Nanjing · The Organs — Form, Function & the Digestive Gates (Difficulties 30–47)
The Nanjing on the organs themselves — how zang and fu pair and cooperate, the five organs' outward signs (sound, color, flavor, fluid, and the spirits they house), the seven gates of the digestive tract (七冲门), the eight gathering-points (八会), and why sleep changes with age. The longevity lesson: know your body's design and work with it. 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 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).