, Korea, USA, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, etc. Then, Tankung has been transmitted into International areas and across the fences of races, cultures, religions, and politics. Tankung has been a successful national diplomacy.

Agreed by the Minister of Education before, Goushu Tantui and Waitankung has been edited as the standard sports materials for Junior and Elementary Schools and Interior Societies. Following the effective instructions and guides by Grand Master Chang Chih-Tung, teens, childrens, middle and old aged people were all benefited publically. Grand Master Chang Chih-Tun then was awarded the excellent teacher by the Department of Education of Taiwan Province. His name was also listed on the banner of Education Fragrance in 1979. He also was awarded the social group prize by the Interior Minister then.

In order to commend Grand Master Chang Chih-Tung for his  contribution and promotion of sports for all in the whole country, this certificate of merit was issued to express the witness for later generations.

Wu Jing, Minister of Education

October 5th, 1996.


 

Picture 1: Posthumous Photo of Grand Master Chang Chih-Tung


Picture 2: The Chinese certificate of merit for Grand Master Chang Chih-Tung


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