<span class="chinese-post-title">歌訣十八</span> Eighteenth Secret Song from the <span class="chinese-post-title">八卦掌三十六歌</span> The Thirty-Six Songs of Baguazhang

歌訣十八

高欲低兮矮欲揚，
斜身繞步不須忙。
斜翻倒翻腰著力，
翻到極處力要剛。

"When above, one wishes to lower, when low, one wishes to raise,
The body inclines, the step winds, one should not hurry.
Through oblique overthrows or turns, the waist mobilizes the power,
When turning to the extreme point the power will be strong."

Based on the translations by 楊俊敏 Yang Jwing Ming and 梁守渝 Liang Shou You in 峨嵋八卦掌 "Baguazhang - Theory and Applications" and by Frank Allen and Tina Chunna Zhang in "The Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang"