Yang Chien-hou
| 杨健侯 Yang Jianhou |
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| Born | 1839 China |
| Died | 1917 (aged 77–78) |
| Style | Yang-style taijiquan |
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Yang Chengfu (杨澄甫), Tian Zhaolin (田兆麟) |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Yáng Jiànhóu |
Yang Jianhou (1839–1917), or Yang Chien-hou, was the younger son of the founder of Yang-style t'ai chi ch'uan, Yang Lu-ch'an, and a well known teacher of the soft style martial art of t'ai chi ch'uan (taijiquan) in late Qing dynasty China. Yang's older brother, Yang Pan-hou, was the senior of Jianhou's generation, and also an important instructor of t'ai chi ch'uan. Yang Jianhou's sons Yang Chengfu and Yang Shao-hou were also famous teachers of t'ai chi ch'uan.
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