虛實訣

虛虛實實神會中,虛實實虛手行功。
練拳不諳虛實理,枉費功夫終無成。
虛守實發掌中竅,中實不發藝難精。
虛實自有虛實在,實實虛虛攻不空。

楊班侯

"What is substantial and what is insubstantial are gathered within the spirit, the differentiation of the substantial and insubstantial is the achievement of the hand.
To practice boxing without understanding the essence of the difference between substantial and insubstantial is to waste one's effort to achieve nothing at the end.
Defend with the insubstantial, attack with the substantial, the trick is within the palms. If one stays substantial in the center, there is  no send-out skill and the energy is distressed.
Insubstantial and substantial have a concrete reason, with the differentiation of insubstantial and substantial, attacking will not be in vain."

Based on the translation by 楊俊敏 Yang Jwing Ming presented in the book 太極拳楊氏先哲秘要 Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style

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