<span class="chinese-post-title">歌訣十九</span> Nineteenth Secret Song from the <span class="chinese-post-title">八卦掌三十六歌</span> The Thirty-Six Songs of Baguazhang

歌訣十九

人道掌法勝在剛，
郭老曾言柔內藏。
個中也有人知味，
剛柔相濟是所長。

"People’s way to beat the palm methods is in the hard,
The ancient said that the soft should be concealed within.
In martial arts someone has discovered this taste,
The mutual assistance of the hard and the soft is the best way."

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"