"We have to pay attention to the relaxation of our chest. ...If our chest is stiff, it will be filled up with our qì. Once our chest is full of qì it cannot coordinate the movements of the whole body, and then we will certainly be beaten in any contest."
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Attributed to Chen Zhaokui - Ma Hong quoted in T’ai Chi The International Magazine of T’ai Chi Ch'uan Vol.21 No.4, August 1997
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