"The meaning of the tai chi symbol lies in the mutual production of yin and yang, the complementary exchange of hard and soft, the thousand changes and the ten thousand transformations. This is the basis for tai chi chuan. Push hands is the embodiment of the tai chi symbol."
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Yang Chengfu, son of Yang Jianhou - T'ai Chi Touchstones: Yang family Secret Transmissions (1983)
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