六氣正紀简体六气正纪

liù qì zhèng jì

The regular record of the six qi · liu qi zheng ji

Also rendered: The regular record of the six qi (this site; 正紀 as the ordered account the chapter sets out to give) · The six qi, regularly recorded (smoother; it loses the sense that 正紀 is a thing the chapter possesses)

Cosmology

Reviewed · 2026-10-14

At a glance

Pinyin: liù qì zhèng jì
Simplified: 六气正纪
Literal: The regular record of the six qi. The phrase takes the title's own words (六元正紀) and puts 六氣 in their place: where the title names the six as origins, the passage names them as qi. 正紀 is still the ordered account — what the six do when they keep to their rule.
Shuowen: **「六氣正紀」本篇1見，止在此句**；**其下即曰「有化有變，有勝有復，有用有病，不同其候」，十三段由是而列**；**篇題作「六元正紀」，此處作「六氣正紀」，元與氣二字篇中互見**；**「正紀」二字惟此一見，而「正」本篇60見、「紀」本篇18見**

In brief

The name the chapter gives to its own closing passage. After the table of sixty years and the questions about 加臨 and 天符, 岐伯 says 夫六氣正紀，有化有變，有勝有復，有用有病，不同其候，帝欲何乎 — and then gives thirteen paragraphs of what each qi does on arrival. The phrase is the argument in miniature: the six qi have a regular record (有化有變), it can be stated in full (正紀), and it differs from case to case (不同其候). Everything in the chapter before it is the record for the years; this is the record for the qi themselves.

Senses in the classical corpus

The phrase 六氣正紀

六氣各有其常紀

夫六氣正紀 — Suwen 71

Its contents 有化有變，有勝有復，有用有病

五者備而後可言其候

不同其候 — Suwen 71

Its method 不同其候

候各不同，故須分別

帝欲何乎 — Suwen 71

What follows it 十三段「某氣所至」

由是而列其所至

厥陰所至爲和平 — Suwen 71

Its closing word 凡此十二變者

十三段之總收

報德以德，報化以化 — Suwen 71

Its title relation 六元正紀

篇題作元，此處作氣

署曰六元正紀 — Suwen 71

Occurrences in the classics

Passages where the term does real work, with the original, pinyin and English on the same line.

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Suwen 71 Suwen 71 · 六元正紀大論 Read in context →

歧伯對曰：夫六氣正紀，有化有變，有勝有復，有用有病。不同其候，帝欲何乎？帝曰：願盡聞之。歧伯曰：請遂言之。夫氣之所至也。厥陰所至爲和平，少陰所至爲暄，太陰所至爲埃溽，少陽所至爲炎暑，陽明所至爲清勁，太陽所至爲寒雰，時化之常也。歧伯对曰：夫六气正纪，有化有变，有胜有复，有用有病。不同其候，帝欲何乎？帝曰：愿尽闻之。歧伯曰：请遂言之。夫气之所至也。厥阴所至为和平，少阴所至为暄，太阴所至为埃溽，少阳所至为炎暑，阳明所至为清劲，太阳所至为寒雰，时化之常也。

Qí bó duì yuē: fú liù qì zhèng jì, yǒu huà yǒu biàn, yǒu shèng yǒu fù, yǒu yòng yǒu bìng. Bù tóng qí hòu, dì yù hé hū? Dì yuē: yuàn jìn wén zhī. Qí bó yuē: qǐng suì yán zhī. Fú qì zhī suǒ zhì yě. Jué yīn suǒ zhì wéi hé píng, shào yīn suǒ zhì wéi xuān, tài yīn suǒ zhì wéi āi rù, shào yáng suǒ zhì wéi yán shǔ, yáng míng suǒ zhì wéi qīng jìng, tài yáng suǒ zhì wéi hán fēn, shí huà zhī cháng yě.

Qi Bo answered: the upright record of the six qi has its transformations and its changes, its prevalences and its revenges, its uses and its illnesses; their watchings are not alike — which would the emperor have? Huang Di said: I wish to hear them all. Qi Bo said: let me speak of them in order. As to where the qi arrives: where ceasing yin arrives there is peace and harmony; where lesser yin arrives, warmth; where greater yin arrives, dust and sultry damp; where lesser yang arrives, scorching heat; where yang brightness arrives, clear hardness; where greater yang arrives, cold vapour — the constant of the transformation of the seasons.

**「六氣正紀」本篇1見，即此句**；**此段為十三段「某氣所至」之首，下文即由「有化有變」而列出十二變**；**篇題「六元正紀」與此處「六氣正紀」互見，元與氣二字所指不異**

Compounds built on this term

六元正紀

liù yuán zhèng jì

the six origins and the regular order

本篇一見，為篇題與篇末署名

十二變

shí èr biàn

the twelve changes

本篇一見；六氣正紀之收束

六氣

liù qì

the six qi

本篇5見

勝復

shèng fù

prevalence and revenge

本篇29見；正紀之四目之一

How it has been translated

Every rendering below is a decision about which reader is being addressed. There is no neutral option.

This site	the regular record of the six qi	the chapter's own name for the passage it is about to give
Literal	six qi upright record	exact, and it does not read
Gloss	the ordered account of what each of the six qi does	what it means, and too long for a term

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