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The following are abstracts from Chen Hsin’s "Chen Family Taichichuan Illustrated". It is translated by Wu Ta-yeh and Wu Teng Shu-hsien.

"People who are ignorant and make judgments from the external appearance usually consider Taichichuan an art of softness. They do not understand that it is through prolonged training that the hardness is transformed into softness, and then the softness again produces hardness so that there is no apparent shade of hardness and softness. ...

"This art cannot be called soft, nor can it be called hard. It is correctly called Taichi, meaning hardness and softness merged without trace.

"Because of the long effort required, accomplishment depends on one’s perseverance. An important point is that this accomplishment be developed naturally. One must not hasten for quick results."

"Purely Yin without Yang is soft hand, purely Yang without Yin is hard hand. One Yin with nine Yang is like a rod. Two Yin with eight Yang is scattered hand. Three Yin with seven Yang is still hard. Four Yin with six Yang appears good. Five Yin with five Yang makes wondrous hands. With wonderful hands, each movement is a Taichi, and the yielding and redirecting lead into void."

"The Yin-Yang principle in Taichi is that in hardness is implied softness, and in softness is implied hardness. When hardness and softness complement each other, there are endless variations to lead into void."