左肱前伸右肱在肋
似曲不曲似直不直
曲則不遠直則少力
李存義

"Your left forearm is extended forward
and your right forearm is at your ribs.
[Your front arm] seems bent but not bent,
straight but not straight.
If too bent, it has no reach,
and if too straight, it has little power."

From the Teachings of Li Cunyi on Xingyiquan translated by Brennan, and from the book Xing Yi Mother Fists (形意母拳), by Jiāng Róngqiáo (薑容樵), based on the translation by Joseph Crandall

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