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Traditional:

若無太極，便不翻了天地！

Simplified:

若无太极，便不翻了天地！

big5:

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GB:

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Text from Wesleyan e-text project, checked against Zhu Zi Yu-lei Da-quan text.

  [Zhu Xi said:] "If there were no Tai-ji then Heaven and Earth would not take their positions with respect to each other."
[Recorded by the disciple Fang-zi]

To see the Tai-ji Tu, click here To see the entire Wesleyan Chinese text of the first chapter of the Zhu Zi Yu-lei, click here .

Commentary:

I'm assuming the meaning "take position with respect to each other" from context. No dictionary meaning seems to fit very well.

Notice that the aspect marker le gets negated in this passage.

-- PEM