謝昭隆(Master Robert Hsieh),字善同,号惟缘,1952年8月20日生于台北,師承干嘯洲大師,干大師乃鄭曼青宗師得意真傳弟子之一〈其餘頗富盛名之師 叔伯有:徐憶中、陶炳祥、梁棟材、羅邦楨、陳志誠、黃性賢、劉錫亨、宋志堅、鞠鴻賓及 吳國忠等人〉。謝昭隆為鄭子太極拳37式第三代傳人、鄭子太極拳示範教材作者、 鄭子太極拳有緣拳社社長、 台北市有緣鄭子太極拳協會理事長及紅十字會總會前副祕書長。本太極拳影片係於2007年1 1月25日,有緣拳社第六期入室弟子,在台北市入門拜師時所攝。楊氏嫡傳鄭子太極拳拜 師儀式尊崇古禮,傳自鄭曼青宗師,除由師父引領入門弟子,向大成至聖先師孔子、祖師張 三丰暨歷代師祖神位,行三跪九叩大禮外,入室弟子並須宣讀由鄭曼青宗師親撰之師門誓詞 「九要、五戒」,在眾師門長輩及師兄姊見証之下,向師父呈遞拜師帖。當日參與觀禮、見 証及致辭之師門長輩包括:中國文化大學校長李天任師兄、台中童綜合醫院副院長張子明師 兄、名律師黃鴻湖師兄等多人,司儀由入室弟子李文恭教授擔任。Master Robert Hsieh, disciple of Master Kan Hsiao chou, is author of a teaching manual demonstrating Cheng Man Ching tai chi chuan, leader of Yo-Yuan Tai Chi Chuan Club, vice president of Taipei Cheng Man Ching Tai Chi Chuan Society, and deputy secretary general of Taiwan Red Cross Organization headquarters. This film was taken at the acceptance ceremony when the 6th echelon of apprentice followed the ancient manner to worship Master Robert Hsieh in Taipei City on 25 november 2007 . The ceremony was founded by the grand master Cheng Man Ching, and its etiquette is as follows. The freshman disciples, led by their descendant master, perform San Gui Jiu Kou, namely 3 kneelings and 9 kowtows, to the tablet representing Confucius, founding master Chang San Feng, and the following grand masters. The disciples read the oath written by Master Cheng Man Ching himself, the 9 Important Principles and 5 Percepts, and then hand over the letters of requesting acceptance to the master. The etiquette was witnessed by fellow masters and their senior disciples. On the day, the fellow masters that participated, witnessed and delivered lectures are: Dr. Lee Tian Ren, president of Chinese Cultural University ; Dr. Chang Tzu Min, vice superintendent of Tungs Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital;and Mr. Huang, Hung Hu, a well-known attorney-at-law, etc.