Original sentence: According to some traditions, however, the first written history of Chinese martial arts comes from the reign of the legendary Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor (traditional date of ascension to the throne, 2698 BC).Furthermore, the Taoist monks are claimed to have been practicing physical exercises that resembles Tai Chi (or a soft form of Kung fu) at least during the 500 B.History says that Zhuang Zi lived during the reign of King Hui of Liang and King Xuan of Qi, which means that he must have lived within the span from 370 B.Huangdi is described as a famous military general, who, before becoming China’s leader, wrote a lengthy treatise about martial arts.The Chinese writing system traces back to the dynasty that preceded the Zhou, the Shang (traditional dates 1766 BC - 1122 BC), so claims of entire books written at even earlier times are strongly suspect.The Dao De Jing by Lao Zi contains many principles that are applicable to martial arts, and is similar in point of view to the Sun Zi Bing Fa (Sun Zi's Art of War) which deals directly with martial arts.The dates of the author of the Dao De Jing are less clear.The oldest evidence of Kung Fu, or Chinese martial arts goes back to the Zhou dynasty (1111-255 BC).There are passages in the Zhuang Zi (AKA Chuang Tzu) that clearly pertain to the psychology and practice of martial arts.Tradition assigns him to a time earlier than Zhuang Zi, but the evidence indicates that the book itself was written down later than the time of Zhuang Zi.to 301 B
Edited sentence: Further, the Taoist monks were practicing physical exercises that resembles Tai Chi (or a soft form of Kung fu) at least during the 500B.Huangdi was a famous military general, before becoming China’s leader and wrote a lengthy treatise about martial arts.The first written history of Chinese martial arts comes from the reign of the legendary Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor (traditional date of ascension to the throne, 2698 BC).The oldest evidence of Kung Fu, or Chinese martial arts, as it is practiced by the military goes back to the Zhou dynasty (1111-255 BC)