Zhihu and official website show that the cutting technique is characterized by: the upper part is virtual and the lower part is solid, the movement is soft, the spirit is concentrated, the hands are shaking, the body stands on tiptoe to stand at attention, the feet are close together, the hands are placed at the sides of the body, the feet are raised, the ground is firmly grasped with the toes, then the center of gravity falls from the toes to the forefoot, the body is relaxed, and finally the body is free to fall. The point of force lies in the difference between hands and feet.

Taoism refers to the school represented by the thought of Laozi and Zhuangzi among the hundred schools in the pre-Qin period, or refers to the Huang-Lao school prevailing in the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties.