Wubei Zhi (Vol. 36)

Wu Bei Zhi, Volume 88

A martial arts footwork or movement diagram consists of two main sequences of connected nodes. The text is oriented vertically and read from right to left. The nodes are enclosed in rounded cartouches, connected by lines annotated with specific stepping instructions. The first sequence (top right) begins with "Start" and moves through various stances including "High Four-Level Stance," "Striding Sword," "Horse Riding Stance," and "Green Dragon Spouting/Dragging." The second sequence (bottom) concludes with "End" at the "Middle Four-Level Stance." The connecting lines include directional and technical instructions such as "Advance step," "Retreat step," "Stealth step," and "Outer" or "Slanted/Side."

The following transcription follows the flow of the diagram from the starting point 'Start' to the ending point 'End'.

Start — High Four-Level Stance
Advance step

Striding Sword original: "Kuajian"
Outer, Slanted

Horse Riding Stance — Advance step — Draped-Body
Outer

Green Dragon Spouting/Dragging — Retreat step — Spear Likely a variant of 鑓 or similar polearm term
Stealth step

Four-Level — Wood-Chopping strike

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Horse Riding Stance
Advance step, Outer

Striding Sword, set the knee
Stealth step

Lü Bu drags the halberd backwards reference to the legendary general's signature move — Advance
Turn, swallow, have, table

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End — Middle Four-Level Stance — Flag — Turn — Step — Stealth — Turn