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黄帝問曰：太虚寥廓，五運迴薄，衰盛不同，損益相從，願聞平氣，何如而名，何如而紀也？
黄帝问曰：太虚寥廓，五运回薄，衰盛不同，损益相从，愿闻平气，何如而名，何如而纪也？
Huáng dì wèn yuē: tài xū liáo kuò, wǔ yùn huí bó, shuāi shèng bù tóng, sǔn yì xiāng cóng, yuàn wén píng qì, hé rú ér míng, hé rú ér jì yě?
黄帝问道：太虚空旷辽阔，五运在其间回旋迫近，有衰有盛，各不相同，损与益随之而来。我想听听平气是怎样的，又怎样命名、怎样记其纲纪？
Huang Di asked: the great void is vast and empty; the five circuits turn and press within it; decline and flourishing are not alike, and loss and gain follow one another. I wish to hear of the even qi: how is it named, and how is it ordered?
Qí bó duì yuē: zhāo hū zāi wèn yě! Mù yuē fū hé, huǒ yuē shēng míng, tǔ yuē bèi huà, jīn yuē shěn píng, shuǐ yuē jìng shùn. Dì yuē: qí bù jí nài hé?
歧伯回答说：问得多么明白啊！木的平气叫做敷和，火的叫做升明，土的叫做备化，金的叫做审平，水的叫做静顺。黄帝说：不及之年又是怎样的呢？
Qi Bo answered: how bright the question is! Wood is called Spreading Harmony, fire Rising Brightness, earth Complete Transformation, metal Even Judgement, water Still Compliance. Huang Di said: and what of falling short?
Qí bó yuē: mù yuē wěi hé, huǒ yuē fú míng, tǔ yuē bēi jiān, jīn yuē cóng gé, shuǐ yuē hé liú. Dì yuē: tài guò hé wèi? Qí bó yuē: mù yuē fā shēng, huǒ yuē hè xī, tǔ yuē dūn fù, jīn yuē jiān chéng, shuǐ yuē liú yǎn.
歧伯说：木不及的叫做委和，火不及的叫做伏明，土不及的叫做卑监，金不及的叫做从革，水不及的叫做涸流。黄帝说：太过又叫什么？歧伯说：木太过叫发生，火太过叫赫曦，土太过叫敦阜，金太过叫坚成，水太过叫流衍。
Qi Bo said: wood in shortfall is called Yielding Harmony, fire Hidden Brightness, earth Low Confinement, metal Following Change, water Dried Stream. Huang Di said: and what of surplus? Qi Bo said: wood in surplus is Bursting Growth, fire Blazing Sunlight, earth Mounded Height, metal Hard Completion, water Spreading Flow.
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帝曰：三氣之紀，願聞其候。歧伯曰：悉乎哉問也。敷和之紀，木德周行，陽舒陰布，五化宣平，其氣端，其性隨，其用曲直，其化生榮，其類草木，其政發散，其候温和，其令風，其藏肝，肝其畏清，其主目，其榖麻，其果李，其實核，其應春，其蟲毛，其畜犬，其色蒼，其養筋，其病裏急支滿，其味酸，其音角，其物中堅，其數八。
帝曰：三气之纪，愿闻其候。歧伯曰：悉乎哉问也。敷和之纪，木德周行，阳舒阴布，五化宣平，其气端，其性随，其用曲直，其化生荣，其类草木，其政发散，其候温和，其令风，其藏肝，肝其畏清，其主目，其谷麻，其果李，其实核，其应春，其虫毛，其畜犬，其色苍，其养筋，其病里急支满，其味酸，其音角，其物中坚，其数八。
Dì yuē: sān qì zhī jì, yuàn wén qí hòu. Qí bó yuē: xī hū zāi wèn yě. Fū hé zhī jì, mù dé zhōu xíng, yáng shū yīn bù, wǔ huà xuān píng, qí qì duān, qí xìng suí, qí yòng qū zhí, qí huà shēng róng, qí lèi cǎo mù, qí zhèng fā sàn, qí hòu wēn hé, qí lìng fēng, qí zàng gān, gān qí wèi qīng, qí zhǔ mù, qí gǔ má, qí guǒ lǐ, qí shí hé, qí yìng chūn, qí chóng máo, qí chù quǎn, qí sè cāng, qí yǎng jīn, qí bìng lǐ jí zhī mǎn, qí wèi suān, qí yīn jué, qí wù zhōng jiān, qí shù bā.
黄帝说：三气之纪，我想听听它们的候应。歧伯说：问得真是详尽啊。敷和之纪：木德周行四方，阳气舒展、阴气布散，五化宣达平和。其气端正，其性随和，其用可曲可直，其化生发荣茂，其类属草木，其政发散，其候温和，其令为风，其藏为肝，肝畏清凉，其主目，其谷为麻，其果为李，其实为核，其应春，其虫为毛虫，其畜为犬，其色苍，其养筋，其病为里急支满，其味酸，其音角，其物中坚，其数八。
Huang Di said: as for the order of the three qis, I wish to hear their manifestations. Qi Bo said: how thorough the question is! In the era of Spreading Harmony the virtue of wood travels all round; yang spreads and yin is laid out, and the five transformations spread evenly. Its qi is upright, its nature compliant, its use crooked and straight, its transformation growth and flowering, its class grass and trees, its governance dispersion, its climate mild, its command wind, its viscus the liver; the liver fears clear cool; it governs the eyes; its grain hemp, its fruit the plum, its kernel the pit, its answering spring, its creature the hairy, its domestic animal the dog, its colour blue-green, its nourishment the sinews, its illness inner tension and propping fullness, its flavour sour, its note jue, its thing hard within, its number eight.
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升明之紀，正陽而治，德施周普，五化均衡，其氣高，其性速，其用燔灼，其化蕃茂，其類火，其政明曜，其候炎暑，其令熱，其藏心，心其畏寒，其主舌，其榖麥，其果杏，其實絡，其應夏，其蟲羽，其畜馬，其色赤，其養血，其病瞤瘛，其味苦，其音徵，其物脉，其數七。
升明之纪，正阳而治，德施周普，五化均衡，其气高，其性速，其用燔灼，其化蕃茂，其类火，其政明曜，其候炎暑，其令热，其藏心，心其畏寒，其主舌，其谷麦，其果杏，其实络，其应夏，其虫羽，其畜马，其色赤，其养血，其病瞤瘛，其味苦，其音徵，其物脉，其数七。
Shēng míng zhī jì, zhèng yáng ér zhì, dé shī zhōu pǔ, wǔ huà jūn héng, qí qì gāo, qí xìng sù, qí yòng fán zhuó, qí huà fán mào, qí lèi huǒ, qí zhèng míng yào, qí hòu yán shǔ, qí lìng rè, qí zàng xīn, xīn qí wèi hán, qí zhǔ shé, qí gǔ mài, qí guǒ xìng, qí shí luò, qí yìng xià, qí chóng yǔ, qí chù mǎ, qí sè chì, qí yǎng xuè, qí bìng shùn chì, qí wèi kǔ, qí yīn zhǐ, qí wù mài, qí shù qī.
升明之纪：正阳主治，德泽施布周遍，五化均衡。其气高，其性速，其用燔灼，其化蕃茂，其类火，其政明曜，其候炎暑，其令热，其藏心，心畏寒，其主舌，其谷麦，其果杏，其实为络，其应夏，其虫为羽虫，其畜马，其色赤，其养血，其病为肌肉跳动、筋脉抽搐，其味苦，其音徵，其物脉，其数七。
In the era of Rising Brightness the upright yang governs; its virtue is bestowed all round and the five transformations are evenly balanced. Its qi high, its nature quick, its use burning and scorching, its transformation luxuriant growth, its class fire, its governance bright shining, its climate blazing heat, its command heat, its viscus the heart; the heart fears cold; it governs the tongue; its grain wheat, its fruit the apricot, its kernel the network, its answering summer, its creature the feathered, its domestic animal the horse, its colour red, its nourishment the blood, its illness twitching of the flesh and cramping of the vessels, its flavour bitter, its note zhi, its thing the vessels, its number seven.
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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.
备化之纪：其气与天的美善相协，其德流布于四方之政，五化齐备修明。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，脾畏风，其主口，其谷稷，其果枣，其实肉，其应长夏，其虫为倮虫，其畜牛，其色黄，其养肉，其病痞塞，其味甘，其音宫，其物肤，其数五。
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.
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審平之紀，收而不爭，殺而無犯，五化宣明。其氣潔，其性剛，其用散落，其化堅斂，其類金，其政勁肅，其候清切，其令燥，其藏肺，肺其畏熱，其主鼻，其榖稻，其果桃，其實殻，其應秋，其蟲介，其畜雞，其色白，其養皮毛，其病欬，其味辛，其音商，其物外堅，其數九。
审平之纪，收而不争，杀而无犯，五化宣明。其气洁，其性刚，其用散落，其化坚敛，其类金，其政劲肃，其候清切，其令燥，其藏肺，肺其畏热，其主鼻，其谷稻，其果桃，其实壳，其应秋，其虫介，其畜鸡，其色白，其养皮毛，其病咳，其味辛，其音商，其物外坚，其数九。
Shěn píng zhī jì, shōu ér bù zhēng, shā ér wú fàn, wǔ huà xuān míng. Qí qì jié, qí xìng gāng, qí yòng sàn luò, qí huà jiān liǎn, qí lèi jīn, qí zhèng jìng sù, qí hòu qīng qiè, qí lìng zào, qí zàng fèi, fèi qí wèi rè, qí zhǔ bí, qí gǔ dào, qí guǒ táo, qí shí qiào, qí yìng qiū, qí chóng jiè, qí chù jī, qí sè bái, qí yǎng pí máo, qí bìng kài, qí wèi xīn, qí yīn shāng, qí wù wài jiān, qí shù jiǔ.
审平之纪：收敛而不争，肃杀而不相触犯，五化宣明。其气洁净，其性刚强，其用散落，其化坚敛，其类金，其政劲肃，其候清切，其令燥，其藏肺，肺畏热，其主鼻，其谷稻，其果桃，其实壳，其应秋，其虫为介虫，其畜鸡，其色白，其养皮毛，其病咳，其味辛，其音商，其物外坚，其数九。
In the era of Even Judgement it gathers without contending and slays without offending, and the five transformations are displayed clearly. Its qi clean, its nature hard, its use scattering and dropping, its transformation firm gathering, its class metal, its governance strong and severe, its climate clear and sharp, its command dryness, its viscus the lung; the lung fears heat; it governs the nose; its grain rice, its fruit the peach, its kernel the husk, its answering autumn, its creature the shelled, its domestic animal the fowl, its colour white, its nourishment skin and body hair, its illness cough, its flavour acrid, its note shang, its thing hard without, its number nine.
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靜順之紀，藏而勿害，治而善下，五化咸整。其氣明，其性下，其用沃衍，其化凝堅，其類水，其政流演，其候凝肅，其令寒，其藏腎，腎其畏濕，其主二陰，其榖豆，其果栗，其實濡，其應冬，其蟲鱗，其畜彘，其色黑，其養骨髓，其病厥，其味鹹，其音羽，其物濡，其數六。
静顺之纪，藏而勿害，治而善下，五化咸整。其气明，其性下，其用沃衍，其化凝坚，其类水，其政流演，其候凝肃，其令寒，其藏肾，肾其畏湿，其主二阴，其谷豆，其果栗，其实濡，其应冬，其虫鳞，其畜彘，其色黑，其养骨髓，其病厥，其味咸，其音羽，其物濡，其数六。
Jìng shùn zhī jì, cáng ér wù hài, zhì ér shàn xià, wǔ huà xián zhěng. Qí qì míng, qí xìng xià, qí yòng wò yǎn, qí huà níng jiān, qí lèi shuǐ, qí zhèng liú yǎn, qí hòu níng sù, qí lìng hán, qí zàng shèn, shèn qí wèi shī, qí zhǔ èr yīn, qí gǔ dòu, qí guǒ lì, qí shí rú, qí yìng dōng, qí chóng lín, qí chù zhì, qí sè hēi, qí yǎng gǔ suǐ, qí bìng jué, qí wèi xián, qí yīn yǔ, qí wù rú, qí shù liù.
静顺之纪：闭藏而不为害，治理而善于居下，五化皆得整肃。其气明，其性下，其用沃衍，其化凝坚，其类水，其政流演，其候凝肃，其令寒，其藏肾，肾畏湿，其主二阴，其谷豆，其果栗，其实濡，其应冬，其虫为鳞虫，其畜彘，其色黑，其养骨髓，其病厥，其味咸，其音羽，其物濡，其数六。
In the era of Still Compliance it stores and harms nothing, governs and is good at keeping low, and the five transformations are all ordered. Its qi bright, its nature low, its use watering and spreading, its transformation congealing and hard, its class water, its governance flowing and spreading, its climate congealed and stern, its command cold, its viscus the kidney; the kidney fears dampness; it governs the two lower orifices; its grain beans, its fruit the chestnut, its kernel moist, its answering winter, its creature the scaly, its domestic animal the pig, its colour black, its nourishment bone and marrow, its illness counterflow, its flavour salty, its note yu, its thing moist, its number six.
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故生而勿殺，長而勿罰，化而勿制，收而勿害，藏而勿抑，是謂平氣。
故生而勿杀，长而勿罚，化而勿制，收而勿害，藏而勿抑，是谓平气。
Gù shēng ér wù shā, zhǎng ér wù fá, huà ér wù zhì, shōu ér wù hài, cáng ér wù yì, shì wèi píng qì.
所以该生的不要杀害，该长的不要惩罚，该化的不要制止，该收的不要损害，该藏的不要压抑，这就叫做平气。
Therefore let what is to be born not be killed, what is to grow not be punished, what is to transform not be checked, what is to be harvested not be harmed, and what is to be stored not be repressed: this is called the even qi.
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委和之紀，是謂勝生。生氣不政，化氣乃揚，長氣自平，收令乃早。涼雨時降，風雲並興，草木晚榮，蒼乾凋落，物秀而實，膚肉内充。
委和之纪，是谓胜生。生气不政，化气乃扬，长气自平，收令乃早。凉雨时降，风云并兴，草木晚荣，苍干凋落，物秀而实，肤肉内充。
Wěi hé zhī jì, shì wèi shèng shēng. Shēng qì bù zhèng, huà qì nǎi yáng, zhǎng qì zì píng, shōu lìng nǎi zǎo. Liáng yǔ shí jiàng, fēng yún bìng xīng, cǎo mù wǎn róng, cāng gān diāo luò, wù xiù ér shí, fū ròu nèi chōng.
委和之纪，叫做胜生，即金气胜过木的生发。生气不能施政，化气反倒张扬，长气自行平抑，收令提前到来。凉雨按时而降，风云并起，草木晚些繁荣，苍老的枝叶干枯凋落，万物虽然开花结实，也只是皮肉充实于内。
The era of Yielding Harmony is called prevailing over generation: the qi of growth does not govern, the qi of transformation is instead raised, the qi of growth levels itself, and the command to harvest comes early. Cool rain falls in its season, wind and cloud rise together, plants and trees flower late, blue-green things dry and drop, and the beings flower and fruit with nothing but skin and flesh filled within.
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其氣斂，其用聚，其動緛戾拘緩，其發驚駭，其藏肝，其果棗李，其實核殻，其榖稷稻，其味酸辛，其色白蒼，其畜犬雞，其蟲毛介，其主霧露淒滄，其聲角商，其病摇動注恐，從金化也。
其气敛，其用聚，其动緛戾拘缓，其发惊骇，其藏肝，其果枣李，其实核壳，其谷稷稻，其味酸辛，其色白苍，其畜犬鸡，其虫毛介，其主雾露凄沧，其声角商，其病摇动注恐，从金化也。
Qí qì liǎn, qí yòng jù, qí dòng ruǎn lì jū huǎn, qí fā jīng hài, qí zàng gān, qí guǒ zǎo lǐ, qí shí hé qiào, qí gǔ jì dào, qí wèi suān xīn, qí sè bái cāng, qí chù quǎn jī, qí chóng máo jiè, qí zhǔ wù lù qī cāng, qí shēng jué shāng, qí bìng yáo dòng zhù kǒng, cóng jīn huà yě.
其气收敛，其用聚合，其动为筋脉緛缩、拘急弛缓，其发为惊骇，其藏为肝，其果为枣、李，其实为核壳，其谷为稷、稻，其味为酸、辛，其色为白、苍，其畜为犬、鸡，其虫为毛虫、介虫，其所主为雾露凄沧之气，其声为角、商，其病为摇动、注泄、惊恐，这是因为从金而化的缘故。
Its qi gathers, its use collects, its movement shrinkage, distortion, cramping and slackening, its outbreak fright and terror, its viscus the liver, its fruit the jujube and the plum, its kernel the pit and the husk, its grain panicled millet and rice, its flavour sour and acrid, its colour white and blue-green, its domestic animal the dog and the fowl, its creature the hairy and the shelled, its charge mist, dew and chill bleakness, its sound jue and shang, its illness shaking, pouring and fear; for it follows the transformation of metal.
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少角與判商同，上角與正角同，上商與正商同，其病支廢癰腫瘡瘍，其甘蟲，邪傷肝也。
少角与判商同，上角与正角同，上商与正商同，其病支废痈肿疮疡，其甘虫，邪伤肝也。
Shào jué yǔ pàn shāng tóng, shàng jué yǔ zhèng jué tóng, shàng shāng yǔ zhèng shāng tóng, qí bìng zhī fèi yōng zhǒng chuāng yáng, qí gān chóng, xié shāng gān yě.
木运不及的年份，少角与判商同化，逢上角则与正角同化，逢上商则与正商同化；其病为四肢废弛、痈肿疮疡，其味甘而多生虫，这是邪气伤肝之故。
In the yielding-harmony year the lesser jue is one with the half shang; where the upper is jue it is one with the upright jue, and where the upper is shang it is one with the upright shang. Its illness is wasted limbs, swellings, boils and sores; its sweetness breeds worms; it is evil that injures the liver.
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上宫與正宫同，蕭飋肅殺，則炎赫沸騰，眚於三，所謂復也。其主飛蠹蛆雉，乃爲雷霆。
上宫与正宫同，萧飋肃杀，则炎赫沸腾，眚于三，所谓复也。其主飞蠹蛆雉，乃为雷霆。
Shàng gōng yǔ zhèng gōng tóng, xiāo sè sù shā, zé yán hè fèi téng, shěng yú sān, suǒ wèi fù yě. Qí zhǔ fēi dù qū zhì, nǎi wéi léi tíng.
逢上宫则与正宫同化。萧瑟肃杀之气一来，就有炎赫沸腾之象，灾应在三宫，这就是所谓复气。其所主为飞蠹、蛆虫、雉鸟，于是发为雷霆。
Where the upper is gong it is one with the upright gong. Then the soughing of desolate flaying comes and blazing heat seethes; the calamity falls in the third palace — this is what is called revenge. Its charge is flying grubs, maggots and pheasants, and therewith thunder and lightning.
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伏明之紀，是謂勝長。長氣不宣，藏氣反布，收氣自政，化令乃衡，寒清數舉，暑令乃薄，承化物生，生而不長，成實而稚，遇化已老，陽氣屈伏，蟄蟲早藏。
伏明之纪，是谓胜长。长气不宣，藏气反布，收气自政，化令乃衡，寒清数举，暑令乃薄，承化物生，生而不长，成实而稚，遇化已老，阳气屈伏，蛰虫早藏。
Fú míng zhī jì, shì wèi shèng zhǎng. Zhǎng qì bù xuān, zàng qì fǎn bù, shōu qì zì zhèng, huà lìng nǎi héng, hán qīng shuò jǔ, shǔ lìng nǎi bó, chéng huà wù shēng, shēng ér bù zhǎng, chéng shí ér zhì, yù huà yǐ lǎo, yáng qì qū fú, zhé chóng zǎo cáng.
伏明之纪，叫做胜长，即水气胜过火的长养。长气不得宣发，藏气反而布散，收气自行主政，化令得以权衡。寒清之气屡屡兴起，暑令因而微薄。万物承此而化生，生而不长，结实而稚小，一遇化气就已衰老，阳气屈伏，蛰虫提早藏伏。
The era of Hidden Brightness is called prevailing over growth: the qi of growth is not spread, the qi of storage is instead laid out, the qi of harvest governs of itself, and the command of transformation is weighed. Cold and clear come up again and again and the command of summer heat is thin; the beings are transformed and born under it, born but not growing, fruiting but still young, and grown old as soon as transformation comes; the yang qi bends and lies down and insects burrow early.
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其氣鬱，其用暴，其動彰伏變易，其發痛，其藏心，其果栗、桃，其實絡濡，其榖豆、稻，其味苦鹹，其色𤣥丹，其畜馬、彘，其蟲羽鱗，其主冰雪霜寒，其聲徵羽，其病昏惑悲忘，從水化也。
其气郁，其用暴，其动彰伏变易，其发痛，其藏心，其果栗、桃，其实络濡，其谷豆、稻，其味苦咸，其色𤣥丹，其畜马、彘，其虫羽鳞，其主冰雪霜寒，其声徵羽，其病昏惑悲忘，从水化也。
Qí qì yù, qí yòng bào, qí dòng zhāng fú biàn yì, qí fā tòng, qí zàng xīn, qí guǒ lì, táo, qí shí luò rú, qí gǔ dòu, dào, qí wèi kǔ xián, qí sè xuán dān, qí chù mǎ, zhì, qí chóng yǔ lín, qí zhǔ bīng xuě shuāng hán, qí shēng zhǐ yǔ, qí bìng hūn huò bēi wàng, cóng shuǐ huà yě.
其气郁结，其用暴烈，其动为彰显隐伏、变化移易，其发为疼痛，其藏为心，其果为栗、桃，其实为络而濡，其谷为豆、稻，其味为苦、咸，其色为玄、丹，其畜为马、彘，其虫为羽虫、鳞虫，其所主为冰雪霜寒，其声为徵、羽，其病为昏惑悲忘，这是因为从水而化的缘故。
Its qi pent up, its use violent, its movement display and hiding, change and shifting, its outbreak pain, its viscus the heart, its fruit the chestnut and the peach, its kernel the network and moist, its grain beans and rice, its flavour bitter and salty, its colour black and vermilion, its domestic animal the horse and the pig, its creature the feathered and the scaly, its charge ice, snow, frost and cold, its sound zhi and yu, its illness dimness, confusion, grief and forgetfulness; for it follows the transformation of water.
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少徴與少羽同，上商與正商同，邪傷心也。凝慘凓冽，則暴雨霖霪，眚於九，其主驟注，雷霆震驚，沈霒淫雨。
少徵与少羽同，上商与正商同，邪伤心也。凝惨凓冽，则暴雨霖霪，眚于九，其主骤注，雷霆震惊，沉霒淫雨。
Shào zhǐ yǔ shào yǔ tóng, shàng shāng yǔ zhèng shāng tóng, xié shāng xīn yě. Níng cǎn lì liè, zé bào yǔ lín yín, shěng yú jiǔ, qí zhǔ zhòu zhù, léi tíng zhèn jīng, chén yīn yín yǔ.
火运不及的年份，少徵与少羽同化，逢上商则与正商同化，这是邪气伤心之故。凝惨凛冽之气一来，就有暴雨霖霪，灾应在九宫，其所主为骤注之雨，雷霆震惊，沉阴久雨。
In the hidden-brightness year the lesser zhi is one with the lesser yu; where the upper is shang it is one with the upright shang; it is evil that injures the heart. Then bleak congealing and biting cold come with driven rain and long downpour; the calamity falls in the ninth palace; its charge is sudden pouring, thunder and lightning that shake and frighten, heavy cloud and soaking rain.
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卑監之紀，是謂減化。化氣不令，生政獨彰，長氣整，雨乃愆，收氣平，風寒並興，草木榮美，秀而不實，成而粃也。
卑监之纪，是谓减化。化气不令，生政独彰，长气整，雨乃愆，收气平，风寒并兴，草木荣美，秀而不实，成而秕也。
Bēi jiān zhī jì, shì wèi jiǎn huà. Huà qì bù lìng, shēng zhèng dú zhāng, zhǎng qì zhěng, yǔ nǎi qiān, shōu qì píng, fēng hán bìng xīng, cǎo mù róng měi, xiù ér bù shí, chéng ér bǐ yě.
卑监之纪，叫做减化，即土气不及而化气减损。化气不能施令，生政独自彰明，长气整肃，雨水失期，收气平平，风寒并起，草木虽然荣美，却秀而不实，结实也只是秕谷。
The era of Low Confinement is called reduced transformation: the qi of transformation does not command, the governance of growth alone is displayed, the qi of growth is ordered, rain misses its time, the qi of harvest is level, wind and cold rise together; plants and trees are fair and flourishing but flower without fruiting, and what ripens is chaff.
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其氣散，其用靜定，其動瘍涌，分潰、癰腫，其發濡滯，其藏脾，其果李、栗，其實濡核，榖豆、麻，其味酸甘，其色蒼黄，其畜牛犬，其蟲倮毛，其主飄怒振發，其聲宫角，其病留滿否塞，從木化也。
其气散，其用静定，其动疡涌，分溃、痈肿，其发濡滞，其藏脾，其果李、栗，其实濡核，谷豆、麻，其味酸甘，其色苍黄，其畜牛犬，其虫倮毛，其主飘怒振发，其声宫角，其病留满否塞，从木化也。
Qí qì sàn, qí yòng jìng dìng, qí dòng yáng yǒng, fēn kuì, yōng zhǒng, qí fā rú zhì, qí zàng pí, qí guǒ lǐ, lì, qí shí rú hé, gǔ dòu, má, qí wèi suān gān, qí sè cāng huáng, qí chù niú quǎn, qí chóng luǒ máo, qí zhǔ piāo nù zhèn fā, qí shēng gōng jué, qí bìng liú mǎn pǐ sè, cóng mù huà yě.
其气散，其用静定，其动为疮疡涌起、分溃痈肿，其发为濡滞，其藏为脾，其果为李、栗，其实为濡而核，其谷为豆、麻，其味为酸、甘，其色为苍、黄，其畜为牛、犬，其虫为倮虫、毛虫，其所主为飘怒振发之气，其声为宫、角，其病为留满痞塞，这是因为从木而化的缘故。
Its qi scatters, its use still and settled, its movement sores welling up, splitting and bursting, swellings and boils, its outbreak damp sluggishness, its viscus the spleen, its fruit the plum and the chestnut, its kernel moist and pitted, its grain beans and hemp, its flavour sour and sweet, its colour blue-green and yellow, its domestic animal the ox and the dog, its creature the naked and the hairy, its charge wild anger and shaking, its sound gong and jue, its illness retention, fullness, stuffiness and blockage; for it follows the transformation of wood.
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少宫與少角同，上宫與正宫同，上角與正角同，其病飱泄，邪傷脾也。振拉飄揚，則蒼乾散落，其眚四維，其主敗折虎狼，清氣乃用，生政乃辱。
少宫与少角同，上宫与正宫同，上角与正角同，其病飧泄，邪伤脾也。振拉飘扬，则苍干散落，其眚四维，其主败折虎狼，清气乃用，生政乃辱。
Shào gōng yǔ shào jué tóng, shàng gōng yǔ zhèng gōng tóng, shàng jué yǔ zhèng jué tóng, qí bìng sūn xiè, xié shāng pí yě. Zhèn lā piāo yáng, zé cāng gān sàn luò, qí shěng sì wéi, qí zhǔ bài zhé hǔ láng, qīng qì nǎi yòng, shēng zhèng nǎi rǔ.
土运不及的年份，少宫与少角同化，逢上宫则与正宫同化，逢上角则与正角同化；其病为飧泄，这是邪气伤脾之故。振拉飘扬之气一来，苍老之物干枯散落，灾应在四维，其所主为败坏折断与虎狼之害，清气于是得用，生政因而受辱。
In the low-confinement year the lesser gong is one with the lesser jue; where the upper is gong it is one with the upright gong, and where the upper is jue it is one with the upright jue. Its illness is gruel diarrhoea; it is evil that injures the spleen. Then shaking and scattering come, blue-green things dry and drop, the calamity falls in the four corners; its charge is ruin and breaking, tigers and wolves; the clear qi comes into use and the governance of growth is disgraced.
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從革之紀，是謂折收。收氣乃後，生氣乃揚，長化合德，火政乃宣，庶類以蕃。其氣揚，其用躁切，其動鏗禁瞀厥，其發欬喘，其藏肺，其果李、杏，其實殻絡，其榖麻、麥，其味苦、辛，其色白丹，其畜雞、羊，其蟲介羽，其主明曜炎爍，其聲商徴，其病嚏、欬、鼽、衄，從火化也。
从革之纪，是谓折收。收气乃后，生气乃扬，长化合德，火政乃宣，庶类以蕃。其气扬，其用躁切，其动铿禁瞀厥，其发咳喘，其藏肺，其果李、杏，其实壳络，其谷麻、麦，其味苦、辛，其色白丹，其畜鸡、羊，其虫介羽，其主明曜炎烁，其声商徵，其病嚏、咳、鼽、衄，从火化也。
Cóng gé zhī jì, shì wèi zhé shōu. Shōu qì nǎi hòu, shēng qì nǎi yáng, zhǎng huà hé dé, huǒ zhèng nǎi xuān, shù lèi yǐ fán. Qí qì yáng, qí yòng zào qiè, qí dòng kēng jìn mào jué, qí fā kài chuǎn, qí zàng fèi, qí guǒ lǐ, xìng, qí shí qiào luò, qí gǔ má, mài, qí wèi kǔ, xīn, qí sè bái dān, qí chù jī, yáng, qí chóng jiè yǔ, qí zhǔ míng yào yán shuò, qí shēng shāng zhǐ, qí bìng tì, kài, qiú, nǜ, cóng huǒ huà yě.
从革之纪，叫做折收，即金气不及而收成折损。收气滞后，生气反而张扬，长气与化气合德，火政得以宣布，万物因而蕃殖。其气扬，其用躁切，其动为铿禁瞀厥，其发为咳喘，其藏为肺，其果为李、杏，其实为壳络，其谷为麻、麦，其味为苦、辛，其色为白、丹，其畜为鸡、羊，其虫为介虫、羽虫，其所主为明曜炎烁，其声为商、徵，其病为嚏、咳、鼽、衄，这是因为从火而化的缘故。
The era of Following Change is called broken harvest: the qi of harvest comes late, the qi of growth is instead raised, growth and transformation join virtue, the governance of fire is proclaimed, and the many kinds flourish. Its qi raised, its use restless and sharp, its movement clanging, retention, dimness and counterflow, its outbreak cough and panting, its viscus the lung, its fruit the plum and the apricot, its kernel husk and network, its grain hemp and wheat, its flavour bitter and acrid, its colour white and vermilion, its domestic animal the fowl and the sheep, its creature the shelled and the feathered, its charge bright shining, blazing and scorching, its sound shang and zhi, its illness sneezing, cough, snivelling and nosebleed; for it follows the transformation of fire.
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少商與少徴同，上商與正商同，上角與正角同，邪傷肺也。炎光赫烈，則冰雪霜雹。眚於七。其主鱗伏彘、鼠。歲氣早至，乃生大寒。
少商与少徵同，上商与正商同，上角与正角同，邪伤肺也。炎光赫烈，则冰雪霜雹。眚于七。其主鳞伏彘、鼠。岁气早至，乃生大寒。
Shào shāng yǔ shào zhǐ tóng, shàng shāng yǔ zhèng shāng tóng, shàng jué yǔ zhèng jué tóng, xié shāng fèi yě. Yán guāng hè liè, zé bīng xuě shuāng báo. Shěng yú qī. Qí zhǔ lín fú zhì, shǔ. Suì qì zǎo zhì, nǎi shēng dà hán.
金运不及的年份，少商与少徵同化，逢上商则与正商同化，逢上角则与正角同化，这是邪气伤肺之故。炎光赫烈之气一来，就有冰雪霜雹。灾应在七宫，其所主为鳞虫伏藏以及彘与鼠。岁气早早到来，于是生出大寒。
In the following-change year the lesser shang is one with the lesser zhi; where the upper is shang it is one with the upright shang, and where the upper is jue it is one with the upright jue; it is evil that injures the lung. Then blazing light and fierce heat come and with them ice, snow, frost and hail. The calamity falls in the seventh palace; its charge is the scaly creatures hiding, the pig and the rat. The qi of the year arrives early and great cold is born.
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涸流之紀，是謂反陽。藏令不舉，化氣乃昌，長氣宣布，蟄蟲不藏，土潤，水泉減，草木條茂，榮秀滿盛。
涸流之纪，是谓反阳。藏令不举，化气乃昌，长气宣布，蛰虫不藏，土润，水泉减，草木条茂，荣秀满盛。
Hé liú zhī jì, shì wèi fǎn yáng. Zàng lìng bù jǔ, huà qì nǎi chāng, zhǎng qì xuān bù, zhé chóng bù cáng, tǔ rùn, shuǐ quán jiǎn, cǎo mù tiáo mào, róng xiù mǎn shèng.
涸流之纪，叫做反阳，即水气不及而阳气反见。藏令不能施行，化气因而昌盛，长气得以宣布，蛰虫不能闭藏，土地湿润，水泉减少，草木枝条繁茂，荣秀满盛。
The era of Dried Stream is called reversal of yang: the command to store is not raised, the qi of transformation flourishes, the qi of growth is spread abroad, burrowing insects do not store, the earth is moist, springs and wells run low, and plants and trees grow rank, flourishing and full.
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其氣滯，其用滲泄，其動堅止，其發燥槁，其藏腎，其果棗、杏，其實濡肉，其榖黍、稷，其味甘、鹹，其色黅𤣥，其畜彘牛，其蟲鱗倮，其主埃鬱昏翳，其聲羽宫，其病痿厥堅下，從土化也。
其气滞，其用渗泄，其动坚止，其发燥槁，其藏肾，其果枣、杏，其实濡肉，其谷黍、稷，其味甘、咸，其色黅𤣥，其畜彘牛，其虫鳞倮，其主埃郁昏翳，其声羽宫，其病痿厥坚下，从土化也。
Qí qì zhì, qí yòng shèn xiè, qí dòng jiān zhǐ, qí fā zào gǎo, qí zàng shèn, qí guǒ zǎo, xìng, qí shí rú ròu, qí gǔ shǔ, jì, qí wèi gān, xián, qí sè jīn xuán, qí chù zhì niú, qí chóng lín luǒ, qí zhǔ āi yù hūn yì, qí shēng yǔ gōng, qí bìng wěi jué jiān xià, cóng tǔ huà yě.
其气滞，其用渗泄，其动为坚止，其发为燥槁，其藏为肾，其果为枣、杏，其实为濡肉，其谷为黍、稷，其味为甘、咸，其色为黅、玄，其畜为彘、牛，其虫为鳞虫、倮虫，其所主为埃郁昏翳，其声为羽、宫，其病为痿厥坚下，这是因为从土而化的缘故。
Its qi stagnant, its use seeping and leaking, its movement hard and stopped, its outbreak dry and parched, its viscus the kidney, its fruit the jujube and the apricot, its kernel moist flesh, its grain glutinous and panicled millet, its flavour sweet and salty, its colour yellow and black, its domestic animal the pig and the ox, its creature the scaly and the naked, its charge dust, pent-up gloom and darkening, its sound yu and gong, its illness flaccidity, counterflow, hardness below; for it follows the transformation of earth.
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少羽與少宫同，上宫與正宫同，其病癃閟，邪傷腎也。埃昏驟雨，則振拉摧拔。眚於一。其主毛顯狐貉，變化不藏。
少羽与少宫同，上宫与正宫同，其病癃閟，邪伤肾也。埃昏骤雨，则振拉摧拔。眚于一。其主毛显狐貉，变化不藏。
Shào yǔ yǔ shào gōng tóng, shàng gōng yǔ zhèng gōng tóng, qí bìng lóng bì, xié shāng shèn yě. Āi hūn zhòu yǔ, zé zhèn lā cuī bá. Shěng yú yī. Qí zhǔ máo xiǎn hú hé, biàn huà bù cáng.
水运不及的年份，少羽与少宫同化，逢上宫则与正宫同化，其病为小便癃闭，这是邪气伤肾之故。埃昏骤雨之气一来，就有振拉摧拔之势。灾应在一宫，其所主为毛虫显现与狐貉之类，变化而不能闭藏。
In the dried-stream year the lesser yu is one with the lesser gong; where the upper is gong it is one with the upright gong. Its illness is retention and blockage of urine; it is evil that injures the kidney. Then dust and darkness and driving rain come, with shaking, tearing, breaking and uprooting. The calamity falls in the first palace; its charge is the hairy creatures showing themselves, foxes and badgers, changing and never storing.
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故乘危而行，不速而至，暴虐無德，災反及之，微者復微，甚者復甚，氣之常也。
故乘危而行，不速而至，暴虐无德，灾反及之，微者复微，甚者复甚，气之常也。
Gù chéng wēi ér xíng, bù sù ér zhì, bào nüè wú dé, zāi fǎn jí zhī, wēi zhě fù wēi, shèn zhě fù shèn, qì zhī cháng yě.
所以乘人之危而行，不请自来，暴虐而无德，灾祸反而落到自己身上；轻微的就以轻微来复，严重的就以严重来复，这是气的常态。
Therefore it rides upon the danger and goes, arriving uninvited, violent and without virtue, and the disaster falls back upon it: the slight is revenged slightly and the severe severely. This is the constant of the qi.
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發生之紀，是謂啓㪝。土疏泄，蒼氣達，陽和布化，陰氣乃隨，生氣淳化，萬物以榮。
发生之纪，是谓启㪝。土疏泄，苍气达，阳和布化，阴气乃随，生气淳化，万物以荣。
Fā shēng zhī jì, shì wèi qǐ chè. Tǔ shū xiè, cāng qì dá, yáng hé bù huà, yīn qì nǎi suí, shēng qì chún huà, wàn wù yǐ róng.
发生之纪，叫做启坼，即土气疏松泄越。苍气通达，阳和布化，阴气随之而行，生气淳厚地化育，万物因而繁荣。
The era of Bursting Growth is called opening and splitting: earth is loosened and drains, the blue-green qi reaches through, yang harmony spreads its transformation and the yin qi follows after, the qi of growth transforms richly, and the ten thousand beings flourish.
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其化生，其氣美，其政散，其令條舒，其動掉眩巔疾，其德鳴靡啓坼，其變振拉摧拔，其榖麻稻，其畜雞犬，其果李桃，其色青、黄白，其味酸甘辛，其象春，其經足厥陰少陽，其藏肝脾，其蟲毛介，其物中堅外堅，其病怒。
其化生，其气美，其政散，其令条舒，其动掉眩巅疾，其德鸣靡启坼，其变振拉摧拔，其谷麻稻，其畜鸡犬，其果李桃，其色青、黄白，其味酸甘辛，其象春，其经足厥阴少阳，其藏肝脾，其虫毛介，其物中坚外坚，其病怒。
Qí huà shēng, qí qì měi, qí zhèng sàn, qí lìng tiáo shū, qí dòng diào xuàn diān jí, qí dé míng mǐ qǐ chè, qí biàn zhèn lā cuī bá, qí gǔ má dào, qí chù jī quǎn, qí guǒ lǐ táo, qí sè qīng, huáng bái, qí wèi suān gān xīn, qí xiàng chūn, qí jīng zú jué yīn shào yáng, qí zàng gān pí, qí chóng máo jiè, qí wù zhōng jiān wài jiān, qí bìng nù.
其化生，其气美，其政散，其令条舒，其动为掉眩巅疾，其德为鸣靡启坼，其变为振拉摧拔，其谷为麻、稻，其畜为鸡、犬，其果为李、桃，其色为青、黄白，其味为酸、甘、辛，其象为春，其经为足厥阴、少阳，其藏为肝、脾，其虫为毛虫、介虫，其物中坚外坚，其病为怒。
Its transformation growth, its qi fair, its governance scattering, its command spread out and relaxed, its movement shaking, dizziness and crown illness, its virtue clamour and crumbling, opening and splitting, its change shaking, tearing, breaking and uprooting, its grain hemp and rice, its domestic animal the fowl and the dog, its fruit the plum and the peach, its colour blue-green, yellow and white, its flavour sour, sweet and acrid, its image spring, its channels the foot ceasing yin and lesser yang, its viscera the liver and spleen, its creature the hairy and the shelled, its thing hard within and hard without, its illness anger.
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太角與上商同，上徴則其氣逆，其病吐利，不務其德，則收氣復，秋氣勁切，甚則肅殺，清氣大至，草木凋零，邪乃傷肝。
太角与上商同，上徵则其气逆，其病吐利，不务其德，则收气复，秋气劲切，甚则肃杀，清气大至，草木凋零，邪乃伤肝。
Tài jué yǔ shàng shāng tóng, shàng zhǐ zé qí qì nì, qí bìng tù lì, bù wù qí dé, zé shōu qì fù, qiū qì jìng qiè, shèn zé sù shā, qīng qì dà zhì, cǎo mù diāo líng, xié nǎi shāng gān.
木运太过之年，太角与上商同化；逢上徵则其气上逆，其病为吐利。若不务其德，收气就会来复，秋气劲切，甚则肃杀，清气大至，草木凋零，邪气于是伤肝。
In the bursting-growth year the greater jue is one with the upper shang; where the upper is zhi its qi runs counterflow and the illness is vomiting and diarrhoea. If it does not attend to its virtue the qi of harvest takes its revenge, the qi of autumn turns sharp, and in the extreme there is flaying; the clear qi comes in full, plants and trees wither and drop, and evil then injures the liver.
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赫曦之紀，是謂蕃茂。陰氣内化，陽氣外榮，炎暑施化，物得以昌。其化長，其氣高，其政動，其令鳴顯，其動炎灼妄擾，其色赤、白、𤣥，其味苦、辛、鹹，其象夏，其經手少陰、太陽，手厥陰、少陽，其藏心、肺，其蟲羽鱗，其物脉濡，其病笑瘧、瘡瘍，血流，狂妄，目赤。上羽與正徴同，其收齊，其病痓，上徴而收氣後也。暴烈其政，藏氣乃復，時見凝慘，甚則雨水、霜雹切寒，邪傷心也。
赫曦之纪，是谓蕃茂。阴气内化，阳气外荣，炎暑施化，物得以昌。其化长，其气高，其政动，其令鸣显，其动炎灼妄扰，其色赤、白、𤣥，其味苦、辛、咸，其象夏，其经手少阴、太阳，手厥阴、少阳，其藏心、肺，其虫羽鳞，其物脉濡，其病笑疟、疮疡，血流，狂妄，目赤。上羽与正徵同，其收齐，其病痓，上徵而收气后也。暴烈其政，藏气乃复，时见凝惨，甚则雨水、霜雹切寒，邪伤心也。
Hè xī zhī jì, shì wèi fán mào. Yīn qì nèi huà, yáng qì wài róng, yán shǔ shī huà, wù dé yǐ chāng. Qí huà zhǎng, qí qì gāo, qí zhèng dòng, qí lìng míng xiǎn, qí dòng yán zhuó wàng rǎo, qí sè chì, bái, xuán, qí wèi kǔ, xīn, xián, qí xiàng xià, qí jīng shǒu shào yīn, tài yáng, shǒu jué yīn, shào yáng, qí zàng xīn, fèi, qí chóng yǔ lín, qí wù mài rú, qí bìng xiào nüè, chuāng yáng, xuè liú, kuáng wàng, mù chì. Shàng yǔ yǔ zhèng zhǐ tóng, qí shōu qí, qí bìng chì, shàng zhǐ ér shōu qì hòu yě. Bào liè qí zhèng, zàng qì nǎi fù, shí xiàn níng cǎn, shèn zé yǔ shuǐ, shuāng báo qiè hán, xié shāng xīn yě.
赫曦之纪，叫做蕃茂。阴气在内部化育，阳气向外荣发，炎暑施化，万物得以昌盛。其化为长，其气高，其政为动，其令鸣显，其动为炎灼妄扰，其色为赤、白、玄，其味为苦、辛、咸，其象为夏，其经为手少阴、太阳与手厥阴、少阳，其藏为心、肺，其虫为羽虫、鳞虫，其物为脉而濡。其病为笑、疟、疮疡，血外流，狂妄，目赤。逢上羽则与正徵同化，其收气齐整，其病为痓；逢上徵则收气后至。政令暴烈，藏气就来复，时时可见凝惨之象，甚则有雨水、霜雹与切寒，邪气伤及心脏。
The era of Blazing Sunlight is called luxuriant growth: the yin qi transforms within, the yang qi flourishes without, blazing heat spreads its transformation, and beings are thereby made abundant. Its transformation growth, its qi high, its governance movement, its command clamour and display, its movement blazing and scorching, reckless and disturbing, its colour red, white and black, its flavour bitter, acrid and salty, its image summer, its channels the hand lesser yin and greater yang, the hand ceasing yin and lesser yang, its viscera the heart and lung, its creature the feathered and the scaly, its thing the vessels, moist. Its illness laughter, malaria, boils and sores, blood flowing out, madness and raving, red eyes. Where the upper is yu it is one with the upright zhi, its harvest is even and its illness convulsion; where the upper is zhi the qi of harvest comes late. If its governance is violent the qi of storage takes its revenge, and now and again bleak congealing appears; in the extreme, rain, frost, hail and biting cold, and evil injures the heart.
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敦阜之紀，是謂廣化，厚德清靜，順長以盈，至陰内實，物化充成，煙埃朦鬱，見於厚土，大雨時行，濕氣乃用，燥政乃辟，其化圓，其氣豐，其政靜，其令周備，其動濡積并蓄，其德柔潤重淖，其變震驚、飄驟、崩潰，其榖稷、麻，其畜牛、犬，其果棗、李，其色黅、𤣥、蒼，其味甘、鹹、酸，其象長夏，其經足太陰、陽明，其藏脾、腎，其蟲倮毛，其物肌核，其病腹滿，四支不舉，大風迅至，邪傷脾也。
敦阜之纪，是谓广化，厚德清静，顺长以盈，至阴内实，物化充成，烟埃朦郁，见于厚土，大雨时行，湿气乃用，燥政乃辟，其化圆，其气丰，其政静，其令周备，其动濡积并蓄，其德柔润重淖，其变震惊、飘骤、崩溃，其谷稷、麻，其畜牛、犬，其果枣、李，其色黅、𤣥、苍，其味甘、咸、酸，其象长夏，其经足太阴、阳明，其藏脾、肾，其虫倮毛，其物肌核，其病腹满，四支不举，大风迅至，邪伤脾也。
Dūn fù zhī jì, shì wèi guǎng huà, hòu dé qīng jìng, shùn zhǎng yǐ yíng, zhì yīn nèi shí, wù huà chōng chéng, yān āi méng yù, xiàn yú hòu tǔ, dà yǔ shí xíng, shī qì nǎi yòng, zào zhèng nǎi bì, qí huà yuán, qí qì fēng, qí zhèng jìng, qí lìng zhōu bèi, qí dòng rú jī bìng xù, qí dé róu rùn zhòng nào, qí biàn zhèn jīng, piāo zhòu, bēng kuì, qí gǔ jì, má, qí chù niú, quǎn, qí guǒ zǎo, lǐ, qí sè jīn, xuán, cāng, qí wèi gān, xián, suān, qí xiàng zhǎng xià, qí jīng zú tài yīn, yáng míng, qí zàng pí, shèn, qí chóng luǒ máo, qí wù jī hé, qí bìng fù mǎn, sì zhī bù jǔ, dà fēng xùn zhì, xié shāng pí yě.
敦阜之纪，叫做广化。厚德清静，顺长气而充盈，至阴之气内实，万物化育充实而成。烟埃朦郁，显见于厚土之上，大雨按时而行，湿气得以发挥作用，燥政因而退避。其化为圆，其气丰，其政静，其令周备，其动为濡积并蓄，其德柔润重淖，其变为震惊、飘骤、崩溃，其谷为稷、麻，其畜为牛、犬，其果为枣、李，其色为黅、玄、苍，其味为甘、咸、酸，其象为长夏，其经为足太阴、阳明，其藏为脾、肾，其虫为倮虫、毛虫，其物为肌核，其病为腹满、四肢不举。大风迅疾而至，邪气伤脾。
The era of Mounded Height is called widened transformation: its thick virtue is clear and still, it follows growth and fills, the utmost yin is full within, and beings are transformed and brought to fullness; smoke and dust are murky and pent up and appear upon the thick earth; great rain moves in its season, the damp qi comes into use and the governance of dryness is turned aside. Its transformation round, its qi abundant, its governance still, its command complete all round, its movement dampness accumulating and gathering together, its virtue soft, moist, heavy and muddy, its change thunder-shaking, wind-driven rain and collapse, its grain panicled millet and hemp, its domestic animal the ox and the dog, its fruit the jujube and the plum, its colour yellow, black and blue-green, its flavour sweet, salty and sour, its image late summer, its channels the foot greater yin and yang brightness, its viscera the spleen and kidney, its creature the naked and the hairy, its thing flesh and pit, its illness abdominal fullness and limbs that cannot be raised. A great wind comes swiftly and evil injures the spleen.
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堅成之紀，是謂收引。天氣潔，地氣明，陽氣隨陰治化，燥行其政，物以司成，收氣繁布，化洽不終，其化成，其氣削，其政肅，其令鋭切，其動暴折瘍疰，其德霧露蕭飋，其變肅殺凋零，其榖稻黍，其畜雞馬，其果桃杏，其色白青丹，其味辛酸苦，其象秋，其經手太陰陽明，其藏肺肝，其蟲介羽，其物殻絡，其病喘喝，胸憑仰息。
坚成之纪，是谓收引。天气洁，地气明，阳气随阴治化，燥行其政，物以司成，收气繁布，化洽不终，其化成，其气削，其政肃，其令锐切，其动暴折疡疰，其德雾露萧飋，其变肃杀凋零，其谷稻黍，其畜鸡马，其果桃杏，其色白青丹，其味辛酸苦，其象秋，其经手太阴阳明，其藏肺肝，其虫介羽，其物壳络，其病喘喝，胸凭仰息。
Jiān chéng zhī jì, shì wèi shōu yǐn. Tiān qì jié, dì qì míng, yáng qì suí yīn zhì huà, zào xíng qí zhèng, wù yǐ sī chéng, shōu qì fán bù, huà qià bù zhōng, qí huà chéng, qí qì xuē, qí zhèng sù, qí lìng ruì qiè, qí dòng bào zhé yáng zhù, qí dé wù lù xiāo sè, qí biàn sù shā diāo líng, qí gǔ dào shǔ, qí chù jī mǎ, qí guǒ táo xìng, qí sè bái qīng dān, qí wèi xīn suān kǔ, qí xiàng qiū, qí jīng shǒu tài yīn yáng míng, qí zàng fèi gān, qí chóng jiè yǔ, qí wù qiào luò, qí bìng chuǎn hè, xiōng píng yǎng xī.
坚成之纪，叫做收引。天气洁净，地气清明，阳气随从阴气治化，燥气行其政令，万物因此成就，收气繁密布散，化气融洽而不终尽。其化为成，其气削，其政肃，其令锐切，其动为暴折疡疰，其德为雾露萧飋，其变为肃杀凋零，其谷为稻、黍，其畜为鸡、马，其果为桃、杏，其色为白、青、丹，其味为辛、酸、苦，其象为秋，其经为手太阴、阳明，其藏为肺、肝，其虫为介虫、羽虫，其物为壳络，其病为喘喝、胸凭仰息。
The era of Hard Completion is called gathering and drawing in: the qi of heaven is clean and the qi of earth clear, the yang qi follows the yin in ordering and transforming, dryness carries out its governance, beings are thereby brought to completion, the qi of harvest spreads densely, and its transformation reaches through without ending. Its transformation completion, its qi pared down, its governance severe, its command sharp and keen, its movement sudden breaking, sores and fixity, its virtue mist, dew and soughing wind, its change flaying and withering, its grain rice and glutinous millet, its domestic animal the fowl and the horse, its fruit the peach and the apricot, its colour white, blue-green and vermilion, its flavour acrid, sour and bitter, its image autumn, its channels the hand greater yin and yang brightness, its viscera the lung and liver, its creature the shelled and the feathered, its thing husk and network, its illness panting and hoarseness, the chest propped and breathing with the head thrown back.
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上徴與正商同。其生齊，其病欬。政暴變，則名木不榮，柔脆焦首，長氣斯救，大火流，炎爍且至，蔓將槁，邪傷肺也。
上徵与正商同。其生齐，其病咳。政暴变，则名木不荣，柔脆焦首，长气斯救，大火流，炎烁且至，蔓将槁，邪伤肺也。
Shàng zhǐ yǔ zhèng shāng tóng. Qí shēng qí, qí bìng kài. Zhèng bào biàn, zé míng mù bù róng, róu cuì jiāo shǒu, zhǎng qì sī jiù, dà huǒ liú, yán shuò qiě zhì, màn jiāng gǎo, xié shāng fèi yě.
逢上徵则与正商同化。其生齐，其病为咳。政令暴变，名木不得繁荣，柔脆者焦枯于首，长气于是来救，大火流行，炎烁将至，蔓草将枯，邪气伤肺。
Where the upper is zhi it is one with the upright shang: its growth is even and its illness cough. If its governance changes violently, fine trees do not flourish, the soft and brittle are scorched at the tip, the qi of growth then comes to the rescue, great fire flows, blazing heat is at hand, vines are about to wither, and evil injures the lung.
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流衍之紀，是謂封藏。寒司物化，天地嚴凝，藏政以布，長令不揚。其化凜，其氣堅，其政謐，其令流注，其動漂泄沃涌，其德凝慘寒雰，其變冰雪霜雹，其榖豆稷，其畜彘牛，其果栗棗，其色黑丹黅，其味鹹苦甘，其象冬，其經足少陰太陽，其藏腎心，其蟲鱗倮，其物濡滿，其病脹。上羽而長，氣不化也。政過則化氣大舉，而埃昏氣交，大雨時降，邪傷腎也。
流衍之纪，是谓封藏。寒司物化，天地严凝，藏政以布，长令不扬。其化凛，其气坚，其政谧，其令流注，其动漂泄沃涌，其德凝惨寒雰，其变冰雪霜雹，其谷豆稷，其畜彘牛，其果栗枣，其色黑丹黅，其味咸苦甘，其象冬，其经足少阴太阳，其藏肾心，其虫鳞倮，其物濡满，其病胀。上羽而长，气不化也。政过则化气大举，而埃昏气交，大雨时降，邪伤肾也。
Liú yǎn zhī jì, shì wèi fēng cáng. Hán sī wù huà, tiān dì yán níng, zàng zhèng yǐ bù, zhǎng lìng bù yáng. Qí huà lǐn, qí qì jiān, qí zhèng mì, qí lìng liú zhù, qí dòng piāo xiè wò yǒng, qí dé níng cǎn hán fēn, qí biàn bīng xuě shuāng báo, qí gǔ dòu jì, qí chù zhì niú, qí guǒ lì zǎo, qí sè hēi dān jīn, qí wèi xián kǔ gān, qí xiàng dōng, qí jīng zú shào yīn tài yáng, qí zàng shèn xīn, qí chóng lín luǒ, qí wù rú mǎn, qí bìng zhàng. Shàng yǔ ér zhǎng, qì bù huà yě. Zhèng guò zé huà qì dà jǔ, ér āi hūn qì jiāo, dà yǔ shí jiàng, xié shāng shèn yě.
流衍之纪，叫做封藏。寒气掌管万物的化育，天地严寒凝肃，藏政得以布行，长令不得张扬。其化为凛，其气坚，其政谧，其令流注，其动为漂泄沃涌，其德为凝惨寒雰，其变为冰雪霜雹，其谷为豆、稷，其畜为彘、牛，其果为栗、枣，其色为黑、丹、黅，其味为咸、苦、甘，其象为冬，其经为足少阴、太阳，其藏为肾、心，其虫为鳞虫、倮虫，其物濡满，其病为胀。逢上羽而长气不能化育。政令太过则化气大举，埃昏气交，大雨按时而降，邪气伤肾。
The era of Spreading Flow is called sealing and storing: cold governs the transformation of beings, heaven and earth are sternly congealed, the governance of storage is laid out, and the command of growth is not raised. Its transformation cold and stern, its qi firm, its governance quiet, its command flowing and pouring, its movement drifting, leaking, watering and welling, its virtue congealed bleakness and cold fog, its change ice, snow, frost and hail, its grain beans and panicled millet, its domestic animal the pig and the ox, its fruit the chestnut and the jujube, its colour black, vermilion and yellow, its flavour salty, bitter and sweet, its image winter, its channels the foot lesser yin and greater yang, its viscera the kidney and heart, its creature the scaly and the naked, its thing moist and full, its illness distension. Where the upper is yu growth cannot transform. If its governance goes too far the qi of transformation is greatly raised, dust darkens and the qi intermixes, great rain falls in its season, and evil injures the kidney.
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故曰：不恒其德，則所勝來復；政恒其理，則所勝同化，此之謂也。帝曰：天不足西北，左寒而右涼；地不滿東南，右熱而左温，其故何也？
故曰：不恒其德，则所胜来复；政恒其理，则所胜同化，此之谓也。帝曰：天不足西北，左寒而右凉；地不满东南，右热而左温，其故何也？
Gù yuē: bù héng qí dé, zé suǒ shèng lái fù; zhèng héng qí lǐ, zé suǒ shèng tóng huà, cǐ zhī wèi yě. Dì yuē: tiān bù zú xī běi, zuǒ hán ér yòu liáng; dì bù mǎn dōng nán, yòu rè ér zuǒ wēn, qí gù hé yě?
所以说：不能守恒其德，所胜之气就会来复；政令常守其理，所胜之气就会同化，说的就是这个。黄帝说：天在西北方不足，所以左边寒冷而右边清凉；地在东南方不满，所以右边炎热而左边温暖，这是什么缘故？
Therefore it is said: where virtue is not kept constant what it prevails over comes back in revenge; where governance holds its pattern constant what it prevails over transforms with it. This is what it means. Huang Di said: heaven is insufficient in the north-west, so the left is cold and the right cool; earth is not full in the south-east, so the right is hot and the left warm — what is the reason?
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歧伯曰：陰陽之氣，高下之理，太少之異也。東南方陽也，陽者其精降於下，故右熱而左温。西北方陰也，陰者其精奉於上，故左寒而右涼。是以地有高下，氣有温涼。高者氣寒，下者氣熱。故適寒涼者脹，之温熱者瘡。下之則脹已，汗之則瘡已。此湊理開閉之常，太少之異耳。
歧伯曰：阴阳之气，高下之理，太少之异也。东南方阳也，阳者其精降于下，故右热而左温。西北方阴也，阴者其精奉于上，故左寒而右凉。是以地有高下，气有温凉。高者气寒，下者气热。故适寒凉者胀，之温热者疮。下之则胀已，汗之则疮已。此凑理开闭之常，太少之异耳。
Qí bó yuē: yīn yáng zhī qì, gāo xià zhī lǐ, tài shào zhī yì yě. Dōng nán fāng yáng yě, yáng zhě qí jīng jiàng yú xià, gù yòu rè ér zuǒ wēn. Xī běi fāng yīn yě, yīn zhě qí jīng fèng yú shàng, gù zuǒ hán ér yòu liáng. Shì yǐ dì yǒu gāo xià, qì yǒu wēn liáng. Gāo zhě qì hán, xià zhě qì rè. Gù shì hán liáng zhě zhàng, zhī wēn rè zhě chuāng. Xià zhī zé zhàng yǐ, hàn zhī zé chuāng yǐ. Cǐ còu lǐ kāi bì zhī cháng, tài shào zhī yì ěr.
歧伯说：这是阴阳之气、高下的道理以及太少的不同。东南方属阳，阳的精气下降于下，所以右边热而左边温。西北方属阴，阴的精气奉承于上，所以左边寒而右边凉。因此地势有高下，气候有温凉：高的地方气寒，低的地方气热。所以到寒凉之地的人多腹胀，到温热之地的人多生疮。用下法腹胀就好了，用汗法疮就好了。这是腠理开闭的常态，只是太与少的不同罢了。
Qi Bo said: it is the qi of yin and yang, the pattern of high and low, and the difference of the greater and the lesser. The south-east is yang: what is yang sends its essence down, hence the right is hot and the left warm. The north-west is yin: what is yin offers its essence up, hence the left is cold and the right cool. So the land has its high and its low and the qi its warm and its cool: where it is high the qi is cold, where it is low the qi is hot. Therefore those who go to cold and cool places have distension, and those who go to warm and hot places have sores. Purge downward and the distension stops; induce sweat and the sores stop. This is the constant of the opening and closing of the interstices — only the difference of greater and lesser.
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帝曰：其於壽夭何如？歧伯曰：陰精所奉其人壽，陽精所降其人夭。帝曰：善。其病也，治之柰何？
帝曰：其于寿夭何如？歧伯曰：阴精所奉其人寿，阳精所降其人夭。帝曰：善。其病也，治之奈何？
Dì yuē: qí yú shòu yāo hé rú? Qí bó yuē: yīn jīng suǒ fèng qí rén shòu, yáng jīng suǒ jiàng qí rén yāo. Dì yuē: shàn. Qí bìng yě, zhì zhī nài hé?
黄帝说：它们与寿夭的关系如何？歧伯说：阴精奉承于上的人长寿，阳精下降于下的人夭亡。黄帝说：好。那么其病怎样治疗呢？
Huang Di said: how do these stand with long life and early death? Qi Bo said: where the yin essence is offered up the people live long; where the yang essence descends the people die early. Huang Di said: good. And how is their illness treated?
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歧伯曰：西北之氣，散而寒之。東南之氣，收而温之。所謂同病異治也。故曰：氣寒氣涼，治以寒涼，行水漬之；氣温氣熱，治以温熱，强其内守，必同其氣，可使平也。假者反之。
歧伯曰：西北之气，散而寒之。东南之气，收而温之。所谓同病异治也。故曰：气寒气凉，治以寒凉，行水渍之；气温气热，治以温热，强其内守，必同其气，可使平也。假者反之。
Qí bó yuē: xī běi zhī qì, sàn ér hán zhī. Dōng nán zhī qì, shōu ér wēn zhī. Suǒ wèi tóng bìng yì zhì yě. Gù yuē: qì hán qì liáng, zhì yǐ hán liáng, xíng shuǐ zì zhī; qì wēn qì rè, zhì yǐ wēn rè, qiáng qí nèi shǒu, bì tóng qí qì, kě shǐ píng yě. Jiǎ zhě fǎn zhī.
歧伯说：西北之气宜发散而寒之，东南之气宜收敛而温之，这就是所谓同病异治。所以说：气寒气候凉的，用寒凉之药治疗，并用汤水浸渍；气温气候热的，用温热之药治疗，同时强固其内守之气，一定要与病气相同，才可以使它平复。假热假寒的则反过来治。
Qi Bo said: the qi of the north-west disperses and is cooled; the qi of the south-east gathers and is warmed. This is what is called the same illness treated differently. Therefore it is said: where the qi is cold and cool treat with cold and cool and steep it in water; where the qi is warm and hot treat with warm and hot and strengthen the inner guard, and one must match its qi — then it can be levelled. Where the appearance is false, do the opposite.
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帝曰：善。一州之氣，生化壽夭不同，其故何也？歧伯曰：高下之理，地勢使然也。崇高則陰氣治之，污下則陽氣治之。陽勝者先天，陰勝者後天，此地理之常，生化之道也。
帝曰：善。一州之气，生化寿夭不同，其故何也？歧伯曰：高下之理，地势使然也。崇高则阴气治之，污下则阳气治之。阳胜者先天，阴胜者后天，此地理之常，生化之道也。
Dì yuē: shàn. Yī zhōu zhī qì, shēng huà shòu yāo bù tóng, qí gù hé yě? Qí bó yuē: gāo xià zhī lǐ, dì shì shǐ rán yě. Chóng gāo zé yīn qì zhì zhī, wū xià zé yáng qì zhì zhī. Yáng shèng zhě xiān tiān, yīn shèng zhě hòu tiān, cǐ dì lǐ zhī cháng, shēng huà zhī dào yě.
黄帝说：好。同一州之内的气，生化与寿夭却不相同，这是什么缘故？歧伯说：这是高下的道理，地势使它如此。地势崇高的，由阴气主治；地势污下的，由阳气主治。阳胜的先天时而至，阴胜的后天时而至，这是地理的常态、生化的大道。
Huang Di said: good. Within one province the qi, the transformation and the long life or early death are not alike — what is the reason? Qi Bo said: it is the pattern of high and low; the lie of the land makes it so. Where it is high and towering the yin qi governs it; where it is low and wet the yang qi governs it. Where yang prevails it comes before its season; where yin prevails it comes after. This is the constant of the land and the way of engendering and transforming.
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帝曰：其有壽夭乎？歧伯曰：高者其氣壽，下者其氣夭，地之小大異也。小者小異，大者大異。故治病者，必明天道地理，陰陽更勝，氣之先後，人之壽夭，生化之期，乃可以知人之形氣矣。
帝曰：其有寿夭乎？歧伯曰：高者其气寿，下者其气夭，地之小大异也。小者小异，大者大异。故治病者，必明天道地理，阴阳更胜，气之先后，人之寿夭，生化之期，乃可以知人之形气矣。
Dì yuē: qí yǒu shòu yāo hū? Qí bó yuē: gāo zhě qí qì shòu, xià zhě qí qì yāo, dì zhī xiǎo dà yì yě. Xiǎo zhě xiǎo yì, dà zhě dà yì. Gù zhì bìng zhě, bì míng tiān dào dì lǐ, yīn yáng gēng shèng, qì zhī xiān hòu, rén zhī shòu yāo, shēng huà zhī qī, nǎi kě yǐ zhī rén zhī xíng qì yǐ.
黄帝说：那么有寿夭的不同吗？歧伯说：地势高的其气多寿，地势低的其气多夭，这是因为地域有大小之别。地域小的差异小，地域大的差异大。所以治病的人，必须明白天道地理、阴阳的更胜、气的先后、人的寿夭、生化的期限，然后才可以知道人的形气。
Huang Di said: and is there long life and early death there? Qi Bo said: where it is high its qi is long-lived, where it is low its qi dies early — the small and the great of a region differ. In a small region the difference is small, in a great region it is great. Therefore one who treats illness must understand the way of heaven and the pattern of earth, the mutual prevailing of yin and yang, the before and after of the qi, the long life and early death of people, and the seasons of engendering and transforming; then he can know a person’s form and qi.
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帝曰：善。其歲有不病，而藏氣不應不用者，何也？歧伯曰：天氣制之，氣有所從也。
帝曰：善。其岁有不病，而藏气不应不用者，何也？歧伯曰：天气制之，气有所从也。
Dì yuē: shàn. Qí suì yǒu bù bìng, ér zàng qì bù yìng bù yòng zhě, hé yě? Qí bó yuē: tiān qì zhì zhī, qì yǒu suǒ cóng yě.
黄帝说：好。有的年份人们不生病，而藏气不应不用，这是为什么？歧伯说：这是天气在制约它，气有所顺从之故。
Huang Di said: good. In some years people do not fall ill, and yet the qi of the viscera does not answer and is not used — why is that? Qi Bo said: the qi of heaven constrains it, and the qi has what it follows.
Dì yuē: yuàn cù wén zhī. Qí bó yuē: shào yáng sī tiān, huǒ qì xià lín, fèi qì shàng cóng, bái qǐ jīn yòng, cǎo mù shěng, huǒ xiàn fán ruò, gé jīn qiě hào, dà shǔ yǐ xíng, kài tì qiú nǜ bí zhì yuē yáng, hán rè fū zhǒng. Fēng xíng yú dì, chén shā fēi yáng. Xīn tòng wèi wǎn tòng, jué nì gé bù tōng, qí zhǔ bào sù.
黄帝说：我愿意全部听一听。歧伯说：少阳司天，火气下临，肺气上从，白色兴起而金气为用，草木受害，火气显现而燔爇，金被变革而且耗损，大暑因而流行；其病为咳、嚏、鼽、衄、鼻塞与疮疡，寒热与胕肿。风气行于地上，尘沙飞扬。其病为心痛、胃脘痛、厥逆、膈气不通，其所主为急暴迅速。
Huang Di said: I wish to hear it all. Qi Bo said: when lesser yang governs the heaven the qi of fire descends upon it and the qi of the lung follows upward; white arises and metal comes into use; grass and trees suffer calamity; fire appears and blazes and burns, and metal is changed and consumed; great heat thereby moves. The illness is cough, sneezing, snivelling, nosebleed, blocked nose and sores, cold and heat and water swelling. Wind moves over the earth and dust and sand fly. The illness is pain in the heart, pain in the stomach duct, counterflow and obstruction of the diaphragm; its charge is suddenness and speed.
Yáng míng sī tiān, zào qì xià lín, gān qì shàng cóng, cāng qǐ mù yòng ér lì, tǔ nǎi shěng, qī cāng shuò zhì, mù fá cǎo wěi. Xié tòng mù chì, diào zhèn gǔ lì, jīn wěi bù néng jiǔ lì. Bào rè zhì, tǔ nǎi shǔ, yáng qì yù fā, xiǎo biàn biàn, hán rè rú nüè, shèn zé xīn tòng. Huǒ xíng yú gǎo, liú shuǐ bù bīng, zhé chóng nǎi xiàn.
阳明司天，燥气下临，肝气上从，苍色兴起而木气为用，土因而受害；凄沧之气屡至，木被砍伐、草被枯萎。其病为胁痛、目赤、掉摇振颤、鼓战战栗，筋痿而不能久立。暴热到来，地上于是暑热，阳气郁发，小便变色，寒热如同疟疾，甚则心痛。火行于枯槁之地，流水不结冰，蛰虫因而出现。
When yang brightness governs the heaven the qi of dryness descends upon it and the qi of the liver follows upward; blue-green arises and wood comes into use and stands, and earth then suffers calamity; chill bleakness comes again and again, wood is felled and grass withers. The illness is pain in the flanks, red eyes, shaking and trembling, drumming and shivering, and flaccid sinews that cannot stand long. Fierce heat arrives and earth turns to summer heat; the yang qi bursts forth pent up, the urine changes, cold and heat come like malaria, and in the extreme there is pain in the heart. Fire moves over the parched, running water does not freeze, and burrowing insects appear.
Tài yáng sī tiān, hán qì xià lín, xīn qì shàng cóng, ér huǒ qiě míng, dān qǐ jīn nǎi shěng, hán qīng shí jǔ, shèng zé shuǐ bīng, huǒ qì gāo míng. Xīn rè fán, yì gān shàn kě, qiú tì, xǐ bēi shuò qiàn. Rè qì wàng xíng, hán nǎi fù, shuāng bù shí jiàng, shàn wàng, shèn zé xīn tòng. Tǔ nǎi rùn, shuǐ fēng yǎn, hán kè zhì, chén yīn huà, shī qì biàn wù, shuǐ yǐn nèi xù, zhōng mǎn bù shí, pí rún ròu kē, jīn mài bù lì, shèn zé fū zhǒng, shēn hòu yōng.
太阳司天，寒气下临，心气上从，火气因而彰明，丹色兴起而金受害；寒清之气时时兴起，寒气胜则水结冰，火气因而高明。其病为心热烦闷，咽喉干燥易渴，鼽嚏，喜悲而屡屡呵欠。热气妄行，寒气就来复，霜不时而降，健忘，甚则心痛。土气因而润泽，水气丰衍，寒气客至，沉阴之气化育，湿气改变万物，水饮内蓄，中满不食，皮肤麻木、肌肉顽苛，筋脉不利，甚则胕肿、身后生痈。
When greater yang governs the heaven the qi of cold descends upon it and the qi of the heart follows upward; fire then is bright and vermilion arises, and metal suffers calamity; cold and clear rise again and again, and where cold prevails the water freezes, so that the qi of fire is bright and high. The illness is heat and oppression in the heart, a dry throat and much thirst, snivelling and sneezing, a tendency to grief and many yawns. The hot qi moves recklessly and cold returns; frost falls out of season; there is much forgetting, and in the extreme pain in the heart. Earth then is moist, water abundant and spreading, cold comes as a guest, heavy cloud transforms, damp qi alters beings, water and drink store within, there is fullness in the middle and no eating, the skin is numb and the flesh callous, the sinews and vessels are not free, and in the extreme water swelling and a boil behind the body.
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厥陰司天，風氣下臨，脾氣上從，而土且隆，黄起水乃眚，土用革。體重肌肉萎，食減口爽。風行太虚，雲物摇動，目轉耳鳴。火縱其暴，地乃暑，大熱消爍，赤沃下。蟄蟲數見，流水不冰，其發機速。
厥阴司天，风气下临，脾气上从，而土且隆，黄起水乃眚，土用革。体重肌肉萎，食减口爽。风行太虚，云物摇动，目转耳鸣。火纵其暴，地乃暑，大热消烁，赤沃下。蛰虫数见，流水不冰，其发机速。
Jué yīn sī tiān, fēng qì xià lín, pí qì shàng cóng, ér tǔ qiě lóng, huáng qǐ shuǐ nǎi shěng, tǔ yòng gé. Tǐ zhòng jī ròu wěi, shí jiǎn kǒu shuǎng. Fēng xíng tài xū, yún wù yáo dòng, mù zhuǎn ěr míng. Huǒ zòng qí bào, dì nǎi shǔ, dà rè xiāo shuò, chì wò xià. Zhé chóng shuò xiàn, liú shuǐ bù bīng, qí fā jī sù.
厥阴司天，风气下临，脾气上从，土气因而隆盛，黄色兴起而水受害，土气为变革之用。其病为身体沉重、肌肉萎缩、饮食减少、口味爽失。风气行于太虚，云物摇动，目眩转、耳鸣。火气放纵其暴烈，地上于是暑热，大热消烁，赤色之物下沃。蛰虫屡屡出现，流水不结冰，其发病急骤。
When ceasing yin governs the heaven the qi of wind descends upon it and the qi of the spleen follows upward; earth then rises high, yellow arises and water suffers calamity, and earth is used in change. The illness is a heavy body with wasting of the flesh, diminished eating and a spoiled taste in the mouth. Wind moves through the great void, clouds and things shake and move, the eyes turn and the ears ring. Fire gives free rein to its violence and earth turns to summer heat; great heat consumes and melts and red matter pours down. Burrowing insects appear again and again, running water does not freeze, and its outbreak is swift.
Shào yīn sī tiān, rè qì xià lín, fèi qì shàng cóng, bái qǐ jīn yòng, cǎo mù shěng, chuǎn ǒu, hán rè, tì qiú nǜ bí zhì, dà shǔ liú xíng, shèn zé chuāng yáng fán zhuó, jīn shuò shí liú, dì nǎi zào qīng, qī cāng shuò zhì, xié tòng, shàn tài xī, sù shā xíng, cǎo mù biàn.
少阴司天，热气下临，肺气上从，白色兴起而金气为用，草木受害；其病为喘、呕、寒热，嚏、鼽、衄、鼻塞，大暑流行，甚则疮疡燔灼，金属消烁、石头流熔；地上于是燥清，凄沧之气屡至，胁痛，善太息，肃杀之气行令，草木变色。
When lesser yin governs the heaven the qi of heat descends upon it and the qi of the lung follows upward; white arises and metal comes into use; grass and trees suffer calamity; there is panting and vomiting, cold and heat, sneezing, snivelling, nosebleed and blocked nose; great heat moves; in the extreme there are boils and sores, burning and scorching, metal melts and stone runs; earth then is dry and clear, chill bleakness comes again and again, the flanks hurt and there are many deep sighs; flaying moves, and grass and trees change.
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太陰司天，濕氣下臨，腎氣上從，黑起水變，埃冒雲雨，胸中不利，陰痿，氣大衰而不起不用，當其時，反腰脽痛，動轉不便也，厥逆。地乃藏陰，大寒且至，蟄蟲早附，心下否痛，地裂冰堅，少腹痛，時害於食，乘金則止水增，味乃鹹，行水減也。
太阴司天，湿气下临，肾气上从，黑起水变，埃冒云雨，胸中不利，阴痿，气大衰而不起不用，当其时，反腰脽痛，动转不便也，厥逆。地乃藏阴，大寒且至，蛰虫早附，心下否痛，地裂冰坚，少腹痛，时害于食，乘金则止水增，味乃咸，行水减也。
Tài yīn sī tiān, shī qì xià lín, shèn qì shàng cóng, hēi qǐ shuǐ biàn, āi mào yún yǔ, xiōng zhōng bù lì, yīn wěi, qì dà shuāi ér bù qǐ bù yòng, dāng qí shí, fǎn yāo shuí tòng, dòng zhuǎn bù biàn yě, jué nì. Dì nǎi cáng yīn, dà hán qiě zhì, zhé chóng zǎo fù, xīn xià pǐ tòng, dì liè bīng jiān, shào fù tòng, shí hài yú shí, chéng jīn zé zhǐ shuǐ zēng, wèi nǎi xián, xíng shuǐ jiǎn yě.
太阴司天，湿气下临，肾气上从，黑色兴起而水气为变，尘埃上冒、云雨交作，胸中不利，阴器痿弱，气大衰而不能起、不为所用；当此之时，反而腰脽疼痛，动转不便，厥逆。地上于是藏阴，大寒将至，蛰虫提早伏附，心下痞痛，土地开裂、冰凝坚厚，少腹痛，时时妨害饮食；若水气乘金，则止水增多，味道于是变咸，行水因而减少。
When greater yin governs the heaven the qi of dampness descends upon it and the qi of the kidney follows upward; black arises and water is changed; dust rises and cloud and rain come; there is discomfort in the chest and flaccidity of the yin organ; the qi greatly declines and cannot rise or be used; at that time there is rather pain in the loins and rump and difficulty in turning; there is counterflow. Earth then stores yin, great cold is at hand, burrowing insects take cover early, there is stuffiness and pain below the heart, the ground cracks and the ice is hard, the lower abdomen hurts, and eating is now and again spoiled. Where water rides upon metal the still water increases, the taste turns salty, and moving water is reduced.
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帝曰：歲有胎孕不育，治之不全，何氣使然？岐伯曰：六氣五類，有相勝制也。同者盛之，異者衰之，此天地之道，生化之常也。
帝曰：岁有胎孕不育，治之不全，何气使然？岐伯曰：六气五类，有相胜制也。同者盛之，异者衰之，此天地之道，生化之常也。
Dì yuē: suì yǒu tāi yùn bù yù, zhì zhī bù quán, hé qì shǐ rán? Qí bó yuē: liù qì wǔ lèi, yǒu xiāng shèng zhì yě. Tóng zhě shèng zhī, yì zhě shuāi zhī, cǐ tiān dì zhī dào, shēng huà zhī cháng yě.
黄帝说：有的年份胎孕不成、育养不全，是什么气使它这样？歧伯说：六气与五类各有相互胜制的关系。与它相同的就使其盛，与它相异的就使其衰，这是天地之道、生化之常。
Huang Di said: in some years conception and gestation do not come to term and the nurture is incomplete — what qi makes it so? Qi Bo said: the six qis and the five classes have their mutual prevailing and constraining. What agrees with them they make flourish, what differs they make decline. This is the way of heaven and earth, the constant of engendering and transforming.
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故厥陰司天，毛蟲靜，羽蟲育，介蟲不成；在泉，毛蟲育，倮蟲耗，羽蟲不育。少陰司天，羽蟲靜，介蟲育，毛蟲不成；在泉，羽蟲育，介蟲耗不育。
故厥阴司天，毛虫静，羽虫育，介虫不成；在泉，毛虫育，倮虫耗，羽虫不育。少阴司天，羽虫静，介虫育，毛虫不成；在泉，羽虫育，介虫耗不育。
Gù jué yīn sī tiān, máo chóng jìng, yǔ chóng yù, jiè chóng bù chéng; zài quán, máo chóng yù, luǒ chóng hào, yǔ chóng bù yù. Shào yīn sī tiān, yǔ chóng jìng, jiè chóng yù, máo chóng bù chéng; zài quán, yǔ chóng yù, jiè chóng hào bù yù.
所以厥阴司天时，毛虫安静，羽虫育成，介虫不成；厥阴在泉时，毛虫育成，倮虫耗减，羽虫不育。少阴司天时，羽虫安静，介虫育成，毛虫不成；少阴在泉时，羽虫育成，介虫耗减而不育。
Thus when ceasing yin governs the heaven the hairy creatures are still, the feathered are nurtured and the shelled do not come to term; when it lies in the spring the hairy are nurtured, the naked are consumed and the feathered are not nurtured. When lesser yin governs the heaven the feathered are still, the shelled are nurtured and the hairy do not come to term; when it lies in the spring the feathered are nurtured and the shelled are consumed and not nurtured.
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太陰司天，倮蟲靜，鱗蟲育，羽蟲不成；在泉，倮蟲育，鱗蟲不成。少陽司天，羽蟲靜，毛蟲育，倮蟲不成；在泉，羽蟲育，介蟲耗，毛蟲不育。
太阴司天，倮虫静，鳞虫育，羽虫不成；在泉，倮虫育，鳞虫不成。少阳司天，羽虫静，毛虫育，倮虫不成；在泉，羽虫育，介虫耗，毛虫不育。
Tài yīn sī tiān, luǒ chóng jìng, lín chóng yù, yǔ chóng bù chéng; zài quán, luǒ chóng yù, lín chóng bù chéng. Shào yáng sī tiān, yǔ chóng jìng, máo chóng yù, luǒ chóng bù chéng; zài quán, yǔ chóng yù, jiè chóng hào, máo chóng bù yù.
太阴司天时，倮虫安静，鳞虫育成，羽虫不成；太阴在泉时，倮虫育成，鳞虫不成。少阳司天时，羽虫安静，毛虫育成，倮虫不成；少阳在泉时，羽虫育成，介虫耗减，毛虫不育。
When greater yin governs the heaven the naked are still, the scaly are nurtured and the feathered do not come to term; when it lies in the spring the naked are nurtured and the scaly do not come to term. When lesser yang governs the heaven the feathered are still, the hairy are nurtured and the naked do not come to term; when it lies in the spring the feathered are nurtured, the shelled are consumed and the hairy are not nurtured.
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陽明司天，介蟲靜，羽蟲育，介蟲不成；在泉，介蟲育，毛蟲耗，羽蟲不成；太陽司天，鱗蟲靜，倮蟲育；在泉，鱗蟲耗，倮蟲不育。
阳明司天，介虫静，羽虫育，介虫不成；在泉，介虫育，毛虫耗，羽虫不成；太阳司天，鳞虫静，倮虫育；在泉，鳞虫耗，倮虫不育。
Yáng míng sī tiān, jiè chóng jìng, yǔ chóng yù, jiè chóng bù chéng; zài quán, jiè chóng yù, máo chóng hào, yǔ chóng bù chéng; tài yáng sī tiān, lín chóng jìng, luǒ chóng yù; zài quán, lín chóng hào, luǒ chóng bù yù.
阳明司天时，介虫安静，羽虫育成，介虫不成；阳明在泉时，介虫育成，毛虫耗减，羽虫不成。太阳司天时，鳞虫安静，倮虫育成；太阳在泉时，鳞虫耗减，倮虫不育。
When yang brightness governs the heaven the shelled are still, the feathered are nurtured and the shelled do not come to term; when it lies in the spring the shelled are nurtured, the hairy are consumed and the feathered do not come to term. When greater yang governs the heaven the scaly are still and the naked are nurtured; when it lies in the spring the scaly are consumed and the naked are not nurtured.
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諸乘所不成之運，則甚也。故氣主有所制，歲立有所生。地氣制已勝，天氣制勝已，天制色，地制形。
诸乘所不成之运，则甚也。故气主有所制，岁立有所生。地气制已胜，天气制胜已，天制色，地制形。
Zhū chéng suǒ bù chéng zhī yùn, zé shèn yě. Gù qì zhǔ yǒu suǒ zhì, suì lì yǒu suǒ shēng. Dì qì zhì yǐ shèng, tiān qì zhì shèng yǐ, tiān zhì sè, dì zhì xíng.
凡是被所乘之气加临而使某类不能成育的年份，其害就严重。所以气主各有制伏，岁立各有生化。地气制伏它所胜的，天气制伏胜过自己的，天制色，地制形。
Wherever the qi rides upon a circuit and its kind does not come to term, it is severe. Therefore each governing qi has what it constrains and each established year has what it engenders. The qi of earth constrains what it prevails over; the qi of heaven constrains what prevails over it. Heaven constrains colour, earth constrains form.
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五類衰盛，各隨其氣之所宜也，故有胎孕不育，治之不全，此氣之常也，所謂中根也。
五类衰盛，各随其气之所宜也，故有胎孕不育，治之不全，此气之常也，所谓中根也。
Wǔ lèi shuāi shèng, gè suí qí qì zhī suǒ yí yě, gù yǒu tāi yùn bù yù, zhì zhī bù quán, cǐ qì zhī cháng yě, suǒ wèi zhōng gēn yě.
五类的衰盛，各随其气之所宜，所以有胎孕不成、育养不全的情况，这是气的常态，就是所谓的中根。
The decline and flourishing of the five classes follow each what suits its qi; hence there is conception that does not come to term and nurture that is incomplete. This is the constant of the qi, what is called the root within.
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根于外者亦五，故生化之别，有五氣、五味、五色、五類、五宜也。帝曰：何謂也？歧伯曰：根于中者，命曰神機，神去則機息。根于外者，命曰氣立，氣止則化絶。故各有制，各有勝，各有生，各有成。
根于外者亦五，故生化之别，有五气、五味、五色、五类、五宜也。帝曰：何谓也？歧伯曰：根于中者，命曰神机，神去则机息。根于外者，命曰气立，气止则化绝。故各有制，各有胜，各有生，各有成。
Gēn yú wài zhě yì wǔ, gù shēng huà zhī bié, yǒu wǔ qì, wǔ wèi, wǔ sè, wǔ lèi, wǔ yí yě. Dì yuē: hé wèi yě? Qí bó yuē: gēn yú zhōng zhě, mìng yuē shén jī, shén qù zé jī xī. Gēn yú wài zhě, mìng yuē qì lì, qì zhǐ zé huà jué. Gù gè yǒu zhì, gè yǒu shèng, gè yǒu shēng, gè yǒu chéng.
根于外的也是五类，所以生化的分别有五气、五味、五色、五类、五宜。黄帝说：这是什么意思？歧伯说：根于内的，叫做神机，神一离去，机就止息；根于外的，叫做气立，气一停止，化就断绝。所以各有其制，各有其胜，各有其生，各有其成。
What is rooted without is also five; hence the distinctions of engendering and transforming are the five qi, the five flavours, the five colours, the five classes and the five suitabilities. Huang Di said: what does that mean? Qi Bo said: what is rooted within is named the spirit mechanism — when the spirit goes the mechanism ceases. What is rooted without is named the standing of qi — when the qi stops transformation is cut off. Therefore each has its constraint, each its prevailing, each its engendering, each its completion.
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故曰：不知年之所加，氣之同異，不足以言生化。此之謂也。帝曰：氣始而生化，氣散而有形，氣布而蕃育，氣終而象變，其致一也。然而五味所資，生化有薄厚，成熟有少多，終始不同，其故何也？
故曰：不知年之所加，气之同异，不足以言生化。此之谓也。帝曰：气始而生化，气散而有形，气布而蕃育，气终而象变，其致一也。然而五味所资，生化有薄厚，成熟有少多，终始不同，其故何也？
Gù yuē: bù zhī nián zhī suǒ jiā, qì zhī tóng yì, bù zú yǐ yán shēng huà. Cǐ zhī wèi yě. Dì yuē: qì shǐ ér shēng huà, qì sàn ér yǒu xíng, qì bù ér fán yù, qì zhōng ér xiàng biàn, qí zhì yī yě. Rán ér wǔ wèi suǒ zī, shēng huà yǒu bó hòu, chéng shú yǒu shǎo duō, zhōng shǐ bù tóng, qí gù hé yě?
所以说：不懂得年气的加临、气之同异，就不足以谈论生化，说的就是这个。黄帝说：气开始就生化，气散开就有形，气布行就蕃育，气终止就形象改变，它们所达到的是一致的。然而五味所资取之处，生化有厚薄，成熟有多少，终始各不相同，这是什么缘故？
Therefore it is said: one who does not know what the year brings upon it and the sameness and difference of the qi is not fit to speak of engendering and transforming. This is what it means. Huang Di said: when the qi begins there is engendering and transforming, when it scatters there is form, when it spreads there is increase and nurture, when it ends the image changes — their reaching is one. Yet that on which the five flavours draw has its thin and its thick, its ripening has its little and its much, and the end and the beginning are not alike — what is the reason?
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歧伯曰：地氣制之也，非天不生，地不長也。帝曰：願聞其道。歧伯曰：寒熱燥濕，不同其化也。
歧伯曰：地气制之也，非天不生，地不长也。帝曰：愿闻其道。歧伯曰：寒热燥湿，不同其化也。
Qí bó yuē: dì qì zhì zhī yě, fēi tiān bù shēng, dì bù zhǎng yě. Dì yuē: yuàn wén qí dào. Qí bó yuē: hán rè zào shī, bù tóng qí huà yě.
歧伯说：这是地气在制约它，并非天不生、地不长。黄帝说：我想听听其中的道理。歧伯说：寒、热、燥、湿，各自的化育不同。
Qi Bo said: the qi of earth constrains it; it is not that heaven does not engender or earth does not grow. Huang Di said: I wish to hear the way of it. Qi Bo said: cold, heat, dryness and dampness — their transformations are not alike.
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故少陽在泉，寒毒不生，其味辛，其治苦酸，其榖蒼丹。陽明在泉，濕毒不生，其味酸，其氣濕，其治辛苦甘，其榖丹素。
故少阳在泉，寒毒不生，其味辛，其治苦酸，其谷苍丹。阳明在泉，湿毒不生，其味酸，其气湿，其治辛苦甘，其谷丹素。
Gù shào yáng zài quán, hán dú bù shēng, qí wèi xīn, qí zhì kǔ suān, qí gǔ cāng dān. Yáng míng zài quán, shī dú bù shēng, qí wèi suān, qí qì shī, qí zhì xīn kǔ gān, qí gǔ dān sù.
所以少阳在泉时，寒毒不生，其味辛，其治法用苦、酸，其谷为苍、丹。阳明在泉时，湿毒不生，其味酸，其气湿，其治法用辛、苦、甘，其谷为丹、素。
Thus when lesser yang lies in the spring the poison of cold is not born; its flavour is acrid, its treatment bitter and sour, its grain blue-green and vermilion. When yang brightness lies in the spring the poison of dampness is not born; its flavour is sour, its qi damp, its treatment acrid, bitter and sweet, its grain vermilion and white.
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太陽在泉，熱毒不生，其味苦，其治淡鹹，其榖黅秬。厥陰在泉，清毒不生，其味甘，其治酸苦，其榖蒼赤，其氣專，其味正。
太阳在泉，热毒不生，其味苦，其治淡咸，其谷黅秬。厥阴在泉，清毒不生，其味甘，其治酸苦，其谷苍赤，其气专，其味正。
Tài yáng zài quán, rè dú bù shēng, qí wèi kǔ, qí zhì dàn xián, qí gǔ jīn jù. Jué yīn zài quán, qīng dú bù shēng, qí wèi gān, qí zhì suān kǔ, qí gǔ cāng chì, qí qì zhuān, qí wèi zhèng.
太阳在泉时，热毒不生，其味苦，其治法用淡、咸，其谷为黅、秬。厥阴在泉时，清毒不生，其味甘，其治法用酸、苦，其谷为苍、赤；其气专一，其味纯正。
When greater yang lies in the spring the poison of heat is not born; its flavour is bitter, its treatment bland and salty, its grain yellow and black millet. When ceasing yin lies in the spring the poison of clear cold is not born; its flavour is sweet, its treatment sour and bitter, its grain blue-green and vermilion; its qi is undivided and its flavour upright.
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少陰在泉，寒毒不生，其味辛，其治辛苦甘，其榖白丹。太陰在泉，燥毒不生，其味鹹其，其氣熱，其治甘鹹，其榖黅秬。化淳則鹹守，氣專則辛化而俱治。
少阴在泉，寒毒不生，其味辛，其治辛苦甘，其谷白丹。太阴在泉，燥毒不生，其味咸其，其气热，其治甘咸，其谷黅秬。化淳则咸守，气专则辛化而俱治。
Shào yīn zài quán, hán dú bù shēng, qí wèi xīn, qí zhì xīn kǔ gān, qí gǔ bái dān. Tài yīn zài quán, zào dú bù shēng, qí wèi xián qí, qí qì rè, qí zhì gān xián, qí gǔ jīn jù. Huà chún zé xián shǒu, qì zhuān zé xīn huà ér jù zhì.
少阴在泉时，寒毒不生，其味辛，其治法用辛、苦、甘，其谷为白、丹。太阴在泉时，燥毒不生，其味咸，其气热，其治法用甘、咸，其谷为黅、秬。化气淳厚则咸味守而不去，其气专一则辛味化育，而俱得其治。
When lesser yin lies in the spring the poison of cold is not born; its flavour is acrid, its treatment acrid, bitter and sweet, its grain white and vermilion. When greater yin lies in the spring the poison of dryness is not born; its flavour salty, its qi hot, its treatment sweet and salty, its grain yellow and black millet. Where transformation is pure the salty is kept; where the qi is undivided the acrid transforms and both are treated.
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故曰：補上下者從之，治上下者逆之，以所在寒熱盛衰而調之。故曰：上取下取，内取外取，以求其過。能毒者以厚藥，不勝毒者以薄藥，此之謂也。氣反者，病在上，取之下；病在下，取之上；病在中，傍取之。治熱以寒，温而行之；治寒以熱，涼而行之；治温以清，冷而行之；治清以温，熱而行之。故消之削之，吐之下之，補之寫之，久新同法。
故曰：补上下者从之，治上下者逆之，以所在寒热盛衰而调之。故曰：上取下取，内取外取，以求其过。能毒者以厚药，不胜毒者以薄药，此之谓也。气反者，病在上，取之下；病在下，取之上；病在中，傍取之。治热以寒，温而行之；治寒以热，凉而行之；治温以清，冷而行之；治清以温，热而行之。故消之削之，吐之下之，补之写之，久新同法。
Gù yuē: bǔ shàng xià zhě cóng zhī, zhì shàng xià zhě nì zhī, yǐ suǒ zài hán rè shèng shuāi ér tiáo zhī. Gù yuē: shàng qǔ xià qǔ, nèi qǔ wài qǔ, yǐ qiú qí guò. Néng dú zhě yǐ hòu yào, bù shèng dú zhě yǐ bó yào, cǐ zhī wèi yě. Qì fǎn zhě, bìng zài shàng, qǔ zhī xià; bìng zài xià, qǔ zhī shàng; bìng zài zhōng, páng qǔ zhī. Zhì rè yǐ hán, wēn ér xíng zhī; zhì hán yǐ rè, liáng ér xíng zhī; zhì wēn yǐ qīng, lěng ér xíng zhī; zhì qīng yǐ wēn, rè ér xíng zhī. Gù xiāo zhī xuē zhī, tù zhī xià zhī, bǔ zhī xiè zhī, jiǔ xīn tóng fǎ.
所以说：补上下之气的要顺从其气，治上下之气的要违逆其气，按所在之处寒热的盛衰来调治。所以说：上取、下取、内取、外取，都是为了探求它的太过。能承受毒药的用厚味之药，不能承受毒药的用薄味之药，说的就是这个。气反的，病在上而取之下，病在下而取之上，病在中而傍取之。治热用寒药，要温服而行之；治寒用热药，要凉服而行之；治温用清药，要冷服而行之；治清用温药，要热服而行之。所以消散它、削伐它、吐它、下它、补它、泻它，久病新病同一法度。
Therefore it is said: in supplementing above and below one follows it, and in treating above and below one opposes it, adjusting according to the flourishing or declining of the cold and heat where it lies. Therefore it is said: take above, take below, take within, take without, to seek out its excess. One who can bear poison is given thick medicine and one who cannot bear poison thin medicine — this is what it means. Where the qi is reversed, for illness above take below, for illness below take above, and for illness in the middle take at the side. To treat heat with cold, carry it out warmly; to treat cold with heat, carry it out coolly; to treat warmth with clearness, carry it out cold; to treat clearness with warmth, carry it out hot. Therefore disperse it, pare it, vomit it, purge it, supplement it, drain it — the long-standing and the new follow the same method.
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帝曰：病在中而不實不堅，且聚且散，柰何？歧伯曰：悉乎哉問也。無積者求其藏，虚則補之，藥以袪之，食以隨之，行水漬之，和其中外，可使畢已。
帝曰：病在中而不实不坚，且聚且散，奈何？歧伯曰：悉乎哉问也。无积者求其藏，虚则补之，药以祛之，食以随之，行水渍之，和其中外，可使毕已。
Dì yuē: bìng zài zhōng ér bù shí bù jiān, qiě jù qiě sàn, nài hé? Qí bó yuē: xī hū zāi wèn yě. Wú jī zhě qiú qí zàng, xū zé bǔ zhī, yào yǐ qū zhī, shí yǐ suí zhī, xíng shuǐ zì zhī, hé qí zhōng wài, kě shǐ bì yǐ.
黄帝说：病在中间，既不实也不坚，时而聚结时而散开，该怎么办？歧伯说：问得真是详尽啊。没有积块的，就探求其所属之藏，虚的就补它，用药物驱除它，用饮食随顺它，用行水浸渍它，调和其内与外，就可以使它完全痊愈。
Huang Di said: when the illness is in the middle, neither full nor hard, now gathering now scattering — what then? Qi Bo said: how thorough the question is! Where there is no accumulation seek its viscus; where it is empty supplement it; use medicine to drive it out, food to follow it up and moving water to steep it; harmonise the inner and the outer, and it can be brought to a complete end.
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帝曰：有毒無毒，服有約乎？歧伯曰：病有久新，方有大小，有毒無毒，固宜常制矣。大毒治病，十去其六；常毒治病，十去其七；小毒治病，十去其八；無毒治病，十去其九。榖肉果菜，食養盡之，無使過之，傷其正也。不盡，行復如法。必先歲氣，無伐天和，無盛盛，無虚虚，而遺人天殃，無致邪，無失正，絶人長命。
帝曰：有毒无毒，服有约乎？歧伯曰：病有久新，方有大小，有毒无毒，固宜常制矣。大毒治病，十去其六；常毒治病，十去其七；小毒治病，十去其八；无毒治病，十去其九。谷肉果菜，食养尽之，无使过之，伤其正也。不尽，行复如法。必先岁气，无伐天和，无盛盛，无虚虚，而遗人天殃，无致邪，无失正，绝人长命。
Dì yuē: yǒu dú wú dú, fú yǒu yuē hū? Qí bó yuē: bìng yǒu jiǔ xīn, fāng yǒu dà xiǎo, yǒu dú wú dú, gù yí cháng zhì yǐ. Dà dú zhì bìng, shí qù qí liù; cháng dú zhì bìng, shí qù qí qī; xiǎo dú zhì bìng, shí qù qí bā; wú dú zhì bìng, shí qù qí jiǔ. Gǔ ròu guǒ cài, shí yǎng jìn zhī, wú shǐ guò zhī, shāng qí zhèng yě. Bù jìn, xíng fù rú fǎ. Bì xiān suì qì, wú fá tiān hé, wú shèng shèng, wú xū xū, ér yí rén tiān yāng, wú zhì xié, wú shī zhèng, jué rén cháng mìng.
黄帝说：有毒与无毒，服用有节度吗？歧伯说：病有久有新，方有大有小，有毒无毒，本来就有一定的法度。大毒之药治病，去掉十分之六；常毒之药治病，去掉十分之七；小毒之药治病，去掉十分之八；无毒之药治病，去掉十分之九。谷、肉、果、菜，用饮食调养把它补足，不要使它太过，以免伤其正气。若没有除尽，再按前法施行。一定要先顾及岁气，不要砍伐天和；不要以盛益盛、以虚益虚，给人留下天殃；不要招致邪气，不要损失正气，断送人的长寿。
Huang Di said: as to having poison and not having poison, is there a rule for taking them? Qi Bo said: illnesses are old and new, prescriptions great and small, poisonous and not poisonous — there is indeed a constant rule. A great poison in treating illness takes away six in ten; a common poison takes away seven in ten; a small poison takes away eight in ten; what has no poison takes away nine in ten. With grain, flesh, fruit and vegetables let food nourish him to the full; do not let it go beyond, lest it injure what is upright in him. If it is not all removed, proceed again by the same method. One must first attend to the qi of the year and not cut down the harmony of heaven; do not add fullness to fullness nor emptiness to emptiness and so leave a person heaven’s calamity; do not bring on evil, do not lose the upright, cutting short a person’s long life.
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帝曰：其久病者，有氣從不康，病去而瘠，柰何？歧伯曰：昭乎哉，聖人之問也！化不可代，時不可違。夫經絡以通，血氣以從，復其不足，與衆齊同，養之和之，靜以待時，謹守其氣，無使傾移，其形乃彰，生氣以長，命曰聖王。故大要曰：無代化，無違時，必養必和，待其來復，此之謂也。帝曰：善。
帝曰：其久病者，有气从不康，病去而瘠，奈何？歧伯曰：昭乎哉，圣人之问也！化不可代，时不可违。夫经络以通，血气以从，复其不足，与众齐同，养之和之，静以待时，谨守其气，无使倾移，其形乃彰，生气以长，命曰圣王。故大要曰：无代化，无违时，必养必和，待其来复，此之谓也。帝曰：善。
Dì yuē: qí jiǔ bìng zhě, yǒu qì cóng bù kāng, bìng qù ér jí, nài hé? Qí bó yuē: zhāo hū zāi, shèng rén zhī wèn yě! Huà bù kě dài, shí bù kě wéi. Fú jīng luò yǐ tōng, xuè qì yǐ cóng, fù qí bù zú, yǔ zhòng qí tóng, yǎng zhī hé zhī, jìng yǐ dài shí, jǐn shǒu qí qì, wú shǐ qīng yí, qí xíng nǎi zhāng, shēng qì yǐ zhǎng, mìng yuē shèng wáng. Gù dà yào yuē: wú dài huà, wú wéi shí, bì yǎng bì hé, dài qí lái fù, cǐ zhī wèi yě. Dì yuē: shàn.
黄帝说：久病的人，有的气已顺从却仍不安康，病去了却身体瘦瘠，该怎么办？歧伯说：问得多么明白啊，这是圣人的提问！化育不可替代，天时不可违逆。经络已经通畅，血气已经顺行，就恢复其不足之处，使它与众人的气齐同，滋养它、调和它，静待天时，谨慎守护其气，不使它倾侧移易，其形体就会彰著，生气就会生长，这叫做圣王。所以《大要》说：不要替代化育，不要违逆天时，一定要滋养、一定要调和，等待它的来复，说的就是这个。黄帝说：好。
Huang Di said: of those long ill, some have the qi following yet are not at ease, and when the illness has gone they are thin — what then? Qi Bo said: how bright the sage’s question is! Transformation cannot be replaced, the season cannot be opposed. When the channels and networks are freed and blood and qi follow, restore what was lacking and make it equal to the rest; nourish it and harmonise it, wait quietly for the season, guard its qi with care and do not let it lean and shift; then the form is displayed and the qi of growth grows, and this is called the sage king. Therefore the Great Compendium says: do not replace transformation, do not oppose the season; nourish and harmonise and wait for its return. This is what it means. Huang Di said: good.