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Gu Wen: got to love it. I have a question about the meaning of the 12 character

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This is chapter 11, section 12 of the JinGui

 

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From the only two english translations I know of in print....neither shall we

say are up to Wiseman/Craig/Bob/Paul standard....

 

" deterioration of yin qi leads to Dian and deterioration of yang qi to Kuang "

" evanescence of the yin vital essence will lead to a case of insanity with

emotional depression. Evanescense of the yang vital energy will result in mania "

 

The second from the New World version pg 263 has a note from a Mr. Wu Qian...

" ...this must be a copying mistake " ...it continues on to say the Neijing....but

I think it should be Nanjing 20 (perhaps it was said in the neijing first....I

havent read the neijing in chinese yet)

Dd—zŽÒ‹¶Dd‰AŽÒ០When Yang is doubled/heavy/excess then Kuang

When Yin is doubled/heavy/excess then

Dian

 

At first look ‰AŸ†ŠŽÒˆ×áŸD—zŸ†ŠŽÒˆ×‹¶: If there was a copying mistake then

it follows they reversed things....it should be

—zŸ†ŠŽÒˆ×áŸD‰AŸ†ŠŽÒˆ×‹¶......that would make it when yang qi decline/wanes

then you have too much yin....so dian.

And When Yin qi declines/wanes then you have too much yang...so Kuang.....ah

yes that was clear.....

 

However then I started to look at some explanations from some chinese

texts...and this is where things get muddled for me. My chinese is at the point

where I can read a classical text like Jin Gui...which has relatively little

grammar and get most of the basic meaning (not the deeper...how things play out

in clinic meaning). However I'm not yet at the level where i can easily look at

an entire textbook with explanation in chinese with lots of modern grammar and

get the whole story. If I were to really make the attempt....I could get some

of the gist....but oh the time involved.to read a page....to just get the

meaning of 12 whee bit characters.

 

So I put it out to the group. Could someone whose chinese is more advanced

take a look and give me an explanation in english.

 

From the light green shanghai natl textbook fifth edition pg 123

I can get: When the yin evil is too exuberant (i love wisemanese) then its

dian, yang evil too exuberant then its kuang. ‰AŸ†ŠŽÒˆ×áŸD—zŸ†ŠŽÒˆ×‹¶ This

yin qi and yang qi are referring to Zheng Qi....it is said when a person's

body yin qi is insufficient, then its easy for the evil to enter the yin so its

dian, when yang qi is insufficient then its easy for the evil to enter the yang

so its kuang. Thats why diankuang belongs excess but its root belongs to

deficiency

 

 

Please cut me some slack here on above chinglish transriteration..Jin Gui is

the first book I am reading in Chinese.

 

 

Greatly appreciative,

Mark

 

 

 

 

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