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太极拳术语（汉英对照）
“老三本”
“
Old Three
Volumes
”
《陈氏太极拳图说》
The
Illustrated Canon of Chen Style Taijiquan
《道德经》
Daode Jing (Tao Te
Ching)
《身法八要》
Eight Principles
of Postures
《太极拳解》
Explanation of
Taijiquan
《太极拳论》
On Taijiquan
《太极拳使用法》
Application Methods
of Taijiquan
《太极拳释义》
The
Revealing of Essential Taijiquan
《太极拳术》
The Art of Taijiquan
《太极拳体用全书》
Essence and
Applications of Taijiquan
《太极拳运动》
Taijiquan Sports
《太极拳正宗》
Authentic Taijiquan
《太极图说》
Explanations of Taiji
Diagram
《武术》
Martial Arts
《杨式太极拳基础教程》
Basic Course of Yang Style Taijiquan
《周身大用论》
Using
Every Part of the Body
《周易》
(
或易经
)
Zhouyi
；
The Book
of Changs, Yi or I Ching
28
式杨式太极拳
28-form Yang Style Taijiquan
八门劲
the power of
eight directions
必修课程
a
required course
掤、捋、挤、按、採、挒、肘、靠、进、退、顾、盼、定
Peng
(warding
off),
Lv
(rolling
back), Ji (pressing), An (pushing), Cai (pulling
down), Lie (splitting), Zhou (elbowing), Kao
(body
stroke),
Jin
(advancing),
Tui
(retreating),
Gu
(shifting
left),
Pan
(shifting
right)
and
Ding
(central
equilibrium)
不丢不顶
no
releasing and resisting
directly
不解之谜
mystery
不偏不倚
impartiality
缠丝
twining
沉肩坠肘
lowering the shoulders
and elbows
沉着
heavy and
steady
撑掌
unfolding palm
成语之都
Hometown of Chinese
Idioms
抽丝
taking out the
thread
丹田
Dantian (pubic region)
弹簧力
springy
force
导引术
guidance
道
Tao;Dao
道法自然
Taoism following the nature
敌进我退，敌驻我扰，敌
疲我打，敌退我追
retreating
as
the
enemy
advances,
disturbing as the enemy camps,
attacking as the enemy fatigues, advancing as the
enemy retreats
第五代传人
fifth-generation successor
顶头悬
suspending the head and relaxing the
neck
懂劲
comprehending force
动与静
motion and
stillness
动中寓静
stillness with motion
动作
action
动作／招式／招术
movement/action
对立统一
the unity of opposites
对立与统一
contradition and unfication;unity of
the opposites
耳提面命
whispering into
disciples
’
ears
and
talking face to face
发劲
discharging force
法道修身
self-cultivation with
Tao
法道治国
state-
governing by Tao
反者道之动，弱者道之用
The application of Dao is
using mildness rather than violence,
softness rather than hardness
非圆即弧
either circle or
arc
刚柔相济
combining hardness with softness
根于脚，主宰于腰，行于手指
rooting
with
feet,
leading
with
waist,
and
moving
with
fingers
弓步
stance;
forward
功夫
Gongfu;
Kungfu;fighting art;fighting skills
攻防
attack and defense; offense and defense
攻防搏击
offensive and defensive fighting
贯串之意
Yi of
permeating
国术馆
National Martial Arts Gyms
含胸拔背
contracting the chest and lengthening
the back
合中有开
closing with
opening
后发制人
striking only after being struck
呼、发、伸、进、起、仰、往、出、放、打、击、刚、动、实、开、升、上、左
breathing
out,
attacking,
extending,
advancing,
raising,
facing
upward,
going,
sending,
releasing, hitting,striking, hardness,
moving, solidness, opening, lifting,
ascending,turning left
呼与吸
breathing out and breathing
in
化劲
dispersing force
技击术
art of attack and
defense
节节贯串
joints
’
coordinating
借力打力
transforming the coming
force to attack the opponent
劲整
integrating
force
经络
Jingluo (main and
collateral channels)
经络中通行的气
Qi (air) in
Jingluo
精神
mind
静中寓动
motion with /in
stillness
卷（蓄）与放
storing and discharging
开胯屈膝
separating the thighs and bending the
knees
开与合
opening and
closing
开中有合
opening with closing
快与慢
rapidness and
slowness
老子学说
Laozi
’
s Doctrines
砺练品格
morality
training
练劲
building up power
练巧
mastering
techniques
练顺
smoothing out the frame
螺旋
volution
螺旋缠绕
spiral enwinding
落点（劲点）
attacking points
（
positions
）
门规戒条
doctrines, regulations and restrictions
内不动，外不发
no internal Yi (mind), no external
movements
内劲
Neijin (inner
power)
内劲潜换
inner power exchanging
内气
Neiqi
(inner
air)
内外皆修
internal and external cultivation
内外统一
uniting mind with
body
偏心距
eccentric distance
平和安静，谦和大度，博爱真诚，感恩包容
gentleness
and
peace,
modesty
and
generosity, love and
sincerity, gratitude and tolerance
平心静气
calming mind
气沉丹田
Qi Chen Dantian (storing qi in the
pubic region
）
气敛
Storing Qi (spirit;air)
牵一发而动全身
a slight move in one part may affect
the whole situation
乾坤
Qiankun (heaven and earth,
the universe)
强身健体
body building and physical
fitness
窍
aperture
轻灵
agile
轻与沉
lightness and heaviness
全国武术锦标赛
Championship of National
Martial Arts
拳法
boxing method
拳理
boxing theory
拳式
movement
拳姿
boxing posture
人
不犯我、
我不犯人、
人若犯我、
我必犯
人
We will not attack unless we are
attacked; if we are
attacked, we will
certainly counterattack.
柔与刚
softness and
hardness
儒雅端庄
refined and dignified
散手
San Shou (free sparring)
上下相随
the harmony between the upper and lower
body