Illustrate Six Merdians Theory with the Images of Bagua
- VernacularTitle:八卦卦象解六经
- Author:
Hong CHANG
;
Dong WANG
;
Guangji ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Yi Jing;
the eight trigrams;
model;
Six Classics;
Shang Han Lun;
Yi Jing Integrative Medicine
- From:
Journal of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
2014;(11):1266-1268
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective] The explanations of the six meridians theory in the book Shanghan Lun were always divergent, most of them explained it with medical theory of later ages.However, il ustrating it from the philosophic perspective was not commonly seen. Yi Jing, the book of changes, was the origin of traditional Chinese philosophy, and the six meridian system, which included three yin and three yang, was just derived from the four xiang(a traditional Chinese concept which refers to taiyang, shaoyin, shaoyang, taiyin). [Method] Through the eight trigrams and the images were analyzed with the Treatise on Six Classicsstate gasification combined with analysis Zhongjing Six Classics theoretical system and the principle of prescription. [Result] Found that eight trigrams can be good images of the corresponding six by the system, the difficult provisions in Tretise on Febrile Diseases were wel explained. [Conclusion]Through combining the images of Bagua(eight trigrams) in Yi Jing with six meridians in Shanghan Lun,il ustrating six meridians from philosophic aspect, and explaining the six meridians theory with philosophical ideas before Zhongjing ’s(the writer of Shanghan Lun) age, in order to provide new ways of thinking in comprehending the six meridians system.
