The Sixth Discourse
Men Chow and
Tsia Tung Debate the Origin of Evil
Scene: the park of the Heavenly Temple. In
a grotto of trees, Tsia Tung and Men Chow are
performing pa kua under the watchful eyes of
Master Hsiang.
Fu Hsiang: Relaxation is the key
to the internal arts. Your movement must be
relaxed in that the chi may itself move through
the body. Remember that the body of the true
martial artist is 'steel wrapped in cotton'32, not cotton
wrapped in steel. Both of you need to relax and
sink your energy into the dan tien33.
Tsia Tung: It is hard to truly
relax when one's mind is focused on what one is
doing.
Fu Hsiang: You have been
practicing now for two hours. Time, I think to
relax. You can stop now.
Tsia Tung: Thankyou, master.
Master, in the last lesson we discussed the
nature of man and we concluded that men were
essentially good. But now I wish to know why it
is that they are often evil.
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