Zhèng Mànqīng (鄭曼青) performing Yáng Style Tàijíquán (楊氏太極拳)

Thirty-second Secret Song (歌訣三十二) from the The Thirty-Six Songs of Baguazhang (八卦掌三十六歌) Trigésima Segunda Canção Secreta (歌訣三十二) das Trinta e Seis Canções do Bāguàzhăng (八卦掌三十六歌)

歌訣三十二

短兵相接似難防，
哪怕鋒利似魚腸。
伸手來接囊中物，
指山打磨妙中藏。

"It seems difficult to guard against hand-to-hand fight,
One should not be afraid even if the knife looks like the Yu Chang.
Extend one’s hands to seize it like picking up an object from a bag,
Point the mountain and strike the millstone, the marvelous is hidden within."

Based on the translations by Yang Jwing Ming (楊俊敏) and Liang Shou You (梁守渝) in "Baguazhang - Theory and Applications" (峨嵋八卦掌) and by Frank Allen and Tina Chunna Zhang in "The Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang"

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Baseado na tradução de Yang Jwing Ming (楊俊敏) e Liang Shou You (梁守渝) apresentada em "Baguazhang - Theory and Applications" (峨嵋八卦掌) e na tradução de Frank Allen e Tina Chunna Zhang em "The Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang".

Proper Diligent Method to Keep the Central Earth (對待用功法守中土) by Yáng​ Bān​hóu​ (楊班侯)

對待用功法守中土
（俗名站樁）

定之方中足有根，先明四正進退身。
掤捋擠按自四手，須費功夫得其身。
身形腰頂皆可以，粘黏連隨意氣均。
運動知覺來相應，神是君位骨肉臣。
分明火候七十二，天然乃武并乃文。

楊班侯

(commonly known as standing pole)
"When the center is defined, the feet are rooted; First one should understand the four principles of body’s advancing and retreating.
Wardoff, Rollback, Press, and Push manifest as four hands; in order to obtain them costs a great deal of GongFu.
The body’s shape, waist, and the crown of the head are all regulated correctly; the Yi and the Qi in attaching, adhering, connecting and following are uniform.
Movements and perception come one with another; the spirit is the sovereign, the bones and the tendons are the subjects.
Clearly discriminate the seventy-two stages of maturity; naturally, both martial and scholar capabilities will come."

Based on the translation by Yang Jwing Ming (楊俊敏) presented in the book Tai Chi Secrets of the Yang Style (太極拳楊氏先哲秘要)

Excerpt from Words by a Brushwood Gate (柴門の辞)

古人の跡を求めず、
古人の求めたるの所を求めよ。

松尾芭蕉

"Seek not the paths of the ancients;
Seek that which the ancients sought."

Quoted from Wikiquote

The Song of Mutual Creation (相生歌) by Jiāng Róngqiáo (薑容樵)

相生歌

劈能生鑽鑽生崩，
崩能生炮炮生橫，
橫能生劈各形本，
萬物于土五行生。

薑容樵

"Pi is able to generate Zuan; Zuan is able to generate Beng,
Beng is able to generate create Pao; Pao is able to generate Heng,
Heng is able to generate Pi; it is the root of every form.
Everything is contained in Heng; this is the creation of five elements."

From the book Xing Yi Mother Fists (形意母拳), by Jiāng Róngqiáo (薑容樵), based on the translation by Joseph Crandall

Bāguàzhăng (八卦掌) class by Sūn Shūróng (孫淑容) - Part II

Collection of Qi (氣斂) from the Five Key Words (五字訣)

三,曰氣斂

氣勢散漫，便無含蓄，身易散亂，務使氣斂入脊骨。呼吸通靈,周身罔間。吸，為合為蓄；呼，為開為發。蓋吸則自然提得起，亦擎得人起；呼則自然沉得下，亦放得人出。此是以意運氣，非以力使氣也。

李亦畬

"Third saying: collection of Qi
If the Qi and Jin are disorganized, it is not contained. The body is easily scattered, it is possible from the exterior to make the Qi enter and control the spine. The breathing is smooth, there is no gap in the whole body. To inhale is to gather, it is as storing up; to exhale is to open, it is as emitting. Inhalation naturally lifts (the Qi) allowing the rise (of the spirit of vitality); it can also lift the opponent. Exhalation naturally sink (the Qi) allowing it to keep down; it can also release towards the opponent. This means that Yi guides Qi, one should not use Li to employ Qi."

By Lǐ Yìyú (李亦畬), based on the translation by by Yang Jwing Ming (楊俊敏) presented in the book Tai Chi Secrets of the Wu/Li Style (太極拳武李氏先哲秘要) and various translations on the internet

Thirty-first Secret Song (歌訣三十一) from the The Thirty-Six Songs of Baguazhang (八卦掌三十六歌) Trigésima Primeira Canção Secreta (歌訣三十一) das Trinta e Seis Canções do Bāguàzhăng (八卦掌三十六歌)

歌訣三十一

人持利器我不忙，
飛劍遙遙到身旁。
看他來路哼哈避，
邪不勝正語頗良。

"I am in no hurry if the opponent holds a sharp weapon,
The flying sword reaches my side from a distance.
Watch its coming trajectory and use the Hen and Ha sounds to avoid it,
That evil cannot match the just is a rather good saying."

Based on the translations by Yang Jwing Ming (楊俊敏) and Liang Shou You (梁守渝) in "Baguazhang - Theory and Applications" (峨嵋八卦掌) and by Frank Allen and Tina Chunna Zhang in "The Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang"

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Baseado na tradução de Yang Jwing Ming (楊俊敏) e Liang Shou You (梁守渝) apresentada em "Baguazhang - Theory and Applications" (峨嵋八卦掌) e na tradução de Frank Allen e Tina Chunna Zhang em "The Whirling Circles of Ba Gua Zhang".

The Song of Mutual Destruction (相剋歌) by Jiāng Róngqiáo (薑容樵)

相剋歌

劈能克崩崩克橫，
橫能克鑽鑽克炮，
炮能克劈歸易理，
不外五行求奧妙。

薑容樵

"Pi is able to overcome Beng; Beng is able to overcome Heng.
Heng is able to overcome Zuan; Zuan is able to overcome Pao.
Pao is able to overcome Pi; this belongs to the change principle.
These subtilities are not beyond the five elements."

From the book Xing Yi Mother Fists (形意母拳), by Jiāng Róngqiáo (薑容樵), based on the translation by Joseph Crandall

Excerpt from Attack by Stratagem (虛實) in The Art of War (兵法)

知彼知己，百戰不殆；不知彼而知己，一勝一負；不知彼，不知己，每戰必敗。

孫子

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."

Unless noted otherwise, all quotations of classical texts and accompanying translations come from the Chinese Text Project