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- by Cheng Man-Ching

Tai Chi Chuan  - Thirteen  postures

The marvel lies in the two Chi divided into Yin and Yang.

It transforms the myriad and returns to the One.

Returns to the One.

Tai Chi Chuan.

The Liang I (Two Primordial Powers) 

and the Sze Hsiang (Four Manifestations)

are chaos and boundless.

To ride the winds, how about suspending the headtop?

I have some words to reveal now to those who can know.

If the yung chuan (bubbling well)  has no root and the waist has no commander,

studying hard till death will be of no help.

The form and function are mutually connected and nothing more.

The hao jan chih chi (Great Chi) can be conducted to the hand.

Wardoff, rollback, press, push, pull, split, elbow, shoulder.

Step forward, step back, look left, look right, central equilibrium.

Not neutralising it naturally neutralises, not yielding it naturally yields.

(When) the foot wants to advance, first shift backwards. 

The body is like a floating cloud. 

In push hands, the hands are not needed.

The whole body is a hand and the hand is not a hand.

But the mind must stay in the place it should be.