06/28/2026
From Chen Gong’s 1943 Taiji Boxing manual. (Brennan translation)
太極劍名稱
TAIJI SWORD POSTURE NAMES
（一）起勢
1. BEGINNING POSTURE
（二）上步合劍式
2. STEP FORWARD HOLDING THE SWORD
（三）仙人指路
3. IMMORTAL POINTS THE WAY
（四）三環套月
4. THREE LOOPS AROUND THE MOON
（五）大魁星
5. LARGE KUIXING POSTURE
（六）燕子抄水
6. SWALLOWS TAKES UP WATER
（七）左右攔掃
7. LEFT & RIGHT BLOCKING SWEEPS
（八）小魁星
8. SMALL KUIXING POSTURE
（九）黃蜂入洞
9. WASP ENTERS THE HIVE
（十）靈貓捕鼠
10. QUICK CAT CATCHES THE MOUSE
（十一）蜻蜓點水
11. DRAGONFLY SKIMS THE WATER
（十二）燕子入巢
12. SWALLOW ENTERS ITS NEST
（十三）鳳凰雙展翅
13. PHOENIX SPREADS ITS WINGS
（十四）右旋風
14. RIGHT WHIRLWIND
（十五）小魁星
15. SMALL KUIXING POSTURE
（十六）左旋風
16. LEFT WHIRLWIND
（十七）等魚式
17. WAITING FOR A FISH
（十八）撥草尋蛇
18. SPREAD THE GRASS TO FIND THE SNAKE
（十九）懷中抱月
19. EMBRACE THE MOON
（二十）送鳥上林
20. SENDING A BIRD INTO THE FOREST
（二一）烏龍擺尾
21. BLACK DRAGON SWINGS ITS TAIL
（二二）風捲荷葉
22. WIND ROLLS UP THE LOTUS LEAVES
（二三）獅子搖頭
23. LION SHAKES ITS HEAD
（二四）虎抱頭
24. TIGER HIDES ITS HEAD
（二五）野馬跳澗
25. WILD HORSE JUMPS THE STREAM
（二六）翻身勒馬
26. TURN AROUND, REIN IN THE HORSE
（二七）指南針
27. COMPASS NEEDLE
（二八）迎風撣塵
28. BRUSHING OFF DUST AGAINST THE WIND
（二九）順水推舟
29. GOING WITH THE CURRENT TO PUSH THE BOAT
（三十）流星趕月
30. METEOR CHASES THE MOON
（三一）天鳥飛瀑
31. SPIRIT BIRD FLIES OVER THE WATERFALL
（三二）挑簾式
32. RAISING A CURTAIN
（三三）左右車輪劍
33. LEFT & RIGHT WHEELING SWORD
（三四）燕子啣泥
34. SWALLOW PECKING AT MUD
（三五）大鵬展翅
35. RUKH SPREADS A WING
（三六）海底撈月
36. TRYING TO SCOOP THE MOON’S REFLECTION FROM THE WATER
（三七）懷中抱月
37. EMBRACE THE MOON
（三八）夜叉探海
38. NIGHT DEMON SEARCHES THE SEA
（三九）犀牛望月
39. RHINO GAZES AT THE MOON
（四十）射雁式
40. SHOOT THE GOOSE
（四一）青龍探爪
41. BLUE DRAGON EXTENDS A CLAW
（四二）鳳凰雙展翅
42. PHOENIX SPREADS ITS WINGS
（四三）左右跨攔
43. LEFT & RIGHT STRIDING BLOCKS
（四四）射雁式
44. SHOOT THE GOOSE
（四五）白猿獻菓
45. WHITE APE OFFERS FRUIT
（四六）落花式
46. FALLING PETALS POSTURE
（四七）玉女穿梭
47. MAIDEN SENDS THE SHUTTLE THROUGH
（四八）白虎攪尾
48. WHITE TIGER TWITCHES ITS TAIL
（四九）魚跳龍門
49. FISH LEAPS THE DRAGON GATE
（五十）烏龍絞柱
50. BLACK DRAGON COILS AROUND THE PILLAR
（五一）仙人指路
51. IMMORTAL POINTS THE WAY
（五二）風掃梅花
52. WIND SWEEPS THE PLUM BLOSSOMS
（五三）手捧牙笏
53. HANDS CARRYING THE IVORY TABLET
（五四）抱劍歸原
54. EMBRACE THE SWORD AND RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION
