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By Zhang SanFeng 13th Century

In every movement the entire body must be Qing (light) and Ling (agile) and all of its parts connected throughout.

Qi should be stimulated and the Shen (spirit of vitality) should be retained within

There should be neither hollows nor projections, neither severance nor splice.

Its root is in the feet, Fa (release) through the legs, is controled by the waist, and shaping in the fingers. The feet, legs and waist must act as one continuous movement so that when advancing and retreating one can obtain an opportunity and a superior position.

If one fail to gain these advantages, the body will be in a state of disorder and confusion. To correct this fault is only by adjusting  legs and waist.

The same principle is for upward and downward, forward and backward, left and right. All directed by Yi (mind) internally, rather than by external appearance.

There is up, and therefore there is down; there is forward, and therefore there is backward; there is left, and therefore there is right. If one intends to move upward, then send the Yi downward. If one wants to lift something up, one should rock it first and the opponent’s root will be broken then ruining him quickly with no hesitate.

The insubstantial and the substantial should be clearly discriminated. Each single part of the body has both a substantial and an insubstantial aspect at anytime and the body in its entirety also has an insubstantial and a substantial aspect. All the joints of the whole body are to be threaded together without the slightest severance.

TaijiQuan is also called ChangQuan (Long boxing) because its consecutive movements like the stream of a Long River and the Great Sea which rolls on ceaselessly. 

Peng, Lu,  Ze, An, Cai, Lie, Zhou, Kao (Ward Off, Roll Back, Press, Push, Pull, Split, Elbow-Strike, and Shoulder-Strike) in TaijiQuan are equivalent to Qian, Kun, Kan, Li, Xun, Zhen, Dui and  Gen (Heaven, Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Thunder, Lake and Mountain) in the Bagua (Eight Trigrams). The first four postures represent the four cardinal points (South, North, West and East). The second four postures are the four corners (Southwest, Northeast, Southeast, and Northwest).  Advance, Retreat, Look to the Left, Gaze on the Right and Central Equilibrium are equivalent to WuXing (the Five Elements of Chinese philosophy): Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth. Together then, these are the Thirteen Postures.

This treatise left by Founder Zhang SanFeng of WuDang mountain so that the brave men of the world can prolong their life, and not just take these as a means to martial skill.

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