经脉学说的早期历史:气、阴阳与数字  

An Early History of the Jing-Mai Doctrine:Qi,Yin-Yang and Mystic Numbers

作　　者：韩健平[1] 

机构地区：[1]中国科学院自然科学史研究所,北京100010

出　　处：《自然科学史研究》2004年第4期326-333,共8页Studies in The History of Natural Sciences

摘　　要：中国古人最初的脉的观念来自对体表可见静脉所做的联想。在气的身体观的影响下,古代医家开始认为脉搏是气动的表现,并发明脉诊来了解身体内气的状况,脉的观念由此发生大的变化。一些医家在足部建构了一种脉的阴阳学说,并确定了这些脉在全身的循行路径。在"天六地五"神秘数字观念的影响下,古代医家将来源不同的脉的学说整合成十一脉学说,形成古典经脉学说的雏型。The first idea of vessel of ancient Chinese was gained from the association with the visible vein on the surface of body. Under the impact of 'the View of the Body' of Qi,the ancient physician came to think that pulses are the beats of Qi, and then invented the pulse diagnosis to understand the state of Qi in body. The view of the vessel thus began to undergo a deep change. Some ancient physicians theorized a Yin-Yang theory of vessel in the foot, and pointed out the route of these vessels. Influenced by the mystic numbers of 6 for Heaven and 5 for Earth, ancient physicians inosculated different theories of the vessel into a theory of 11 Pulses, which became the embryo of the theory of the classic Jing-Mai.

关 键 词：气 阴阳 神秘数字 十一脉 脉诊 “天六地五” 

分 类 号：R224[医药卫生—中医基础理论]