拆除長城 解放思想 Pull Down the Great Wall and Emancipate the Ideology

拆除長城 解放思想

Pull Down the Great Wall and Emancipate the Ideology

長城是中國的一個標誌。中國人的思想相對比較保守，這和她的歷史不無關系。大概是常受人欺負，不願意被人欺負，於是滋生保護思想。為了保護自己，需要關門、閉戶、設圍牆。這種思想伸延下去，保謢民族的方法就是修築長城。長城真的擋住了敵人，然而同時也封鎖了自己。要進步就須拆除長城解放思想。 

The Great Wall is a symbol of China. Ideology of Chinese is comparatively conservative because of their history in which Chinese were bullied all the time. Therefore, to protect themselves, Chinese closed their doors and built walls. The protective thinking extended from generation to generation and the construction of the Great Wall was a device to protect the nation. However, while the Great Wall could resist enemies it also blocked the nation from the outside world. In order to improve you must pull down your own great wall and set free your mind.

學太極拳練習推手，也須開放政策。學習推手時有的人怕輸，僵著架子保護自己，不給對手打進來，這好像是保護了自己，其實是堵死了進步的路。要想拳藝進步，首先要解放思想，拆除心中的長城。拆除保護牆，讓對手的力進來，你才能聽到是從哪裡進來的，怎麼進來的。學太極拳者不先動手，沒有先發制人這回事。對方打進來了，你要感謝他，他為你開了一條通道。這條通道既然能進來，就一定可以出去。此時你可以將對方的力接過來，用你的意帶著你的勁沿著這條路湧出去，同時也帶著對方的力一起回流至其身上。這叫作從人，也是力從人借。欲要解放思想，要先拆長城。要先破後立，破是為了立，破字當頭立便在其中了。這是太極思維。習拳者開始學推手時，不要怕輸。拆除長城，解放思想。輸的起，才能贏。

Taijiquan push hands practice also adopts this open policy. One who fears of losing and will defend the opponent off by brute force to protect himself. But this is definitely a blockage of advancement in push hand. To upgrade your level of the art, you should liberate your thinking, pull down your protective walls. Let the opponent’s force come in so that you can listen and detect where and how the opponent’s force advances. Taijiquan practitioner never takes the initiative. You should be grateful when your opponent gives you a hit because he has already opened up a force channel for you. Through this channel, you can receive the opponent’s force and send it back to him by using your wisdom mind with your jin (internal strength). This is the skills of pursuing the opponent and borrowing force from the opponent stipulated in the classic. To liberate thinking, one must first pull down one’s

own great wall. Destruction is to pave way for new establishment and this is Taiji Thinking: Push hand beginners should not be afraid of losing. Set free your mind and loser can win one day.

By Rainbow Siu 小月

Translated by Lydia Cheung