本文主要針對太極拳起源的問題，做一初步的探討。太極拳目前於臺灣地區的推 展有逐漸蓬勃的趨勢，然而，在大眾媒體的炒作之下，一般人都認為太極拳的創始人是張 三丰。為了解事實真象，筆者搜集相關文獻，透過整理，將不同拳派的說法加以分析、比 較、綜合、歸納、進而得到結論。瞭解張三丰創太極拳此一說法是沒有史料證明。事實上 ，目前發現最早出現「太極拳」名詞的文獻，是在清朝王宗岳的「太極拳譜」一文中。這 篇文章是由河北永縣人武霽宇於清朝咸豐二年於河南舞陽縣發現。而後透過楊氏太極拳在 北京的授拳，太極拳才廣為國人所知。太極拳的創造，年代久遠，在相關人證、物證皆缺乏 的此時，只能就前人的不同說法加以考察，去其不實之言，取其可信之語。此為本研究最大 的限制。

　　　　　The purpose of this study is to discuss the beginning of "tai". The historical methods of investigation and survey were used in this study . We also worked hard to collect all relative data. After sorting out and analysing the data, we could clearly figure out the beinging in "tai". The author got the following results: The word "tai" that we could find first was in the paper "tai book". This paper was written by wang tzong-yueh in qing dynasty. Because the paper was written long time ago, we are not clear what was the man that created the "tai".