輕者,輕虛之意。然忌漂浮。在盤架時,動作要輕靈而和緩。往復乃能自如,久之自生鬆活之勁,進而生粘黏之勁。故輕字是練太極拳下手之處,入門之途徑

"Lightness means emptiness. The correct way is to avoid to float and drift. During practice of the form the movements are required to be agile and gentle. It can be then be performed back and forth with ease. After a long time looseness and liveliness will be spontaneously generated, and then stick and adhere jins will also be generated. Therefore the word “Lightness” is the place to start a Taijiquan practice and the way to enter the door."

By Wú Gōngzǎo (吳公藻), based on the translation by by Yang Jwing Ming (楊俊敏) presented in the book Tai Chi Secrets of the Wu Style (太極拳吳氏先哲秘要).

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