Suwen · On the Qi Mansions

The text

Where the vessel-qi of foot taiyang issues: seventy-eight points. At the heads of the two brows, one each. Entering the hair to the nape, three cun and a half; five beside, three cun apart. The floating qi in the skin: five lines in all, five on each line — five fives are twenty-five. The great sinew in the nape, one on each side. Wind-mansion, one on each side. Flanking the back down to the tail-bone, twenty-one joints, fifteen intervals, one each. The shu of the five zang, five each. The shu of the six fu, six each. From the center of the hollow of the knee down to beside the little toe of the foot, six shu each. Where the vessel-qi of foot shaoyang issues: sixty-two points. Above the two corners, two each. Straight above the eyes, within the hairline, five each. Above the front corner of the ear, one each. Below the front corner of the ear, one each. Below the sharp hair, one each. Guest-and-host, one each. In the hollow behind the ear, one each. Lower-pass, one each. Behind the tooth-cart below the ear, one each. The empty basin, one each. Three cun below the armpit, from the flanks down to the lowest ribs, eight intervals, one each. Beside the center of the thigh-pivot, one each. From the knee down to the next toe after the little toe of the foot, six shu each. Where the vessel-qi of foot yangming issues: sixty-eight points. At the hairline of the forehead and skull, three on each side. The bone-hollow of the face at the cheekbone, one each. The bone-hollow of great-welcome, one each. The person's welcome, one each. The bone-hollow outside the empty basin, one each. Between the bones in the breast-center, one each. Outside the flanking of the dove-tail, level with three cun below the breast, flanking the stomach duct, five each. Flanking the navel, three cun wide, three each. Two cun below the navel, flanking it, three each. The arterial vessel of the qi-street, one each. Above the crouching rabbit, one each. From three-li down to the middle toe of the foot, eight shu each. The point-hollows at the places of the divisions. Where the vessel-qi of hand taiyang issues: thirty-six points. The inner canthus, one each. Outside the eye, one each. Below the cheekbone, one each. Above the ear-shell, one each. In the ear, one each. The great-bone point, one each. The bone-point above the curved armpit, one each. The hollow above the pillar bone, one each. Four cun above heavenly-window, one each. The shoulder-joint, one each. Three cun below the shoulder-joint, one each. From the elbow down to the base of the little finger, six shu each. Where the vessel-qi of hand yangming issues: twenty-two points. The outer edge of the nostril-hollow and above the nape, two each. The bone-hollow of great-welcome, one each. The meeting of the pillar bone, one each. The meeting of the shoulder-bone, one each. From the elbow down to the base of the next finger after the thumb, six shu each. Where the vessel-qi of hand shaoyang issues: thirty-two points. Below the cheekbone, one each. Behind the brow, one each. Above the corner, one each. Behind the lower completed bone, one each. In the nape, ahead of foot taiyang, one each. Flanking supporting-prominence, one each. Shoulder-true, one each. Three cun below shoulder-true, in the space between divisions, one each. From the elbow down to the base of the next finger after the little finger, six shu each. Where the vessel-qi of the governor vessel issues: twenty-eight points. The center of the nape: two. Behind the hairline, in the center: eight. In the center of the face: three. From the great vertebra down to the tail-bone and its sides: fifteen points. Down to below the sacrum: twenty-one joints in all — this is the method of the spine-vertebrae. Where the qi of the conception vessel issues: twenty-eight points. The center of the throat: two. In the bone-hollows of the breast-center, one each. Three cun below the dove-tail, five cun at the stomach duct, from below the stomach duct to the transverse bone six cun and a half: one — this is the method of the abdominal vessels. Below, the yin divergence: one. Below the eyes: one each. The lower lip: one. The gum-crossing: one. Where the vessel-qi of the thoroughfare vessel issues: twenty-two points. Flanking outside the dove-tail, half a cun each, to the navel, one cun: one. Flanking below the navel, five fen each side, to the transverse bone, one cun: one — this is the method of the abdominal vessels. Foot shaoyin below the tongue; jueyin, the urgent vessel in the hair: one each. Hand shaoyin: one each. The yin and yang qiao: one each. Where the vessel-qi of all the thenar of the hands and feet issues: three hundred sixty-five points in all.

The line

Where the vessel-qi of foot taiyang issues: seventy-eight points. At the heads of the two brows, one each. Entering the hair to the nape, three cun and a half; five beside, three cun apart. The floating qi in the skin: five lines in all, five on each line — five fives are twenty-five. The great sinew in the nape, one on each side. Wind-mansion, one on each side. Flanking the back down to the tail-bone, twenty-one joints, fifteen intervals, one each. The shu of the five zang, five each. The shu of the six fu, six each. From the center of the hollow of the knee down to beside the little toe of the foot, six shu each.

The note

The qi mansions are where vessel-qi issues. To issue is the place of coming out. First recognize the issuing; then recognize the staying.