- Tàijíquán, – the thirteen postures.
The marvel lies in the nature of qì; yin and yáng. - It changes into infinity and returns to the one.
Returns to the one, tàijíquán. - The two primary principles (yin and yáng)
and four manifestations are without boundary.
To ride the wind, the head is suspended at the crown, from above. - I have words for those who can understand:
“If the yongquan (bubbling well) has no root, or the yao (waist) has no control, lifelong
practice will be in vain”. - There is no secret about the substance and function, they interrelate.
The only way is to let the wide and flowing qì extend into the fingers. - Always remain in central equilibrium during péng (ward-off), lu (roll-back), ji (press),
àn (push), (pluck), liè (split), zhou (elbow-strike) and kào (lean-on), and also when
stepping forward, sitting backward, looking left, looking right, and staying centred. - Neutralising without neutralising, yielding without yielding.
Sit back before you move forward. - When the body is like a cloud, the whole body functions as the hands.
The hands are not the [only] hands. - The mind must always remain aware.