The borrowing power of Taijiquan is mainly based on the power of nature, just like Zhuge Liang borrowing the east wind. As Kong Ming said, a wise general should not only regard his own soldiers as soldiers, but also regard the enemy's soldiers as his own soldiers. The sun, moon and stars of nature, wind and clouds, water and fire, all things can be soldiers.
In terms of technique, Tai Chi treats the opposing sides as two independent Tai Chi bodies, and requires that "you are you, I am me" in consciousness. When the opponent's strength came, I just greeted the other party on the premise of keeping my Tai Chi body intact. The situation is like my Tai Chi body is moving, and the opponent's force is like hitting the flying sphere, so the greater the force, the stronger the reaction force, and the greater the harm to the opponent. Note that the borrowing force here is not an active attack, but a naturally occurring reaction force.
Borrowing the east wind occurred in Chibi, in the winter of 208 AD, it was the cold winter season, Cao Cao's fleet was in Wulin, Jiangbei, Zhou Yu and Liu Bei's ships were in Chibi, Jiangnan, from the geographical location of the Yangtze River, Cao Cao's fleet was in the northwest direction of Zhou Yu's fleet, when Zhou Yu decided to attack with fire, and the southeast wind was needed for fire attack. However, the northwest wind has been blowing on the river for several days, and attacking with fire will not only not burn the Cao soldiers on the north bank, but will burn themselves. Zhou Yu was depressed about the east wind and fell ill in bed. Zhuge Liang prescribed a prescription for Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu opened it, and saw that it was written: If you want to break Cao's soldiers, you should attack with fire. Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed. Zhou Yu admitted that his heart was guessed by Zhuge Liang, so he asked Zhuge Liang what he could do. Zhuge Liang said that he could borrow the east wind and asked Zhou Yu to build a nine-foot-high seven-star altar for him, and then do it himself on the altar. In fact, Zhuge Liang himself does not "borrow" the wind, but he is familiar with astronomy and geography, and through surveying, he has already calculated that there will be a southeast wind on November 20, so he went to the Seven Stars Altar and pretended to make a few comparisons. On November 20, the southeast wind blew.
Wind is Xun in the eight trigrams, and Xun hexagram can be practiced as Tai Chi pile gong. There is a saying in the Xunzhu health song: stepping on the auspicious clouds and looking for the mysterious. Looking for the yuan to smile on the body, the smile is always at ease.
Xun pile practice method is simple and easy, effective and fast, and the results are immediate. First of all, the mood should be settled and the whole body should be relaxed. I want to step on auspicious clouds, or the soles of my feet to generate wind, climb the Ping and cross the water, such as walking on thin ice, sneaking on my feet, and stepping on the snow without a trace. It's all a kind of artistic conception, as long as you can find this feeling. Over time, there will be chemical and physical changes in the body.
The borrowing of Taijiquan is actually borrowing the momentum, the so-called borrowing is also known as the potential or homeopathy, because of the situation, the situation, the trend, the combination of their own meaning and external feng shui, thunder and lightning.
Borrowing the east wind to raise the sails, in Taijiquan, you need to stand upright, drum up the internal qi, borrow the sky and the earth to borrow external forces, and go with the wind and the water. Xunzi has a saying: "Ascend high and recruit those who are far away, and those who are heard by the wind are prominent", "good wind relies on strength, send me to the clouds", good at taking advantage of the situation, you can get twice the result with half the effort and go straight to the clouds.
In short, the subtlety of Taijiquan is in the "borrowing", which reflects the transformation and surge of energy, which is unstoppable and unstoppable, with the help of the water of the rivers and seas, the momentum is like the rush of the waves, and with the help of the fire of the wind, the land of the eight directions of the prairie is burned.
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Du Deping, Chairman of the 7th Beijing Wushu Association, the 12th generation of Chen-style Taijiquan, the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Chen-style Taijiquan, and the eighth section of Chinese martial arts. He has been studying and teaching classics such as "Taijiquan Treatise", "Tao Te Ching", "I Ching" and "Yellow Emperor's Neijing" for a long time, and appreciated the essence of traditional Chinese culture. From realization to perception, from gradual realization to epiphany, Tai Chi is integrated into every day of life, work and study.