Zhuo Lian-Shi
College of TCM, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401331, China.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2010 Oct;30(10):870-4.
Lingshu: Gudu (Miraculous Pivot: Bone-Length Measurement) is compared with literatures concerning the Shushu (ancient Chinese numerology) of the Qin Dynasty (221 B. C. - 206 B. C. ) and the Han Dynasty (206 B. C.-220 A. D.) in this article. And it is discovered that "the number of heaven and earth" in Yijing (The Book of Change) was implied in the bone-length measurement. The theory of Shushu is hidden in the sized of head, neck, chest, abdomen, back and 4 extremities according to the measurement. The meaning of establishment of bone-length measurement, which is found to have universality, laid in setting down the measurement of meridians. And it is the origin of the proportional measurement of locating acupoints. Checked with the theory of Shushu, errors in the description of bone-length measurement could also be found in Lingshu: Gudu (Miraculous Pivot: Bone-Length Measurement) of the present edition, which is helpful for the modern study on the measurement.
本文将《灵枢·骨度》与秦（公元前221年 - 公元前206年）汉（公元前206年 - 公元220年）时期关于术数的文献进行比较，发现骨度分寸中蕴含着《易经》的“天地之数”。根据测量，术数理论隐藏在头、颈、胸、腹、背及四肢的尺寸之中。发现骨度分寸确立的意义在于制定经络的度量，具有普遍性，它是穴位定位比例度量的起源。对照术数理论，现行版本的《灵枢·骨度》在骨度分寸描述中也存在错误，这对现代测量研究有帮助。
