Chapter 386

In the square, as the fourth and fifth questions continued, Chen Feiyu's tightly knitted brow gradually relaxed. "This matter is hard to know; hehe, what a brilliant 'this matter is hard to know'. Not only is the answer hard to know, even the exact meaning of the question is hard to know. Perhaps 'this matter is hard to know' has no exact answer at all. Since that is the case, I will write down what 'this matter is hard to know' truly means within the principles of traditional Chinese medicine. And the aspect of traditional Chinese medicine that is hardest to understand and grasp must be the Five Phases and Six Qi along with the Yin-Yang and Eight Trigrams. Perhaps this is the true meaning of 'this matter is hard to know'." A flash of inspiration struck Chen Feiyu's mind, and he took up his brush to write: "Returning to approach Tai, Zhuang, Guai, Qian, Gou, withdrawing, opposing, observing, stripping, Kun, two and six. Cyan and white clearly separate opening and closing; red and black come and go, clearing the pathways... Blood and breath are contained within the six sons, flowing day and night for fifty cycles... To know it is not difficult, to do it is difficult; in moments of haste or faltering, one should constantly reflect..."