帝曰：何謂所勝？歧伯曰：春勝長夏，長夏勝冬，冬勝夏，夏勝秋，秋勝春。
帝曰：何谓所胜？歧伯曰：春胜长夏，长夏胜冬，冬胜夏，夏胜秋，秋胜春。
dì yuē: hé wèi suǒ shèng? qí bó yuē: chūn shèng zhǎng xià, zhǎng xià shèng dōng, dōng shèng xià, xià shèng qiū, qiū shèng chūn.
The Emperor says: What is meant by what it overcomes? Qibo says: Spring overcomes late summer, late summer overcomes winter, winter overcomes summer, summer overcomes autumn, autumn overcomes spring.
「長夏」讀 zhǎng xià，謂夏季之末、土氣長養之時，故五行得五時而相勝之序成。一説讀 cháng xià。下文脾胃一組「通於土氣」，即應長夏。
長夏胃微耎弱曰平，弱多胃少曰脾病，但代无胃曰死，耎弱有石曰冬病，弱甚曰今病。藏真濡於脾，脾藏肌肉之氣也。
长夏胃微软弱曰平，弱多胃少曰脾病，但代无胃曰死，软弱有石曰冬病，弱甚曰今病。脏真濡于脾，脾藏肌肉之气也。
cháng xià wèi wēi ruǎn ruò yuē píng, ruò duō wèi shǎo yuē pí bìng, dàn dài wú wèi yuē sǐ, ruǎn ruò yǒu shí yuē dōng bìng, ruò shèn yuē jīn bìng. zàng zhēn rú yú pí, pí cáng jī ròu zhī qì yě.
In late summer, a pulse with stomach qi and a slight soft weakness is called balanced; if the weakness is much and the stomach qi little, it is spleen disease; if there is only the intermittent pulse and no stomach qi, it is death; if the soft weakness carries stone in it, disease is foretold for winter; if the weakness is pronounced, the disease is present now. The true qi of the depots moistens the spleen; the spleen stores the qi of the flesh.
「長夏胃微耎弱曰平……藏真濡於脾，脾藏肌肉之氣也」：耎音 ruǎn，通「软」。本篇四時之脈，以長夏屬脾而配耎弱。與第九篇「長夏」同條而義進：第九篇以長夏為五時之一、脾之所主，本篇則以其脈象言之——長夏之平脈微耎弱而有胃氣，弱多胃少者為脾病，但代無胃者死；又言「耎弱有石曰冬病」，與四時之例同。
脾主長夏，足太陰陽明主治，其日戊己。
脾主长夏，足太阴阳明主治，其日戊己。
Pí zhǔ zhǎng xià, zú tài yīn yáng míng zhǔ zhì, qí rì wù jǐ.
The spleen governs late summer. The foot greater yin and yang brilliance govern its treatment; its days are wu and ji.
「脾主長夏，足太陰陽明主治，其日戊己」：本篇長夏之義，為五臟配時之一環——春肝、夏心、長夏脾、秋肺、冬腎，五者各當其令。與第九篇「長夏」之所已載者同條而義別：第九篇就其名義與所指而論，本篇則用以立脾病「愈在長夏、甚於春、起於長夏」之期，及「日昳慧、日出甚」之候——五行之次至此而全，脾之位賴之以定。
五邪所見：春得秋脉，夏得冬脉，長夏得春脉，秋得夏脉，冬得長夏脉，名曰陰出之陽，病善怒不治。是謂五邪，皆同命，死不治。
五邪所见：春得秋脉，夏得冬脉，长夏得春脉，秋得夏脉，冬得长夏脉，名曰阴出之阳，病善怒不治。是谓五邪，皆同命，死不治。
Wǔ xié suǒ jiàn: chūn dé qiū mài, xià dé dōng mài, zhǎng xià dé chūn mài, qiū dé xià mài, dōng dé zhǎng xià mài, míng yuē yīn chū zhī yáng, bìng shàn nù bù zhì. shì wèi wǔ xié, jiē tóng mìng, sǐ bù zhì.
The five evils seen in the pulse: in spring the autumn pulse; in summer the winter pulse; in late summer the spring pulse; in autumn the summer pulse; in winter the late-summer pulse. These are named yin going out to yang; the patient is given to anger and cannot be treated. This is called the five evils — they are all of one sentence: death, and no treatment.
「長夏得春脉……冬得長夏脉」：本篇長夏之義，在五邪所見一條中為脈不應時之一目——長夏而得春脈（木乘土）、冬而得長夏脈（土乘水），皆以時與脈相剋者為逆。與第九篇「長夏」之所已載者同條而義別：第九篇就其名義與所指而論，本篇則以之入於脈之逆從，而斷其「皆同命，死不治」。本篇「長夏」二見，讀音一仍 zhǎng xià。
是故春，氣在經脉；夏，氣在孫絡；長夏，氣在肌肉；秋，氣在皮膚；冬，氣在骨髓中。
是故春，气在经脉；夏，气在孙络；长夏，气在肌肉；秋，气在皮肤；冬，气在骨髓中。
Shì gù chūn, qì zài jīng mài; xià, qì zài sūn luò; zhǎng xià, qì zài jī ròu; qiū, qì zài pí fū; dōng, qì zài gǔ suǐ zhōng.
Therefore in spring the qi is in the channel vessels; in summer, in the grandchild network; in late summer, in the flesh; in autumn, in the skin; in winter, within the bone and marrow.
「長夏，氣在肌肉」——**「長夏」本篇2見，讀 zhǎng xià**；**長夏者經絡皆盛，內溢肌中，故氣在肌肉**；**下文「夏刺肌肉」則血氣內卻而善恐，「冬刺肌肉」則陽氣竭絕而善忘**
所謂得四時之勝者，春勝長夏，長夏勝冬，冬勝夏，夏勝秋，秋勝春，所謂四時之勝也。
所谓得四时之胜者，春胜长夏，长夏胜冬，冬胜夏，夏胜秋，秋胜春，所谓四时之胜也。
suǒ wèi dé sì shí zhī shèng zhě, chūn shèng cháng xià, cháng xià shèng dōng, dōng shèng xià, xià shèng qiū, qiū shèng chūn, suǒ wèi sì shí zhī shèng yě.
What is meant by the conquests of the four seasons: spring conquers late summer, late summer conquers winter, winter conquers summer, summer conquers autumn, autumn conquers spring. Such are the conquests of the four seasons.
「春勝長夏」——四時之勝，獨多一長夏者，以配五行；長夏讀 zhǎng xià，季夏之月，屬土；**「長夏」本篇4見**
備化之紀，氣恊天休，德流四政，五化齊脩，其氣平，其性順，其用高下，其化豐滿，其類土，其政安靜，其候溽蒸，其令濕，其藏脾，脾其畏風，其主口，其榖稷，其果棗，其實肉，其應長夏，其蟲倮，其畜牛，其色黄，其養肉，其病否，其味甘，其音宫，其物膚，其數五。
备化之纪，气协天休，德流四政，五化齐修，其气平，其性顺，其用高下，其化丰满，其类土，其政安静，其候溽蒸，其令湿，其藏脾，脾其畏风，其主口，其谷稷，其果枣，其实肉，其应长夏，其虫倮，其畜牛，其色黄，其养肉，其病否，其味甘，其音宫，其物肤，其数五。
Bèi huà zhī jì, qì xié tiān xiū, dé liú sì zhèng, wǔ huà qí xiū, qí qì píng, qí xìng shùn, qí yòng gāo xià, qí huà fēng mǎn, qí lèi tǔ, qí zhèng ān jìng, qí hòu rù zhēng, qí lìng shī, qí zàng pí, pí qí wèi fēng, qí zhǔ kǒu, qí gǔ jì, qí guǒ zǎo, qí shí ròu, qí yìng zhǎng xià, qí chóng luǒ, qí chù niú, qí sè huáng, qí yǎng ròu, qí bìng pǐ, qí wèi gān, qí yīn gōng, qí wù fū, qí shù wǔ.
In the era of Complete Transformation the qi is in accord with the goodness of heaven, its virtue flows through the governance of the four quarters, and the five transformations are complete and cultivated. Its qi even, its nature compliant, its use high and low, its transformation full and abundant, its class earth, its governance quiet and still, its climate damp and steaming, its command dampness, its viscus the spleen; the spleen fears wind; it governs the mouth; its grain panicled millet, its fruit the jujube, its kernel the flesh, its answering late summer, its creature the naked, its domestic animal the ox, its colour yellow, its nourishment the flesh, its illness stuffiness, its flavour sweet, its note gong, its thing the skin, its number five.
**「長夏」本篇2見：一在備化之紀「其應長夏」，一在敦阜之紀「其象長夏」**；**此段為備化之紀，土之平氣，其應長夏**