The eight trigrams and five elements are innate within us. You must first understand that they are based in these four terms: perception, realization, activation, action. These four terms amount to "moving with awareness." This is a breakdown of four words (知, 覺, 運, 動) which would typically, and especially so for modern Chinese speakers, only be considered as two terms: 知覺 and 運動. To break movement (運動) and awareness (知覺) into their component parts results in: moving = the activation (運) of movement + the act (動) of moving, and awareness = the perception (覺) that something is + the realization (知) of what it is. In short, moving with awareness.
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The eight trigrams and five elements are innate within us. You must first understand that they are based in these four terms: perception, realization, activation, action. These four terms amount to "moving with awareness." This is a breakdown of four words (知, 覺, 運, 動) which would typically, and especially so for modern Chinese speakers, only be considered as two terms: 知覺 and 運動. To break movement (運動) and awareness (知覺) into their component parts results in:
moving = the activation (運) of movement + the act (動) of moving, and
awareness = the perception (覺) that something is + the realization (知) of what it is.
In short, moving with awareness.
Paul Brennan's translation and/or commentary of Yang Banhou's Explaining Taiji Principles
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