Excerpt from <span class="chinese-post-title">十三勢行功要解</span> the Important Explanations for the Accomplishment of the Thirteen Postures by <span class="chinese-post-title">武禹襄</span> Wǔ Yǔxiāng

收即是放,放即是收,斷而復連.

"To collect is to release, to release is to collect; join snap and return (to the original state)."

By Wǔ Yǔxiāng (武禹襄), based on the translation by Yang Jwing Ming (楊俊敏) presented in the book Tai Chi Secrets of the Wu & Li Styles (太極拳武李氏先哲秘要) and various translations on the internet.