<span class="chinese-post-title">歌訣十七</span> Seventeenth Song from the <span class="chinese-post-title">八卦掌三十六歌</span> The Thirty-Six Songs of Baguazhang

歌訣十七

掌使一面不為功，
至少仍須兩面攻。
一橫一直三角手，
使人如在我懷中。

"To use a single palm is not effective,
at least both sides must attack.
One across, one straight, the hands form a triangle,
it is as if the opponent is positioned at the center of my chest."

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"