2. Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon: Plain Questions(黄帝内经.素问) • The Tianyuan(天元) Period Discourses & The Five Movements Discourses
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One of the Four Classics of Traditional Chinese Medicine -- Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon
https://www.163.com/dy/article/DFTHPVAF0529I2G3.htmlBelow for English readers:
Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon was written in the period from the Yellow Emperor(about 4000-4500 years ago) to the Western Han Dynasty(202 B.C. - 8 A.D.).
The Chinese characters/word 天元(Tian yuan) is in this book.
In fact, word 天元(Tian yuan) comes from "太始天元册(Tai shi Tian yuan Book)", which has been lost.
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鬼臾区曰:臣积考《太始天元册》文曰:
太虚寥廓,肇基化元,
万物资始,五运终天,
布气真灵,揔统坤元,
九星悬朗,七曜周旋,
曰阴曰阳,曰柔曰刚,
幽显既位,寒暑弛张,
生生化化,品物咸章。
臣斯十世,此之谓也。
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帝曰:光乎哉道!明乎哉论!请著之玉版,藏之金匮,署曰《天元纪》。
(摘录自“天元纪大论篇”)
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WeiYuQu(鬼臾区) said: subordinate Deeply study 'Tai shi Tian yuan Book'(太始天元册), it said:"
Taixu(太虚) is vast, the foundation is created and the elements are transformed,
all things are original, the Five Movements run in the cosmoses,
Qi(气) is genuine and flexible, distributed in the universe, governs the elements of earth,
the Nine Stars are bright hanging, the Seven Luminaries are circling,
Yin(阴) versus Yang(阳), supple versus hard,
dark versus light, already in their place, cold versus heat, tension and relaxation,
transforming, borning and growing, all things arising, varied and graceful.
What I said,it has been handed down for ten generations."
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Yellow Emperor said: Tao(道) is bright! theory is clear! Please write the jade version, collect in the Golden Chamber, and sign as 'Tian yuan(天元) period'.
[from Chapter of The Tian yuan(天元) Period Discourses]
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岐伯曰:昭乎哉问也!臣览《太始天元册》文,
丹天之气经于牛女戊分,
黅(jīn)天之气经于心尾己分,
苍天之气经于危室柳鬼,
素天之气经于亢氐昴毕,
玄天之气经于张翼娄胃。
所谓戊己分者,奎壁角轸,则天地之门户也。
夫候之所始,道之所生,不可不通也。
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(摘录自“五运行大论篇”)
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[from Chapter of The Five Movements(五运) Discourses]
2.1 For the records of "Tai shi(太始)" and "Tian yuan(天元)" in Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon, see above.
"Tai shi Tian yuan Book"(太始天元册) talks about the evolution of heaven and earth, Yin and Yang.
2.2 The original meaning of "Tian yuan(天元)":
"Yuan(元)": meaning of head, beginning, basic or fundamental ;
Therefore, "Tian yuan(天元)" means "the beginning of heaven (& earth) and the essence of heaven (& earth)";
The term "Taishi Tianyuan(太始天元)" is interpreted by author of this article as "Taishi(太始) Period, the beginning of heaven and earth, and the essence of heaven and earth"; The "Taishi Tianyuan Book" describes the model of the origin of the universe.
3. "Tian Yuan technique(天元术)" and "Four Yuan technique(四元术)" of Ancient Chinese Mathematics
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