An excellent translation can be found here and from which we quote the start of 28....
KNOW the masculine, Keep to the feminine, And be the Brook of the World. To be the Brook of the World is To move constantly in the path of Virtue Without swerving from it, And to return again to infancy.
Wai San He Three External Harmonies ------------------------------------------------------- Shou Yu Zu He Hand Harmonizes With Foot Jian Yu Kua He Shoulder Harmonizes With Kua/Hip Zhou Yu Xi He Elbow Harmonizes With Knee Nei San He Three Internal Harmonies ------------------------------------------------------- Xin Yu Yi He Heart Harmonizes With Mind Yi Yu Qi He Mind Harmonizes With Vital Energy Qi Yu Jin He Vital Energy Harmonizes With Internal Force
Song of the Real Meaning No shape, no shadow. Entire body transparent and empty. Forget (your) surroundings and be natural. Like a stone chime suspended from West Mountain. Tigers roaring, monkeys screeching. Clear fountain, peaceful water. Turbulent river, stormy ocean. With (your) whole being, develop (your) life.
Source Tai Chi Secrets of the Ancient Masters. Selected Readings with Commentary. A Motivational Pocket Guide for Tai Chi Chuan. Translation & Commentary by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming. YMAA Publication Center, Boston 1999. 115 pp. ISBN: 1-886969-71-X
"There are quite a few people in the world learning and practising Tai Chi. They have to discriminate between the pure and the adulterated because, like taking food, the flavour is entirely different. The arms of the pure Tai Chi master are like iron bars wrapped in cotton - externally flexible yet internally strong and heavy. When grasping the opponent's hands, the opponent cannot get away from them. When he issues or releases his energy it is like a bullet shooting out from a gun."
- Yang Cheng Fu
You cannot teach a man anything ; you can
only help him find it within himself.
-- Galileo
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