什么是太极拳的五行八法？What is Tai Chi 5 elements and 8 principles?

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什么是太极拳的五行八法？What is Tai Chi 5 elements and 8 principles?
梅高峰 2014年6月12日 by Feng Mei 06/12/2014
太极拳的五行是指：木火土金水五行，在拳法中引申为五方即：木行：东方， 火行：南方；土行：中央；金行：西方；水行：北方。若练拳时面南而立，就有木左，火南， 土中，金西，水北的五方划分。即：木-左顾，火-前进； 金-右盼，水-后退；土-中定。
The five elements of TaiChi means: wood, fire, metal and water, lead to deeper meaning they are: wood, east, fire,south,earth,center, metal,west,water,north. so if face south practice Tai Chi, wood,left,fire south, earth, center, metal west, water,north.total five directions, which are: wood-left watch, metal right look, fire-foreward,water-backward; earth-center steady.
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太极拳的八法是指八个拳法动作引申为八个卦象，因为太极生两仪，两仪生四象，四象生八卦，所以：1乾：挒，2兑：挤；3离：劈；4震：棚；5巽：靠；6坎：按；7艮：肘；8坤：采。
Tai Chi's 8 principles means 8movements lead to deeper means Bagua's 8 images, because TaiChi born 2 yi(yin and yang), 2 yi born 4 appearances, 4appearances born Ba gua（8images)"1,Qian: lie;2Dui:Ji,3,Li: Pi;4,Zhen:Peng;5,Xun:Kao;6,Kan:An;7,Gen:Zhou;8,Kun:Cai.
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八卦与五行的关系：The relationships ofBaguawith 5 elements:
根据传统八卦理论八个卦象引申的五行含义为：Tradiitonal Bagua theory also include 5 elements meaning:
　 ☰乾：天健父马头脑南西北金111U+2630 Qian means: sky, father,hourse,head,northwest,metal etc.,
☱兑：泽悦少女羊口肺东南西金110U+2631 Dui means: lake, happy, young girl, goat, mouth, south-east, metal etc,.
☲离：火丽中女雉目胆囊东南火101U+2632 Li means: fire, beautiful, middle girl, eye, gallbladder, southeast, fire etc,.
☳震：雷动长男龙足心东北东木100U+2633 Zhen means: thunder old boy,dragon, feet, heart, north-east wood etc,.
☴巽风入长女鸡股肝西南东南木011U+2634 Xun means: wind, old girl, chicken, liver, southeast, wood etc,.
☵坎：水陷中男豕耳肾西北水010U+2635 Kan means: water sink, middle boy, pig, ear, kidney water north etc.,
☶艮：山止少男狗手胃西北东北土001U+2636 Gen means: mountain, young boy, dog, hand, stomach, northeast, earth etc.,
☷坤：地顺母牛腹脾北西南土000U+2637 Kun means: earth, follow, cow, abdomen, spleen, southwest, earth etc.,
因此，太极五行与八法十三式就像八卦与五行是密切相关的，不像某人的论点：太极八法与五行十三式豪无关系
hence, Tai Chi 5 elements have very tight relationship with Bagua 8 images(8 principles)which total are 13forms.
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There is an alternative way to arrange the 8 Principles to the Huotian Bagua:

采求乾三连，挒行坤六段。
捋要离中虚，掤填坎中满。
挤是震仰盂，肘为艮段碗。
按劲兑上缺，靠劲巽下断。

This way of correlating the 8 Principles to the 8 Bagua don't need to add the extra PI 劈 to fill up the nine palaces, the centre has no trigram so it is left empty.

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hold a pipa is Pi in tai chi, which is fire element on south (explosive power), on south is Li gua so I create Pi on south Li gua.
http://tcmacenter.com/162-form-tai-chi.html
the center is earth element , indicate stomach, in tai chi i create lu to stomach, so totaly nine priciples of tai chi.