海论/Hai Lun
(On the Four Seas)
黄帝问于岐伯曰:余闻刺法于夫子，夫子之所言，不离于营卫血气。夫十二经脉者，内属于腑脏，外络于肢节，夫子乃合之于四海乎?岐伯答曰:人亦有四海、十二经水。经水者，皆注于海，海有东西南北，命曰四海。黄帝曰:以人应之奈何?岐伯曰:人有髓海，有血海，有气海，有水谷之海，凡此四者，以应四海也。
Yellow Emperor asked Qibo: "I have heard your lecture about the pricking therapy, and what you said was not divorced from the Ying, Wei and channel energies. Since the twelve channels connect the five solid and six hollow organs inside, and link the four extremities and joints outside, can you coordinate them with the four seas?" Qibo answered: "In human body, there are also four seas and twelve channels. The twelve channels flow to all directions but finally converge into the four seas, there are the seas of east, west, south and north, so, they are called the four seas." Yellow Emperor asked: "In what way does the body correspond with the four seas?" Qibo answered: "In human body, there are the sea of marrow, sea of blood, sea of energy and the sea of water and cereals, and they correspond to the four seas."
黄帝曰:远乎哉，夫子之合人天地四海也，愿闻应之奈何?岐伯答曰:必先明知阴阳表里荣输所在，四海定矣。
Yellow Emperor said: "How profound your talking is! You have coordinated the human body with heaven, earth and the four seas. I hope to hear further how do they correspond?" Qibo said: "When one knows explicitly the locations of the Yin or Yang, superficies or interior. Xing and Shu points, he will be able to determine the four seas of the marrow. blood, energy and that of the water and cereals."
黄帝曰:定之奈何?岐伯曰:胃者水谷之海，其输上在气街[街:当注本，张注本并作“冲”]，下至三里。冲脉者为十二经之海，其输上在于大杼，下出于巨虚之上下廉。膻中者为气之海，其输上在于柱骨之上下，前在于人迎。脑为髓之海，其输上在于其盖，下在风府。
Yellow Emperor asked: "How to ascertain the important acupoints of the four seas in human body?" Qibo answered: "The stomach is the sea of water and cereals, its upper important acupoint is the Qichong point, and the lower one is the Sanli point; the Chong Channel is the sea of the twelve channels and it is also the sea of blood, its upper important acupoint is the Dazhu point, and the lower ones are the Shangjuxu point and the Xiajuxu point, the Tanzhong (the middle part between two breasts) is the sea of energy, its important acupoints are the Yamen point above the cervical vertebrae, Dazhui point below the cervical vertebrae and the Renying point in the front; the brain is the sea of the marrow, its upper important acupoint is the Baihui point and the lower one is the Fengfu point."
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