《黄帝内经·气交变大论》“五星”析

AN ANALYSIS OF "THE FIVE STARS" IN DISSERTATION ON THE ALTERNATE CHANGES OF SEASONS IN YELLOW EMPEROR'S INTERNAL CLASSIC

《黄帝内经·气交变大论》是中国传统医学经典论著之一,其中有关"天人合一",及其有关时间医学方面的论述,对后世影响极大。然而其中有关一些论及"五星"的文字,由于历史的原因,历代都作了各种各样的错误的解释和注诠。本文认为,《黄帝内经·气交变大论》中关于"五星"的论述,是古代天文学中关于五大行星的观察与论述,是中国历史上这方面最早的论述之一,其观测的详尽和正确,以及关于天体对人体影响的独到看法,在中医理论及科技史上,都占有重要的地位,值得进一步研究。

Dissertation on the Alternate Changes of Seasons in Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic is one of the earliest treatises in traditional Chinese medicine concerning 'the unity of man and nature' and the time medicine, which has exerted a great influence on later ages in this field. Some parts in it expounding 'the five stars', however, are given various fallacious explanations and annotations by medical scholars because of historical reasons. This article holds that these parts are the results of early observations on the visible movement of the five stars and the subsequent discussions on them, and that the meticulosity and accuracy of the observations and the original views on the influences of celetial bodies on the human body in this treatise, which occupy an important place both in the theories of traditional Chinese medicine and in the history of science and technology, are worthy of our further study.