太极拳的刚柔，在陈长兴、陈鑫《拳论》中，已有详尽精辟的论述。但有些太极拳习练者对它的内容把握不准，未能正确理解，致使在太极推手中出现如牛之相抵的现象。大多数人都以拙力相待，不知“己根被固，彼攻愈烈，自然之理也”，与太极拳以柔克刚、刚柔相济之理相悖，背道而 Taichi rigid, in Chen Changxing, Chen Xin “boxing”, there are detailed and incisive discourse. However, some Taiji practitioners are not sure about its content and can not correctly understand it. As a result, there is a terrible resistance in Tai Chi pushing hands. Most people treat each other with their own abilities. I do not know that “they have been rooted solidly, and their power has been harder and the laws of nature have also gone”