Shushu (ancient Chinese numerology) in Lingshu: Gudu (Miraculous Pivot: Bone-Length Measurement) / 中国针灸
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
;
(12): 870-874, 2010.
Article
in Chinese
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ABSTRACT
Lingshu Gudu (Miraculous Pivot Bone-Length Measurement) is compared with literatures concerning the Shushu (ancient Chinese numerology) of the Qin Dynasty (221 B. C. - 206 B. C. ) and the Han Dynasty (206 B. C.-220 A. D.) in this article. And it is discovered that "the number of heaven and earth" in Yijing (The Book of Change) was implied in the bone-length measurement. The theory of Shushu is hidden in the sized of head, neck, chest, abdomen, back and 4 extremities according to the measurement. The meaning of establishment of bone-length measurement, which is found to have universality, laid in setting down the measurement of meridians. And it is the origin of the proportional measurement of locating acupoints. Checked with the theory of Shushu, errors in the description of bone-length measurement could also be found in Lingshu Gudu (Miraculous Pivot Bone-Length Measurement) of the present edition, which is helpful for the modern study on the measurement.
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Main subject:
Acupuncture Points
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China
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Meridians
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Acupuncture
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History, Ancient
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History
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Medicine in Literature
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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