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黃帝曰：願聞穀氣有五味，其入五藏，分别奈何？
黄帝曰：愿闻谷气有五味，其入五藏，分别奈何？ Huáng Dì yuē: yuàn wén gǔ qì yǒu wǔ wèi, qí rù wǔ zàng, fēn bié nài hé?
黄帝说：我想听一听谷气有五味，它们进入五脏，是怎样分别的？
The Yellow Emperor said: I should like to hear how the five flavours of grain qi enter the five viscera, and how they are distributed.
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伯高曰：胃者，五藏六府之海也。水穀皆入于胃，五藏六府皆稟氣于胃，五味各走其所喜。穀味酸，先走肝；穀味苦，先走心；穀味甘，先走脾；穀味辛，先走肺；穀味鹹，先走腎。穀氣津液已行，營衛大通，乃化糟粕，以次傳下。
伯高曰：胃者，五藏六府之海也。水谷皆入于胃，五藏六府皆禀气于胃，五味各走其所喜。谷味酸，先走肝；谷味苦，先走心；谷味甘，先走脾；谷味辛，先走肺；谷味咸，先走肾。谷气津液已行，营卫大通，乃化糟粕，以次传下。 Bó Gāo yuē: wèi zhě, wǔ zàng liù fǔ zhī hǎi yě. shuǐ gǔ jiē rù yú wèi, wǔ zàng liù fǔ jiē bǐng qì yú wèi, wǔ wèi gè zǒu qí suǒ xǐ. gǔ wèi suān, xiān zǒu gān; gǔ wèi kǔ, xiān zǒu xīn; gǔ wèi gān, xiān zǒu pí; gǔ wèi xīn, xiān zǒu fèi; gǔ wèi xián, xiān zǒu shèn. gǔ qì jīn yè yǐ xíng, yíng wèi dà tōng, nǎi huà zāo pò, yǐ cì chuán xià.
伯高说：胃是五脏六腑之海。水谷都进入胃中，五脏六腑都从胃接受谷气，五味各自走向它所喜好的脏。谷味酸的先走肝，谷味苦的先走心，谷味甘的先走脾，谷味辛的先走肺，谷味咸的先走肾。谷气化生的津液已经运行，营卫大为通畅，于是把糟粕分化，依次向下传。
Bo Gao said: The stomach is the sea of the five viscera and six palaces. Water and grain all enter the stomach, and the five viscera and six palaces all receive grain qi from it. Each of the five flavours goes to the viscus it favours: the sour goes first to the liver, the bitter to the heart, the sweet to the spleen, the pungent to the lung, the salty to the kidney. When the fluids of grain qi have moved and the nutritive and guarding qi are freely open, the dregs are separated out and passed down in order.
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黃帝曰：營衛之行奈何？
黄帝曰：营卫之行奈何？
Huáng Dì yuē: yíng wèi zhī xíng nài hé?
黄帝说：营卫的运行是怎样的？
The Emperor said: How do the nutritive and guarding qi move?
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伯高曰：穀始入于胃，其精微者，先出于胃之兩焦，以溉五藏，别出兩行，營衛之道。其大氣之摶而不行者，積于胸中，命曰氣海。出于肺，循喉咽，故呼則出，吸則入。天地之精氣，其大數常出三入一，故穀不入，半日則氣衰，一日則氣少矣。
伯高曰：谷始入于胃，其精微者，先出于胃之两焦，以溉五藏，别出两行，营卫之道。其大气之抟而不行者，积于胸中，命曰气海。出于肺，循喉咽，故呼则出，吸则入。天地之精气，其大数常出三入一，故谷不入，半日则气衰，一日则气少矣。 Bó Gāo yuē: gǔ shǐ rù yú wèi, qí jīng wēi zhě, xiān chū yú wèi zhī liǎng jiāo, yǐ gài wǔ zàng, bié chū liǎng xíng, yíng wèi zhī dào. qí dà qì zhī tuán ér bù xíng zhě, jī yú xiōng zhōng, mìng yuē qì hǎi. chū yú fèi, xún hóu yān, gù hū zé chū, xī zé rù. tiān dì zhī jīng qì, qí dà shù cháng chū sān rù yī, gù gǔ bù rù, bàn rì zé qì shuāi, yī rì zé qì shǎo yǐ.
伯高说：谷刚进入胃中，其中精微的部分先出于胃的两焦，用来灌溉五脏，另外分出一条路，成为营卫的通道。其中大气团聚而不流行的，积在胸中，叫做气海。它出于肺，沿着咽喉，所以呼气时出去，吸气时进来。天地的精气，大数常常是出三份、入一份，所以谷气不能进入，半天就气衰，一天就气少。
Bo Gao said: When grain first enters the stomach, its refined part emerges first from the two burners of the stomach to irrigate the five viscera, and a separate course branches off as the way of the nutritive and guarding qi. The great qi that gathers and does not move accumulates in the chest and is called the sea of qi. It issues from the lung and follows the throat, so that it leaves on exhalation and enters on inhalation. Of the essence of heaven and earth, the general rule is three parts out to one part in; hence if grain does not enter, qi fails within half a day and is scant within a day.
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黃帝曰：穀之五味，可得聞乎？
黄帝曰：谷之五味，可得闻乎？ Huáng Dì yuē: gǔ zhī wǔ wèi, kě dé wén hū?
黄帝说：谷物的五味，可以讲给我听吗？
The Emperor said: May I hear the five flavours of grain?
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伯高曰：請盡言之。
伯高曰：请尽言之。
Bó Gāo yuē: qǐng jìn yán zhī.
伯高说：请让我全部说出来。
Bo Gao said: I beg to set them out in full.
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五穀：秔米甘，麻酸，大豆鹹，麥苦，黃黍辛。
五谷：秔米甘，麻酸，大豆咸，麦苦，黄黍辛。
wǔ gǔ: jīng mǐ gān, má suān, dà dòu xián, mài kǔ, huáng shǔ xīn.
五谷之中，粳米味甘，麻味酸，大豆味咸，麦味苦，黄黍味辛。
Of the five grains: rice is sweet, hemp is sour, soybean is salty, wheat is bitter, and yellow millet is pungent.
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五果：棗甘，李酸，栗鹹，杏苦，桃辛。
五果：枣甘，李酸，栗咸，杏苦，桃辛。
wǔ guǒ: zǎo gān, lǐ suān, lì xián, xìng kǔ, táo xīn.
五果之中，枣味甘，李味酸，栗味咸，杏味苦，桃味辛。
Of the five fruits: jujube is sweet, plum is sour, chestnut is salty, apricot is bitter, and peach is pungent.
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五畜：牛甘，犬酸，猪鹹，羊苦，雞辛。
五畜：牛甘，犬酸，猪咸，羊苦，鸡辛。
wǔ chù: niú gān, quǎn suān, zhū xián, yáng kǔ, jī xīn.
五畜之中，牛肉味甘，狗肉味酸，猪肉味咸，羊肉味苦，鸡肉味辛。
Of the five domestic animals: beef is sweet, dog is sour, pork is salty, mutton is bitter, and chicken is pungent.
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五菜：葵甘，韭酸，藿鹹，薤苦，葱辛。
五菜：葵甘，韭酸，藿咸，薤苦，葱辛。
wǔ cài: kuí gān, jiǔ suān, huò xián, xiè kǔ, cōng xīn.
五菜之中，葵味甘，韭味酸，藿味咸，薤味苦，葱味辛。
Of the five vegetables: mallows are sweet, chives are sour, bean leaves are salty, scallions are bitter, and onions are pungent.
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五色：黃色宜甘，青色宜酸，黑色宜鹹，赤色宜苦，白色宜辛。
五色：黄色宜甘，青色宜酸，黑色宜咸，赤色宜苦，白色宜辛。 wǔ sè: huáng sè yí gān, qīng sè yí suān, hēi sè yí xián, chì sè yí kǔ, bái sè yí xīn.
五色之食，黄色的宜甘，青色的宜酸，黑色的宜咸，赤色的宜苦，白色的宜辛。
Of the five colours: what is yellow is suited to sweetness, green to sourness, black to saltiness, red to bitterness, and white to pungency.
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凡此五者，各有所宜。
凡此五者，各有所宜。
fán cǐ wǔ zhě, gè yǒu suǒ yí.
这五类，各有它适宜的地方。
Each of these five has its own suitability.
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五宜：所言五色者，脾病者，宜食秔米飯，牛肉棗葵；心病者，宜食麥，羊肉杏薤；腎病者，宜食大豆黃卷，猪肉栗藿；肝病者，宜食麻，犬肉李韭；肺病者，宜食黃黍，雞肉桃葱。
五宜：所言五色者，脾病者，宜食秔米饭，牛肉枣葵；心病者，宜食麦，羊肉杏薤；肾病者，宜食大豆黄卷，猪肉栗藿；肝病者，宜食麻，犬肉李韭；肺病者，宜食黄黍，鸡肉桃葱。 wǔ yí: suǒ yán wǔ sè zhě, pí bìng zhě, yí shí jīng mǐ fàn, niú ròu zǎo kuí; xīn bìng zhě, yí shí mài, yáng ròu xìng xiè; shèn bìng zhě, yí shí dà dòu huáng juǎn, zhū ròu lì huò; gān bìng zhě, yí shí má, quǎn ròu lǐ jiǔ; fèi bìng zhě, yí shí huáng shǔ, jī ròu táo cōng.
五宜是说：脾病的人，宜吃粳米饭、牛肉、枣、葵；心病的人，宜吃麦、羊肉、杏、薤；肾病的人，宜吃大豆黄卷、猪肉、栗、藿；肝病的人，宜吃麻、狗肉、李、韭；肺病的人，宜吃黄黍、鸡肉、桃、葱。
The five suitabilities are these: one with spleen disease should eat rice, beef, jujube and mallow; with heart disease, wheat, mutton, apricot and scallion; with kidney disease, dried soybean sprouts, pork, chestnut and bean leaves; with liver disease, hemp, dog, plum and chives; with lung disease, yellow millet, chicken, peach and onion.
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五禁：肝病禁辛，心病禁鹹，脾病禁酸，腎病禁甘，肺病禁苦。
五禁：肝病禁辛，心病禁咸，脾病禁酸，肾病禁甘，肺病禁苦。 wǔ jìn: gān bìng jìn xīn, xīn bìng jìn xián, pí bìng jìn suān, shèn bìng jìn gān, fèi bìng jìn kǔ.
五禁是：肝病禁辛，心病禁咸，脾病禁酸，肾病禁甘，肺病禁苦。
The five prohibitions are: liver disease prohibits the pungent, heart disease the salty, spleen disease the sour, kidney disease the sweet, lung disease the bitter.
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肝色青，宜食甘，秔米飯、牛肉棗葵皆甘。
肝色青，宜食甘，秔米饭、牛肉枣葵皆甘。
gān sè qīng, yí shí gān, jīng mǐ fàn, niú ròu zǎo kuí jiē gān.
肝主青色，宜吃甘味，粳米饭、牛肉、枣、葵都味甘。
The liver corresponds to green, and should eat sweet: rice, beef, jujube and mallow are all sweet.
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心色赤，宜食酸，犬肉麻、李、韭皆酸。
心色赤，宜食酸，犬肉麻、李、韭皆酸。
xīn sè chì, yí shí suān, quǎn ròu má, lǐ, jiǔ jiē suān.
心主赤色，宜吃酸味，狗肉、麻、李、韭都味酸。
The heart corresponds to red, and should eat sour: dog, hemp, plum and chives are all sour.
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脾色黃，宜食鹹，大豆、豕肉、栗藿皆鹹。
脾色黄，宜食咸，大豆、豕肉、栗藿皆咸。
pí sè huáng, yí shí xián, dà dòu, shǐ ròu, lì huò jiē xián.
脾主黄色，宜吃咸味，大豆、猪肉、栗、藿都味咸。
The spleen corresponds to yellow, and should eat salty: soybean, pork, chestnut and bean leaves are all salty.
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肺色白，宜食苦，麥、羊肉、杏薤皆苦。
肺色白，宜食苦，麦、羊肉、杏薤皆苦。
fèi sè bái, yí shí kǔ, mài, yáng ròu, xìng xiè jiē kǔ.
肺主白色，宜吃苦味，麦、羊肉、杏、薤都味苦。
The lung corresponds to white, and should eat bitter: wheat, mutton, apricot and scallion are all bitter.
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腎色黑，宜食辛，黃黍、雞肉桃、葱皆辛。
肾色黑，宜食辛，黄黍、鸡肉桃、葱皆辛。
shèn sè hēi, yí shí xīn, huáng shǔ, jī ròu táo, cōng jiē xīn.
肾主黑色，宜吃辛味，黄黍、鸡肉、桃、葱都味辛。
The kidney corresponds to black, and should eat pungent: yellow millet, chicken, peach and onion are all pungent.