帝日:余闻九针，上应天地四时[《类说》引“天地”下并无“四时”二字]阴阳，愿闻其方，令可传于后世[《太素》“世”下有“而”字]以为常也。岐伯日:;夫一天、二地、三人、四时、五音、六律、七星、八风、九野，身[《太素》“身”作“人”]形亦应之，针各有所宜，故日九针。人皮应天，人肉应地，人脉应人，人筋应时，人声应音，人阴阳合气[柯逢时说:“依《九针论》‘合气’二字衍”]应律，人齿面目应星，人出入气[《太素》“气”下有“口”字]应风，人九窍三百六十五络应[《太平圣惠方》引“应”下有“九”字]野，故一针皮，二针肉，三针脉，四针筋，五针骨，六针调阴阳，七针益精，八针除风，九针通九窍，除(据《太素》杨注“除”字当作“应”)三百六十五节气，此之谓各有所主也[《太平圣惠方》引“主”作“立”]。人心意应八风，人气应天，人发齿耳目五声应五音六律，人阴阳脉血气应地，人肝目应之九。

Yellow Emperor said: "I am told that the nine needles are corresponding with the heaven, earth, Yin and Yang, I hope you can tell me the causal relation about it, so that it may be handed down to the later generations and become the routine in treating. " Qibo said: "The various parts of the human body is corresponding with the followings: one corresponds with heaven, two corresponds with earth, three corresponds with man, four corresponds with the four seasons, five corresponds with the five notes, six corresponds with the six rules in poem prescribing rhymes and syllables which regulate each other, seven corresponds to the sveen stars, eight corresponds to the eight kinds of wind, and nine corresponds to the nine open fields. The various kinds of needle suit different diseases respectively, and they are called the nine needles.

"The skin of a man is like the sky that covers all things; the muscle of a man is like the earth which is thick and solid; the flourishing and decline of the channel is like the robustness and senility of a man; the functions of tendons in various parts of the body are like the different weathers in the four seasons; the vioce of a man is corresponding with the five notes in the naturet the solid and hollow organs, Yin and Yang are like the six rules in poem in which the rhymes and syllables are coordinating each other; the arrangement of teeth and the five sense organs of man are like that of the constellation in the sky: the respiration of man is like the wind in the nature; the nine orifices and the three hundred and sixty five collaterals

which are spreading all over the body are like the nine open fields.

"So, the first kind of needle is used to prick the skin, the second kind of needle is used to prick the muscle, the third kind of needle is used to prick the vessel, the fourth kind of needle is used to prick the tendon, the fifth kind of needle is used to prick the bone, the sixth kind of needle is used to adjust the Yin and Yang, the seventh kind of needle is used to invigorate the refined energy, the eighth kind of needle is used to expel the wind-evil, the ninth kind of needle is used to dredge the energies of the nine orifices to respond to the energies of the three hundred and sixty five acupoints, so each kind of the nine needles has the specific function.

"The thoughts and ideas of a man is changing without regular pattern like the eight kinds of winds; the healthy energy of a man is like the continuous operation of heaven; the hairs, teeth, ears and eyes of man are coordinative perfectly like the five notes and the six prescribed rules in the poem; the blood, energy, Yin and Yang channel are like the earth that promote the birth and growth of all things; the liver-energy of man which communicates with the eyes is corresponding to the number of nine."

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