Nanjing · The Twelve Channels (Difficulties 23–26)
The Nanjing on the twelve regular channels — how qi and blood flow through the body as one continuous, looping circuit, the channels' lengths and their start-and-end junctions, and the 是动/所生 disease pairs. The longevity lesson: life is circulation — keep the loop flowing. Chinese-only study edition (wellness-focused, no prescriptions).
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The opening of the Classic of Eighty-One Difficult Issues — why the whole body can be read from the radial pulse at the wrist alone (独取寸口), the single most influential idea in Chinese pulse diagnosis. Chinese-only study edition: a plain-language framing and practical longevity applications (wellness-focused, no prescriptions).
Nanjing · Pulse Yin-Yang & the Normal-vs-Abnormal Pulse (Difficulties 11–22)
The second half of the Nanjing's pulse teaching — telling the healthy (平) pulse from the sick and the failing, why stomach-qi is the pulse's root, the 五十动 continuity test, and color-pulse correspondence. The longevity lesson: a calm, even, well-rooted baseline is health itself. Chinese-only study edition (wellness-focused, no prescriptions).
Nanjing · The Eight Extraordinary Vessels (Difficulties 27–29)
One of the Nanjing's signature contributions — the eight extraordinary vessels (奇经八脉), the body's reservoirs that overflow and absorb to keep the twelve channels in balance, with the Governing and Conception vessels (督脉/任脉) at the center of Chinese wellness and inner-cultivation traditions. Chinese-only study edition (wellness-focused, no prescriptions).