The Teaching of Huang Sheng-Shyan
By Patrick Kelly, New Zealand, 1993
Extraction of page 19, Tai Chi magazine, Dec. 1993

(Quote:).......................................
Such was his humor that once he lined us all up and had us marching on the spot and said that was what all people were doing each day, marching toward their own death. Then he would pull a few people out and move them farther down the line, explaining that these were people who practiced Taiji and that while nobody could stop marching toward their death, they could move a little farther back down the queue.

Some of his old Taoist sayings that I remember and that characterized his life are:
•  When you drink the water, remember the person who dug the well.

•  When you water the plant, you water the roots and the flower will appear by itself.

•  Don't be content with being the student of a successful master: you must make a success of your own practice.

•  It is all in the Taiji form.

•  If I teach and you don't practice, we are both wasting our time.

•  Learn less and practice more.

•  All the principles are in the Taiji( Yin/Yang ) diagram.

•  The most important concept in Taiji is CHANGE.

•  The universe is a big TAiji; inside us is a small Taiji.

•  When assessing people's Taiji, I look 30% at their body and 70% at their psychology.

•  Taiji is not important; the TAO is important.

•  Some people think the pushing hands is all technique but they do not understand that unless they are an upright and principled person, they will never get past a certain level.

•  All Taiji practitioners are brothers and sisters.

•  Even after 70 years of struggle, things do not get easy; it still requires a daily effort to live a worthwhile and successful life.

•  For Taiji to be successful, it must become relaxed and natural.
......................................(End)

It took a Taiji master 70 years of studying to pass down his experience to us, there must be something we can learn from.

Sincerely,
David Chen