Lingshu · The Nine Palaces and Eight Winds
- Beginning of Summer, 4, Xun, Yinluo, southeast. Summer Solstice, 9, Li, Shangtian, south. Beginning of Autumn, 2, Kun, Xuanwei, southwest. - Spring Equinox, 3, Zhen, Cangmen, east. Zhaoyao, 5, the Center. Autumn Equinox, 7, Dui, Cangguo, west. - Beginning of Spring, 8, Gen, Tianliu, northeast. Winter Solstice, 1, Kan, Yezhe, north. Beginning of Winter, 6, Qian, Xinluo, northwest. } Taiyi always, on the day of the winter solstice, dwells in the Ye Zhe palace for forty-six days; the next day it dwells in Tianliu for forty-six days; the next day it dwells in Cangmen for forty-six days; the next day it dwells in Yinluo for forty-five days; the next day it dwells in the Heaven palace for forty-six days; the next day it dwells in Xuanwei for forty-six days; the next day it dwells in Cangguo for forty-six days; the next day it dwells in Xinluo for forty-five days; the next day it again dwells in the Ye Zhe palace — it is called the winter solstice.
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