問曰：脉有陰陽者，何謂也？答曰：凡脉大、浮、數、動、滑，此名陽也；脉沉、濇、弱、弦、微，此名陰也。凡陰病見陽脉者生，陽病見陰脉者死。
问曰：脉有阴阳者，何谓也？答曰：凡脉大、浮、数、动、滑，此名阳也；脉沉、涩、弱、弦、微，此名阴也。凡阴病见阳脉者生，阳病见阴脉者死。
wèn yuē mài yǒu yīn yáng zhě hé wèi yě dá yuē fán mài dà fú shuò dòng huá cǐ míng yáng yě mài chén sè ruò xián wēi cǐ míng yīn yě fán yīn bìng jiàn yáng mài zhě shēng yáng bìng jiàn yīn mài zhě sǐ
The Master asked: “The pulse has yin and yang — what does that mean?” The answer: “When the pulse is large, floating, rapid, moving or slippery, it is named yang; when it is deep, astringent, weak, wiry or faint, it is named yin. In yin disease, seeing a yang pulse, the patient lives; in yang disease, seeing a yin pulse, the patient dies.”
**「脉」五篇共221見**（經文，不含成注），本文引第1篇第01段、第2篇第01段、第2篇第29段、第2篇第39段、第3篇第53段、第4篇第07段、第5篇第01段。
問曰：脉有三部，陰陽相乘，榮衛血氣，在人體躬，呼吸出入，上下於中，因息遊布，津液流通，隨時動作，效象形容。春弦秋浮，冬沉夏洪。察色觀脉，大小不同。一時之間，變無經常。尺寸參差，或短或長。上下乖錯，或存或亡。病輒改易，進退低昂。心迷意惑，動失紀綱。願爲具陳，令得分明。師曰：子之所問，道之根源。脉有三部，尺寸及關。寸爲上部，關爲中部，尺爲下部。榮衛流行，不失衡銓。
问曰：脉有三部，阴阳相乘，荣卫血气，在人体躬，呼吸出入，上下于中，因息游布，津液流通，随时动作，效象形容。春弦秋浮，冬沉夏洪。察色观脉，大小不同。一时之间，变无经常。尺寸参差，或短或长。上下乖错，或存或亡。病辄改易，进退低昂。心迷意惑，动失纪纲。愿为具陈，令得分明。师曰：子之所问，道之根源。脉有三部，尺寸及关。寸为上部，关为中部，尺为下部。荣卫流行，不失衡铨。
wèn yuē mài yǒu sān bù yīn yáng xiāng chéng róng wèi xuè qì zài rén tǐ gōng hū xī chū rù shàng xià yú zhōng yīn xī yóu bù jīn yè liú tōng suí shí dòng zuò xiào xiàng xíng róng chūn xián qiū fú dōng chén xià hóng chá sè guān mài dà xiǎo bù tóng yī shí zhī jiān biàn wú jīng cháng chǐ cùn cēn cī huò duǎn huò cháng shàng xià guāi cuò huò cún huò wáng bìng zhé gǎi yì jìn tuì dī áng xīn mí yì huò dòng shī jì gāng yuàn wéi jù chén lìng dé fēn míng shī yuē zǐ zhī suǒ wèn dào zhī gēn yuán mài yǒu sān bù chǐ cùn jí guān cùn wéi shàng bù guān wéi zhōng bù chǐ wéi xià bù róng wèi liú xíng bù shī héng quán
Asked: “The pulse has three parts; yin and yang encroach on one another; the ying and wei, the blood and the qi, are within the body. Breath goes out and in, rises and descends within it; by the breath they are spread abroad and the fluids flow freely. They move with the seasons, and their form is imaged in the pulse: in spring it is wiry, in autumn floating, in winter deep, in summer flooding. Looking at the complexion and feeling the pulse, the sizes differ. Within a single breath the changes have no constant measure; the inch and the cubit are uneven, now short, now long; above and below go contrary, now present, now gone. The illness shifts with them, and the pulse rises and falls. My mind is confused and I lose the guiding rules — I beg you to set it all out plainly.” The Master said: “What you ask is the very root of the healing art. The pulse has three parts: the cubit, the inch and the gate. The inch is the upper part, the gate the middle, the cubit the lower. The ying and wei move through them without losing their balance.”
此條以脉統陰陽兩類，為全卷辨脉之發端；下文諸脉名皆自此分派。
問曰：脉有殘賊，何謂也？師曰：脉有弦、緊、浮、滑、沉、濇，此六者，名曰殘賊，能爲諸脉作病也。
问曰：脉有残贼，何谓也？师曰：脉有弦、紧、浮、滑、沉、涩，此六者，名曰残贼，能为诸脉作病也。
wèn yuē mài yǒu cán zéi hé wèi yě shī yuē mài yǒu xián jǐn fú huá chén sè cǐ liù zhě míng yuē cán zéi néng wéi zhū mài zuò bìng yě
Asked: “What is meant by the maiming thieves among pulses?” The Master said: “The pulses that are wiry, tight, floating, slippery, deep and astringent — these six are called the maiming thieves; they can bring illness upon all the other pulses.”
此條以脉統陰陽兩類，為全卷辨脉之發端；下文諸脉名皆自此分派。
師曰：脉病人不病，名曰行尸，以無王氣，卒眩仆不識人者，短命則死。人病脉不病，名曰内虚，以無穀神，雖困無苦。
师曰：脉病人不病，名曰行尸，以无王气，卒眩仆不识人者，短命则死。人病脉不病，名曰内虚，以无谷神，虽困无苦。
shī yuē mài bìng rén bù bìng míng yuē xíng shī yǐ wú wàng qì cù xuàn pū bù shí rén zhě duǎn mìng zé sǐ rén bìng mài bù bìng míng yuē nèi xū yǐ wú gǔ shén suī kùn wú kǔ
The Master said: “When the pulse is diseased but the person is not, it is called a walking corpse, for there is no flourishing qi; when sudden dizziness and falling senseless come, life is short and ends. When the person is diseased but the pulse is not, it is called inner vacuity, for there is no grain spirit; though he is distressed, he suffers no harm.”
此條以脉統陰陽兩類，為全卷辨脉之發端；下文諸脉名皆自此分派。
脉盛身寒，得之傷寒；脉虚身熱，得之傷暑。
脉盛身寒，得之伤寒；脉虚身热，得之伤暑。
mài shèng shēn hán dé zhī shāng hán mài xū shēn rè dé zhī shāng shǔ
A full pulse with a cold body comes from cold damage; a vacuous pulse with a hot body comes from summer-heat damage.
此條以脉統陰陽兩類，為全卷辨脉之發端；下文諸脉名皆自此分派。
太陽病，關節疼痛而煩，脉沉而細者，此名濕痺之候。其人小便不利，大便反快，但當利其小便。
太阳病，关节疼痛而烦，脉沉而细者，此名湿痹之候。其人小便不利，大便反快，但当利其小便。
tài yáng bìng guān jié téng tòng ér fán mài chén ér xì zhě cǐ míng shī bì zhī hòu qí rén xiǎo biàn bù lì dà biàn fǎn kuài dàn dāng lì qí xiǎo biàn
In taiyang disease with painful joints, restlessness and a deep, thin pulse, the condition is dampness impediment. The patient passes little urine while the stool is instead loose; one should simply promote urination.
脉沉而細，痓與濕痹並見；第四篇辨脉即自此等處入手。
太陽之爲病，脉浮，頭項強痛而惡寒。
太阳之为病，脉浮，头项强痛而恶寒。
tài yáng zhī wéi bìng mài fú tóu xiàng qiáng tòng ér wù hán
When the taiyang falls ill, the pulse is floating, the head and nape are stiff and painful, and there is aversion to cold.
太陽提綱以脉浮冠首；第五篇辨脉自此始。