Manfred Porkert - Theoretical Foundations of Chinese Medicine: Systems of Correspondence (East Asian Science S.)

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The Theoretical Foundationsof Chinese Medicine

Systems of Correspondence

M.I.T. East Asian Science SeriesNathan Sivin, general editor

Volume III

Tables vi

The M.I.T. East Asian Science Series ix

Foreword xi

Introduction: Systems of Correspondence in ChineseMedicine 1

Basic Standards of Value: Yin and Yang and the FiveEvolutive Phases 9

Standards of Value for Phenomena of MacrocosmicDimensions: Phase Energetics 55

Standards of Value for Phenomena of MicrocosmicDimensions, I: Orbisiconography 107

Standards of Value for Phenomena of MicrocosmicDimensions, II: Sinarteriology and Foraminology 197

Selected Bibliography 347

Index 353

Table 1. The Sixty Emblematic Combinations in PhaseEnergetics 63

Table 2. Associations of the Six EnergeticConfigurations 64

Table 3. Combinations of Deversant Circuit Phases 68

Table 4. Periodic Configurations (chieh-chi, Configura-)tiones articulatae) Grouped into Steps (pu} Gradus) 72

Table 5. Dominant Configurations for the Steps 73

Table 6. Occurrence of the Conventus annorum 82

Table 7. The Three Energetic Configurations of theCircuit Phases 83

Table 8. Tin flectens imperat caelo 86

Table 9. Tin minor imperat caelo 88

Table 10. Tin maior imperat caelo 89

Table 11. Tang minor imperat caelo 90

Table 12. Splendor yang imperat caelo 91

Table 13. Tang maior imperat caelo 92

Table 14. Occurrence of the Congruentia caelestismaxima 95

Table 15. Occurrence of the Congruentia caelestiscommunis 95

Table 16. Supervention of the Conventus annorumcommunis 95

Table 17. Couplings and Inflections of Circuit Phasesand Energetic Configurations 96

Table 18. Comparative Synopsis of the PrincipalFunctions of the Orbs 164

Table 19. Comparison of Energetic Terminology 195

Table 20. The Topology and Physiological andPathological Functions of the Cardinal Conduits 211

Table 21. Distribution of Energy among the CardinalConduits 212

Table 22. The Foramina rimica and Their Locations 338

Table 23. The Foramina nexoria and Their ReticularConduits 339

Table 24. Locations of the Five Inductories and TheirCorrespondences 340

Table 25. The Five Inductories of the Yin CardinalConduits 342

Table 26. The Five Inductories of the Yang CardinalConduits 343

Table 27. The Foramina [

Table 28. The Eight Conventus and Their Foraminaconventoria 345

One of the most interesting developments in historical scholarship over the past two decades has been a growing realizationof the strength and importance of science and technology inancient Asian culture. Joseph Needhams monumental exploratory survey, Science and Civilisation in China, has broughtthe Chinese tradition to the attention of educated peoplethroughout the Occident. The level of our understanding issteadily deepening as new investigations are carried out inEast Asia, Europe, and the United States.

The publication of general books and monographs in thisfield, because of its interdisciplinary character, presents specialdifficulties with which not every publisher is fully prepared todeal. The aim of the M.I.T. East Asian Science Series, underthe general editorship of Nathan Sivin, is to identify and makeavailable books which are based on original research in theOriental sources and which combine the high methodologicalstandards of Asian studies with those of technical history. Thisseries will also bring special editorial and production skills tobear on the problems which arise when scientific equations andChinese characters must appear in close proximity, and whenideas from both worlds of discourse are interwoven. Most booksin the Series will deal with science and technology beforemodern times in China and related Far Eastern cultures, butmanuscripts concerned with contemporary scientific developments or with the survival and adaptation of traditionaltechniques in China, Japan, and their neighbors today willalso be welcomed.

Volumes in the Series

Ulrich Libbrecht, Chinese Mathematics in the Thirteenth Century:The Shu-shu chiu-chang of Chin Chiu-shao

Shigeru Nakayama and Nathan Sivin (eds.), Chinese Science:Explorations of an Ancient Tradition