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Rootless_Tree_100Verses#58・Enlarged image of the painting

Enlarged image of the poem below as Xieyi
Verse 58
▶Original Text
無根樹，花正白，行止無常，隨氣運行。陰陽變化，氣無窮無盡，無為而無所不成。
▶Modern Translation
A white flower graces the rootless tree.
Movement and stillness shift with qi’s direction.
Yin and yang forever change; qi circulates endlessly.
Without striving, all comes to completion.
▶Interpretation
[無根樹，花正白] White—purity, emptiness, and origin.
[行止無常，隨氣運行] Move or pause with qi—not fixed.
[陰陽變化，氣無窮無盡] Yin-yang change—qi never ends.
[無為而無所不成] Non-doing achieves everything.
▶Interpretation related to Tai Chi
Purity through unattached practice.
Let movement flow from qi’s impulse.
Understand transformation, not resistance.
Non-effort as the highest art.

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