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'''''Pao Chui''''' ({{lang-zh|c=三皇炮捶|p=Sān huáng pào chuí|l=Three Emperor Cannon Punch}}) is a [[Chinese martial art]] attributed to the [[The Three August Ones and the Five Emperors|Three August Ones]]: [[Fuxi]], [[Shennong]], and [[Gonggong]].

The spread of ''Pao Chui'' was due in part to its early association with Shaolin. ''Pao Chui'' was one of the earliest styles to be imported intact into the martial arts curriculum at the [[Shaolin Monastery]]. According to legend, the Shaolin monks learned ''Pao Chui'' from a martial artist of [[Mount Emei]]. At a festival thrown by the [[Emperor Gaozu of Tang|Emperor Gaozu]], the Shaolin monk Tanzong gave a demonstration of ''Pao Chui''.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Canzonieri, Salvatore |date=April–May 1998 | title = History of Chinese Martial Arts: Sui to Tang Dynasty | journal = Han Wei Wushu | volume = 3 | issue = 10 }}</ref>

[[Chen-style tai chi]] includes a ''Pao Chui'' routine in its curriculum.

==See also==
*[[Changquan]]
*[[Chen-style tai chi]]
*[[List of  tai chi forms]]
*[[Shaolin kung fu]]

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