炮拳歌

炮拳似炮性屬火,
生橫克劈內外合,
斜行何妨從軍陣,
五拳精義十三格。

薑容樵

"Pàoquán is like a cannon. Its nature corresponds to fire.
It creates Heng and overcomes Pi. The inside and the outside are together.
Through oblique steps one avoids the battle without harm.
The essence of the five fists makes thirteen techniques."

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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