论张仲景“客气”之意

On The Meaning of Zhang Zhongjing’s “Invasive Pathogen”

张仲景书中的"客气"一词,一般被误解作"邪气"。笔者通过比较多条经文发现,"客气"并非张仲景理解的"邪气",而是指一种特殊的致病因素,是由于胃虚而浊气上逆所生的阳热之邪。由于这种情况并非"外来邪气",又非生理的"正气",因而张仲景创造"客气"一词,以解释这种特殊的病因。

＂Invasive Pathogen＂in Zhongjing＇s book is generally taken as ＂pathogen＂. The author finds out by many classical documents that it is not only the pathogen, but a special pathogniesia factor, i.e. the Yang hot pathogen caused by turbid Qi uprising owing to deficient stomach; thereof it is not a foreign pathogen, nor physiologic ＂essential Qi＂, so Zhang Zhongjing made ＂invasive pathogen＂ to explain the special causa morbi.