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1. Jiang\ qi\ xi~ zang\

Literal: “lowering, energy, wash, organ”

Descriptive: lower energy, flush organs

2. Zhuo~ you\ ying- yang/

Literal: “left, right, ying, yang”

Descriptive: alternating ying yang

3. Zhuo~ you\ che- lun/ (xun\ ni\)

Literal: “left, right, cart, wheel (forward, reverse)”

Descriptive: alternating cart wheel (forward and reverse)

4. Zhuo~ you\ an\ zhang~

Literal: “left, right, press, palm”

Descriptive: alternating palm press

5. Zhuo~ you\ xuan/ wan\ (xun\ ni\)

Literal: “left, right, spin, wrist (forward, reverse)”

Descriptive: double wrist spin (forward and reverse)

6. Zhuo~ you\ bai~ liu~

Literal: “left, right, swing, willow”

Descriptive: alternating swinging willow

7. Feng- bai~ he/ ye\ (shang\ xia\)

Literal: “wind, swing, lotus, leaf”

Descriptive: wind swing lotus leaf (high and low)

8. Zhuo~ you\ zai- xing- huan\ yue\ (xun\ ni\)

Literal: “left, right, pluck, star, replace, moon (forward, reverse)”

Descriptive: alternating pluck star replace moon (forward and reverse)

9. Bai/ she/ tu~ xin\ (xun\ ni\)

Literal: “white, snake, spits, tongue (forward, reverse)”

Descriptive: white snake spits tongue (forward and reverse)

10. Fu\ qian/ chuan- suo-

Literal: “abdomen, front, pierce, shuttle”

Descriptive: shuttling in front of abdomen

11. Lao/ gong-² guan\ qi\

Literal: “labor, palace, pour, qi”

Descriptive: pour energy into palm

12. San- dan- wang~ fan~

Literal: “three, pills, go, return”

Descriptive: three dan-tien³ rotation

13. Ying/ feng- bai~ liu~

Literal: “welcome, wind, swing, willow”

Descriptive: willow swinging in the wind

14. Bai/ yuan/ xian\ guo~ (xun\ ni\)

Literal: “white, ape, presents, fruits (forward, reverse)”

Descriptive: white ape presents fruits (forward and reverse)

15. Xiong- fu\ zhe/ tie/

Literal: “chest, abdomen, fold, stack”

Descriptive: chest and abdomen folding

16. Tian- nü~ san\ hua-

Literal: “heaven, lady, spreads, flower”

Descriptive: celestial lady spreads flower

17. Zhuan~ fu\ gui- yuan/

Literal: “rotate, abdomen, return, origin”

Descriptive: rotate abdomen, return to origin

18. Shou^- gong^\

Literal: “close, exercise”

Descriptive: closing posture

 

 

混元太极放松功

1. 降气洗脏

2. 左右阴阳

3. 左右车轮（顺逆）

4. 左右按掌

5. 左右旋腕（顺逆）

6. 左右摆柳

7. 风摆荷叶（上下）

8. 左右摘星换月（顺逆）

9. 白蛇吐信（顺逆）

10. 腹前穿梭

11. 劳宫灌气

12. 三丹往返

13. 迎风摆柳

14. 白猿献果（顺逆）

15. 胸腹折叠

16. 天女散花

17. 转腹归元

18. 收功

 

Translator’s Disclaimer

None of the material in this note is meant to be official. The translator tries to remain as objective as possible, and when appropriate, attempts to provide some information to bridge the inevitable cultural gap between Chinese and Western speakers. However, some personal interpretation is unavoidable. The translator would like to urge the readers to use the information presented in this note with some flexibility and to not insist on scholarly precision with any concepts or words. Such insistence can be a common occurrence among Tai Ji practitioners, which can be counter productive as it often resulted in time consuming endless debates, which take away time from personal practice! J

In addition, this translation does not represent Master Feng or Master Zhang’s opinion or teaching in any official capacity.

Foot Note

1. The marking after the phonetic pronunciation (according to the Pin Yin system) is the tonal inflection of the vowel(s), i.e. The symbol ‘-‘ is for high pitch but constant tone, ‘/’ is for rising (in pitch) tone, ‘~’ is for dropping then rising, ‘\’ is for dropping.
2. Lao^/ gong^-, “Labor, Palace”, Chinese name of the acupuncture point in the middle of the palm.
3. The middle, lower and back “Dan-Tien”.