太極拳與「內經圖」

Tai-chi chuan and the illustration of the inner path

《內經圖》與內丹周天運轉的氣功修煉法有關，屬於打通任督二脈的小周天功法，而太極拳這項武術技藝也屬於氣功、內功的一部門，因此將《內經圖》建置於煉拳的學者身上，使它成為移動式的《內經圖》，隨著太極拳盤架串拳而氣遍周身，從此《內經圖》就和太極拳形影不離，生生不息。

Related to the cultivation of the Taoist Inner Dan through the Chou-Tien circulation in the practice of Chi-Kung, The Illustration of the Inner Path aims at connecting the Jen-Mai and Tu-Mai and thus belongs to the practice of the Minor Chou-Tien. Since Tai-Chi Chuan as a martial art can also be regarded as a section of Chi-Kung, this paper attempts to map The Illustration of the Inner Path onto the body of the Tai-Chi Chuan practitioner, making the latter as the corporeal moving version of the former. Enacted through the continuous Tai-Chi bodily movement that initiates simultaneously the vibration of Chi in the body, The Illustration of the Inner Path and Tai-Chi Chuan can thus intimately and perpetually intertwined together.