Textual research and interpretation of terms in the chapter of Discourse on how the generative qi communicates with Heaven from Suwen ( Plain Questions): eight examples
10.3969/j.issn.1006-2157.2017.12.005
- VernacularTitle:《素问·生气通天论篇》语词考释八则
- Author:
Pengju ZHU
1
Author Information
1. 辽宁中医药大学 辽宁110032
- Keywords:
Suwen(Plain Questions);
Shengqi Tongtian Lun Pian;
terms;
textual research and interpretation
- From:
Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2017;40(12):993-998
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
With the method of exegesis, the paper studied and gave new explanations of eight terms in the chapter of Discourse on how the generative qi communicates with Heaven from Suwen ( Plain Questions ) , including qisuo( its appropriateness,其所) , yuru yunshu ( like a hinge, 欲如运枢) , pianju ( half wet-ness,偏沮) , biju( closed, 闭拒) , shouju ( rest,收拒) , qili ( qi movement, 气立) , lufeng ( dew and wind,露风), and hanre([disease with] chill and fever, 寒热). qisuo(其所)should actually be qiyi ( its appropriateness,其宜) and it was written as qixing( its movement,其行) in Taisu( Grand Simplici-ty) because suo( place,所) and xing( movement,行) are similar in strokes and were confused in hand-written script. In the term of yuru yunshu (欲如运枢) , yu (欲) and ru (如) are synonyms meaning"like", while yunshu (运枢) should be written as lianshu (连枢) . This term means that patients who have externally contracted cold evil will suffer from inhibited movement as if their waist and thigh are hinged. Pianju(偏沮) means half-body wetting rather than hemilateral anhidrosis. Biju(闭拒or 闭距) is a synonym compound meaning closed. Shouju (收拒 or 收距) is also a synonym compound, which means stopwork and rest. Qili(气立) is the establishment of general qi, extended to mean the movement of qi. Lufeng(露风) indicates fog, dew and wind, referring to the external pathogen. Hanre(寒热) re-fers to a range of diseases with the main clinical manifestation of aversion to cold with fever, and not just the symptoms.
