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黄帝問曰：余聞氣穴三百六十五，以應一歲，未知其所，願卒聞之。
黄帝问曰：余闻气穴三百六十五，以应一岁，未知其所，愿卒闻之。
Huáng dì wèn yuē: yú wén qì xué sān bǎi liù shí wǔ, yǐ yìng yī suì, wèi zhī qí suǒ, yuàn zú wén zhī.
黄帝问道：我听说气穴有三百六十五个，以应一周岁之日数，但不知其所在，愿详尽地听你讲一讲。
The Emperor asks: I have heard that the qi points are three hundred and sixty-five, answering to one year. I do not yet know where they lie. I wish to hear the whole of it.
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歧伯稽首再拜對曰：窘乎哉問也。
歧伯稽首再拜对曰：窘乎哉问也。
Qí bó qǐ shǒu zài bài duì yuē: jiǒng hū zāi wèn yě.
歧伯叩首至地、再拜回答说：这一问真是深切难得啊。
Qi Bo bows his head to the ground, prostrates himself twice, and answers: how searching this question is.
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其非聖帝，孰能窮其道焉？
其非圣帝，孰能穷其道焉？
Qí fēi shèng dì, shú néng qióng qí dào yān?
若不是圣明之君，谁能穷究此道呢？
Were he not a sage among sovereigns, who could exhaust the way of it?
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因請溢意，盡言其處。
因请溢意，尽言其处。
Yīn qǐng yì yì, jìn yán qí chù.
请允许我畅所欲言，把穴位所在一一说尽。
I beg leave to pour out my meaning and to speak of all their places.
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帝捧手逡巡而却曰：夫子之開余道也，目未見其處，耳未聞其數，而目以明，耳以聰矣。
帝捧手逡巡而却曰：夫子之开余道也，目未见其处，耳未闻其数，而目以明，耳以聪矣。
Dì pěng shǒu qūn xún ér què yuē: fū zǐ zhī kāi yú dào yě, mù wèi jiàn qí chù, ěr wèi wén qí shù, ér mù yǐ míng, ěr yǐ cōng yǐ.
黄帝拱手、逡巡退让道：夫子为我开启此道，我眼尚未见其处、耳尚未闻其数，却已觉得目明耳聪了。
The Emperor cups his hands, steps back hesitating, and says: in opening this way for me, you have made my eyes clear although they have not yet seen the places, and my ears keen although they have not heard the numbers.
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歧伯曰：此所謂聖人易語，良馬易御也。
歧伯曰：此所谓圣人易语，良马易御也。
Qí bó yuē: cǐ suǒ wèi shèng rén yì yǔ, liáng mǎ yì yù yě.
歧伯说：这就是所谓圣人容易交谈、良马容易驾驭啊。
Qi Bo says: this is what is meant by the sage being easy to speak with, and the good horse easy to drive.
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帝曰：余非聖人之易語也，世言真數開人意，今余所訪問者真數，發蒙解惑，未足以論也。
帝曰：余非圣人之易语也，世言真数开人意，今余所访问者真数，发蒙解惑，未足以论也。
Dì yuē: yú fēi shèng rén zhī yì yǔ yě, shì yán zhēn shù kāi rén yì, jīn yú suǒ fǎng wèn zhě zhēn shù, fā méng jiě huò, wèi zú yǐ lùn yě.
黄帝说：我并非那容易交谈的圣人。世人说真数能开人之心意，如今我所问的正是真数，它虽启发蒙昧、解除疑惑，却还谈不上论道。
The Emperor says: I am not a sage who is easy to speak with. The world says that true numbers open a man’s mind. What I enquire into now is the true numbers; it dispels my darkness and unravels my doubts, but it is not yet enough to be called discourse.
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然余願聞夫子溢志，盡言其處，令解其意，請藏之金匱，不敢復出。
然余愿闻夫子溢志，尽言其处，令解其意，请藏之金匮，不敢复出。
Rán yú yuàn wén fū zǐ yì zhì, jìn yán qí chù, lìng jiě qí yì, qǐng cáng zhī jīn guì, bù gǎn fù chū.
然而我愿听夫子畅述其志，一一说明其处，使我明白其中的意义，然后请把它藏在金匮之中，不敢再拿出来。
Yet I wish to hear you pour out your purpose and say all their places, so that the meaning of them is made plain to me; I would then store it in the golden casket and not presume to bring it out again.
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歧伯再拜而起曰：臣請言之。
歧伯再拜而起曰：臣请言之。
Qí bó zài bài ér qǐ yuē: chén qǐng yán zhī.
歧伯再拜而起，说道：臣请陈说。
Qi Bo prostrates himself again, rises, and says: your servant begs to speak of it.
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背與心相控而痛，所治天突與十椎及上紀。
背与心相控而痛，所治天突与十椎及上纪。
Bèi yǔ xīn xiāng kòng ér tòng, suǒ zhì tiān tū yǔ shí zhuī jí shàng jì.
背部与心胸相互牵引而痛，治取天突、第十椎以及上纪。
When the back and the heart grip one another and there is pain, treat tiān tū, the tenth vertebra, and the upper record.
Shàng jì zhě, wèi wǎn yě; xià jì zhě, guān yuán yě.
上纪就是胃脘，下纪就是关元。
The upper record is the stomach duct; the lower record is guān yuán.
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背胸邪繋陰陽左右，如此，其病前後痛濇，胸脅痛而不得息，不得卧，上氣短氣，偏痛，脉滿起，斜出尻，脉絡胸脅，支心貫鬲，上肩，加天突，斜下肩，交十椎下。
背胸邪系阴阳左右，如此，其病前后痛涩，胸胁痛而不得息，不得卧，上气短气，偏痛，脉满起，斜出尻，脉络胸胁，支心贯鬲，上肩，加天突，斜下肩，交十椎下。
Bèi xiōng xié xì yīn yáng zuǒ yòu, rú cǐ, qí bìng qián hòu tòng sè, xiōng xié tòng ér bù dé xī, bù dé wò, shàng qì duǎn qì, piān tòng, mài mǎn qǐ, xié chū kāo, mài luò xiōng xié, zhī xīn guàn gé, shàng jiān, jiā tiān tū, xié xià jiān, jiāo shí zhuī xià.
背胸之邪连系于阴阳左右，如此则为病前后疼痛滞涩，胸胁痛而不得喘息、不得安卧，上气短气、偏侧作痛；其脉满而突起，斜出于尻部，网络胸胁，支撑心胸、贯穿膈膜，上行至肩，加于天突，再斜下于肩，交会于第十椎之下。
When the evil of the back and the chest ties together yin and yang, left and right, the illness is pain and sluggishness front and back; pain in the chest and flanks with no resting breath and no lying down; upward surge of qi and shortness of breath; pain on one side. The vessel fills and rises, runs obliquely out towards the seat, nets the chest and flanks, props the heart and pierces the diaphragm, mounts to the shoulder, joins tiān tū, passes obliquely down the shoulder, and crosses below the tenth vertebra.
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藏俞五十穴，府俞七十二穴，熱俞五十九穴，水俞五十七穴，頭上五行，行五，五五二十五穴，中膂兩傍各五，凡十穴，大椎上兩傍各一，凡二穴，目瞳子浮白二穴，兩髀厭分中二穴，犢鼻二穴，耳中多所聞二穴，眉本二穴，完骨二穴，頂中央一穴，枕骨二穴，上關二穴，大迎二穴，下關二穴，天柱二穴，巨虚上下廉四穴，曲牙二穴，天突一穴，天府二穴，天牖二穴，扶突二穴，天窗二穴，肩解二穴，關元一穴，委陽二穴，肩貞二穴，瘖門一穴，齊一穴，胸俞十二穴，背俞二穴，膺俞十二穴，分肉二穴，踝上横二穴，陰陽蹻四穴，水俞在諸分，熱俞在氣穴，寒熱俞在兩骸厭中二穴。
脏俞五十穴，府俞七十二穴，热俞五十九穴，水俞五十七穴，头上五行，行五，五五二十五穴，中膂两傍各五，凡十穴，大椎上两傍各一，凡二穴，目瞳子浮白二穴，两髀厌分中二穴，犊鼻二穴，耳中多所闻二穴，眉本二穴，完骨二穴，顶中央一穴，枕骨二穴，上关二穴，大迎二穴，下关二穴，天柱二穴，巨虚上下廉四穴，曲牙二穴，天突一穴，天府二穴，天牖二穴，扶突二穴，天窗二穴，肩解二穴，关元一穴，委阳二穴，肩贞二穴，喑门一穴，脐一穴，胸俞十二穴，背俞二穴，膺俞十二穴，分肉二穴，踝上横二穴，阴阳蹻四穴，水俞在诸分，热俞在气穴，寒热俞在两骸厌中二穴。
Zàng shù wǔ shí xué, fǔ shù qī shí èr xué, rè shù wǔ shí jiǔ xué, shuǐ shù wǔ shí qī xué, tóu shàng wǔ háng, háng wǔ, wǔ wǔ èr shí wǔ xué, zhōng lǚ liǎng bàng gè wǔ, fán shí xué, dà zhuī shàng liǎng bàng gè yī, fán èr xué, mù tóng zǐ fú bái èr xué, liǎng bì yàn fēn zhōng èr xué, dú bí èr xué, ěr zhōng duō suǒ wén èr xué, méi běn èr xué, wán gǔ èr xué, dǐng zhōng yāng yī xué, zhěn gǔ èr xué, shàng guān èr xué, dà yíng èr xué, xià guān èr xué, tiān zhù èr xué, jù xū shàng xià lián sì xué, qū yá èr xué, tiān tū yī xué, tiān fǔ èr xué, tiān yǒu èr xué, fú tū èr xué, tiān chuāng èr xué, jiān jiě èr xué, guān yuán yī xué, wěi yáng èr xué, jiān zhēn èr xué, yīn mén yī xué, qí yī xué, xiōng shù shí èr xué, bèi shù èr xué, yīng shù shí èr xué, fēn ròu èr xué, huái shàng héng èr xué, yīn yáng qiāo sì xué, shuǐ shù zài zhū fēn, rè shù zài qì xué, hán rè shù zài liǎng hái yàn zhōng èr xué.
五藏之俞五十穴，六府之俞七十二穴，热俞五十九穴，水俞五十七穴；头部五行，每行五穴，五五二十五穴；中膂两旁各五穴，共十穴；大椎上两旁各一穴，共二穴；目瞳子、浮白二穴；两髀厌分中二穴；犊鼻二穴；耳中多所闻二穴；眉本二穴；完骨二穴；顶中央一穴；枕骨二穴；上关二穴；大迎二穴；下关二穴；天柱二穴；巨虚上下廉四穴；曲牙二穴；天突一穴；天府二穴；天牖二穴；扶突二穴；天窗二穴；肩解二穴；关元一穴；委阳二穴；肩贞二穴；瘖门一穴；脐一穴；胸俞十二穴；背俞二穴；膺俞十二穴；分肉二穴；踝上横二穴；阴阳蹻四穴。水俞在诸分肉之间，热俞在气穴之中，寒热俞则在两骸厌中，共二穴。
Fifty transport points of the viscera; seventy-two of the bowels; fifty-nine points for heat; fifty-seven for water; five rows on the head, five to a row, five fives making twenty-five; five each side at zhōng lǚ, ten in all; one each side above dà zhuī, two in all; two at mù tóng zǐ and fú bái; two in the parting of the two hip seams; two at dú bí; two where hearing is plentiful inside the ear; two at the root of the eyebrow; two at wán gǔ; one at the centre of the crown; two at the occipital bone; two at shàng guān; two at dà yíng; two at xià guān; two at tiān zhù; four at the upper and lower jù xū; two at qū yá; one at tiān tū; two at tiān fǔ; two at tiān yǒu; two at fú tū; two at tiān chuāng; two at jiān jiě; one at guān yuán; two at wěi yáng; two at jiān zhēn; one at yīn mén; one at the navel; twelve chest transports; two back transports; twelve breast transports; two at fēn ròu; two across above the ankle; four of the yin and yang springing vessels. The water points lie among the divisions, the heat points lie among the qi points, and the points for cold and heat are the two in the seams of the two hái.
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大禁二十五，在天府下五寸，凡三百六十五穴，鍼之所由行也。
大禁二十五，在天府下五寸，凡三百六十五穴，针之所由行也。
Dà jìn èr shí wǔ, zài tiān fǔ xià wǔ cùn, fán sān bǎi liù shí wǔ xué, zhēn zhī suǒ yóu xíng yě.
大禁之穴二十五，在天府下五寸之处；总计三百六十五穴，都是针刺所行之处。
The twenty-five of the great prohibition lie five inches below tiān fǔ. In all there are three hundred and sixty-five points, and these are where the needle is made to travel.
Dì yuē: yú yǐ zhī qì xué zhī chù, yóu zhēn zhī jū, yuàn wén sūn luò xī gǔ, yì yǒu suǒ yìng hū?
黄帝说：我已知道气穴的部位、用针之处，还想听听孙络与溪谷，是否也各有所应？
The Emperor says: I know now the places of the qi points and where the needle travels. I wish to hear whether the grandchild network and the stream valleys answer to something as well.
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歧伯曰：孫絡三百六十五穴會，亦以應一歲，以溢奇邪，以通滎衛。
歧伯曰：孙络三百六十五穴会，亦以应一岁，以溢奇邪，以通荥卫。
Qí bó yuē: sūn luò sān bǎi liù shí wǔ xué huì, yì yǐ yìng yī suì, yǐ yì qí xié, yǐ tōng róng wèi.
歧伯说：孙络也有三百六十五个穴会，同样以应一岁之日，用以溢出奇邪、通利营卫。
Qi Bo says: the grandchild network too has three hundred and sixty-five point meetings, answering likewise to one year; it lets the strange evil overflow, and lets construction and defence pass through.
Róng wèi jī liú, wèi sàn róng yì, qì jié xuè zhuó, wài wéi fā rè, nèi wéi shǎo qì.
营卫滞留不行，卫气散乱、营气外溢，气竭而血凝著，在外则发为热，在内则发为少气。
When construction and defence are held back, defence scatters and construction overflows: the qi is spent and the blood lodges fast — outwardly this becomes fever, inwardly a shortage of qi.
Jí xiè wú dài, yǐ tōng róng wèi.
当速用泻法、不可迟缓，以使营卫通畅。
Drain it quickly, without delay, so that construction and defence move again.
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見而冩之，無問所會。
见而写之，无问所会。
Jiàn ér xiè zhī, wú wèn suǒ huì.
见到络脉瘀盛之处便泻之，不必拘于它属哪一穴会。
Where you see it, drain it; do not ask which meeting it belongs to.
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帝曰：善，願聞谿谷之會也。
帝曰：善，愿闻溪谷之会也。
Dì yuē: shàn, yuàn wén xī gǔ zhī huì yě.
黄帝说：好，我想听听溪谷之会。
The Emperor says: good. I wish to hear about the meetings of the stream valleys.
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歧伯曰：肉之大會爲谷，肉之小會爲谿，肉分之間，谿谷之會，以行榮衛，以會大氣。
歧伯曰：肉之大会为谷，肉之小会为溪，肉分之间，溪谷之会，以行荣卫，以会大气。
Qí bó yuē: ròu zhī dà huì wéi gǔ, ròu zhī xiǎo huì wéi xī, ròu fēn zhī jiān, xī gǔ zhī huì, yǐ xíng róng wèi, yǐ huì dà qì.
歧伯说：肌肉大会之处叫作谷，小会之处叫作溪；肌肉分理之间、溪谷交会之处，用以运行营卫、会聚大气。
Qi Bo says: a great meeting of flesh is called a valley, a small meeting a stream. Between the divisions of the flesh, at the meetings of stream and valley, construction and defence are made to run and the great qi is gathered.
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邪溢氣壅，脉熱肉敗，榮衛不行，必將爲膿。
邪溢气壅，脉热肉败，荣卫不行，必将为脓。
Xié yì qì yōng, mài rè ròu bài, róng wèi bù xíng, bì jiāng wéi nóng.
邪气外溢、气机壅塞，脉热而肌肉败坏，营卫不能运行，必将化为脓。
When evil overflows and the qi is dammed, the vessels are hot and the flesh spoils; construction and defence cannot move, and it must turn to pus.
Nèi xiāo gǔ suǐ, wài pò dà guó.
在内销蚀骨髓，在外破溃大腘之肉。
Within, it consumes the bone and the marrow; without, it breaks open the great flesh behind the knee.
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留於節湊，必將爲敗。
留于节凑，必将为败。
Liú yú jié còu, bì jiāng wéi bài.
若留滞于骨节凑合之处，必致败坏。
If it lodges in the seams where the joints meet, it must come to ruin.
Jī hán liú shè, róng wèi bù jū.
寒气积久留止不去，营卫便不能安居其处。
When accumulated cold lodges and stays, construction and defence do not dwell there.
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卷肉縮筋，肋肘不得伸，内爲骨痺，外爲不仁，命曰不足，大寒留於谿谷也。
卷肉缩筋，肋肘不得伸，内为骨痹，外为不仁，命曰不足，大寒留于溪谷也。
Juǎn ròu suō jīn, lèi zhǒu bù dé shēn, nèi wéi gǔ bì, wài wéi bù rén, mìng yuē bù zú, dà hán liú yú xī gǔ yě.
肌肉卷缩、筋脉拘急，肋肘不得伸展；在内成为骨痹，在外成为麻木不仁，这叫作不足，是大寒留滞于溪谷所致。
The flesh curls and the sinews contract; ribs and elbow cannot stretch. Within, it becomes obstruction of the bone; without, numbness. This is called insufficiency — great cold lodged in the stream valleys.
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谿谷三百六十五穴會，亦應一歲。
溪谷三百六十五穴会，亦应一岁。
Xī gǔ sān bǎi liù shí wǔ xué huì, yì yìng yī suì.
溪谷也有三百六十五个穴会，同样以应一岁。
The stream valleys too have three hundred and sixty-five point meetings, answering likewise to one year.
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其小痺淫溢，循脉往來，微鍼所及，與法相同。
其小痹淫溢，循脉往来，微针所及，与法相同。
Qí xiǎo bì yín yì, xún mài wǎng lái, wēi zhēn suǒ jí, yǔ fǎ xiāng tóng.
小痹之邪淫溢往来、循脉而行，用微针治之，其法与上面所说相同。
Where a lesser obstruction overflows and travels back and forth along the vessels, the fine needle reaches it, and the method is the same as before.
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帝乃辟左右而起，再拜曰：今日發蒙解惑，藏之金匱，不敢復出。
帝乃辟左右而起，再拜曰：今日发蒙解惑，藏之金匮，不敢复出。
Dì nǎi bì zuǒ yòu ér qǐ, zài bài yuē: jīn rì fā méng jiě huò, cáng zhī jīn guì, bù gǎn fù chū.
黄帝于是屏退左右而起，再拜说道：今日启发了我的蒙昧、解除了我的疑惑，我要把它藏在金匮之中，不敢再拿出来。
The Emperor then sends his attendants aside, rises, prostrates himself again and says: today my darkness has been dispelled and my doubts undone. I shall store it in the golden casket and not presume to bring it out again.
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乃藏之金蘭之室，署曰氣穴所在。
乃藏之金兰之室，署曰气穴所在。
Nǎi cáng zhī jīn lán zhī shì, shǔ yuē qì xué suǒ zài.
于是把它藏在金兰之室，题署其名为「气穴所在」。
So he stores it in the chamber of the golden orchid, inscribed “where the qi points lie”.
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歧伯曰：孫絡之脉别經者，其血盛而當冩者，亦三百六十五脉，並注於絡，傳注十二絡脉，非獨十四絡脉也，内解冩於中者十脉。
歧伯曰：孙络之脉别经者，其血盛而当写者，亦三百六十五脉，并注于络，传注十二络脉，非独十四络脉也，内解写于中者十脉。
Qí bó yuē: sūn luò zhī mài bié jīng zhě, qí xuè shèng ér dāng xiè zhě, yì sān bǎi liù shí wǔ mài, bìng zhù yú luò, chuán zhù shí èr luò mài, fēi dú shí sì luò mài yě, nèi jiě xiè yú zhōng zhě shí mài.
歧伯说：孙络之脉从经脉别出的，若血盛而应当泻的，也有三百六十五脉；它们都注入络脉，又传注于十二络脉，并非只有十四络脉；其中从内解散而泻于里的，有十脉。
Qi Bo says: the grandchild vessels that branch off from the conduits, where the blood is full and should be drained, are also three hundred and sixty-five vessels. All of them pour into the network and pass on into the twelve network vessels — it is not only the fourteen network vessels. Ten of them resolve inwardly and are drained from within.