鄭曼青易理談陰陽相濟 Cheng Man-Ching used I-Ching to interpret “yin and yang supplement each other”

 鄭曼青易理談陰陽相濟

Cheng Man-Ching used I-Ching to interpret “yin and yang supplement each other”

Cheng: “yin and yang are indispensable parts of Tai Chi Chuan.

Defense (yielding and neutralizing) comes before all others. For example, the upper three yang yaos and the lower three yin yaos form the Hexagram Pi (否卦), signifying that everything is being blocked, a scene of stagnation; that is, Heaven Earth Entangled  (天地否); the upper three ying yaos and the lower three yang yaos form the Hexagram Tai (泰卦), signifying everything is smooth, unobstructed, a peaceful and harmonious state; that is, Earth Heaven Engaged (地天泰).

 You must be able to defend before you can attack. To make progress, you must work on defense in the hope that you may progress to “yin and yang supplement each other” It’s like Hexagram Ji Ji (既濟卦): fire and water help each other (水火既濟); alternating ying yaos and yang yaos forms Hexagram Ji Ji(既濟卦) 

太極拳需分「一陰一陽」之謂道，守勢為第一。譬如「一陽一陰」便成為「天地否 」。「地天泰 」，能守方可言攻，現在要求進步，必須從守方面著手，等於「水火既濟 」。

Cheng Man-Ching used the Hexagram Pi （天地否）the Hexagram Tai（地天泰）and the Hexagram Ji Ji (水火既濟), three guas in I-Ching, to lead learners into the realm of yin and yang supplementing each other.

鄭子以易經的「天地否」「地天泰」「水火既濟」等三個卦象，引導習者進入陰陽相濟的領域，

 

The Hexagram Pi「」:

The yang (hot) air of the upper trigram (three yang yaos) ascends, and the yin (cold) air of the lower trigram (three yin yaos) descends. Therefore yang and yin will never meet, so they have no chance to supplement each other.

「天地否」：上卦陽氣往上升，下卦陰氣往下降，陰陽二氣互不交合。不合乎太極拳之道。

The Hexagram Tai「」：

The yin (cold) air of the upper trigram (three yin yaos) descends, and the yang (hot) air of the lower trigram (three yang yaos) ascends. Therefore, yang and yin will meet, so they have a better chance to supplement each other.

「地天泰」：上卦陰氣往下降，下卦陽氣往上升，陰陽二氣相互交合，為太極拳之道。

The Hexagram Ji Ji「」：The six yaos of alternating yin and yang of the upper trigram and the lower trigram form Hexagram Ji Ji (既濟卦)。Yin and yang are neighbors, never far from each other, so they are best positioned to supplement each other,thus fire and water help each other (水火既濟) . To know how yin and yang supplement each other is one of the best ways to learn to be familiar with jing (ting-jing), understand jing (dong-jing), and approach all-knowing and those unfathomable to others, and it is also the best way to show how to “overcome hardness with softness.” 

「水火既濟」：陰不離陽，陽不離陰，陰陽二氣相輔相成，是太極拳聽勁、懂勁、階及神明的最佳訓練法，也是展現「以柔克剛」技藝最佳的途徑之一。