<span class="chinese-post-title">歌訣二十二</span>Twenty-second Secret Song from the <span class="chinese-post-title">八卦掌三十六歌</span> The Thirty-Six Songs of Baguazhang

歌訣二十二

轉掌之神頸骨傳，
轉項扭項手當先。
變時縮頸發時伸，
要如神龍首尾連。

"The spirit of the turning palm is manifested from the neck bone.
When turning and twisting the nape, the hands move first.
At the moment of changing the neck withdraws, at the time of emitting it extends.
It should be like a heavenly dragon connecting head and tail."

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"