譯 1.5.1 Source원문
素問曰, 黃帝曰, 人年老而無子者, 材力盡耶, 將天數然也. 岐伯對曰, 女子七歲, 腎氣盛, 齒更髮長. 二七而天癸至, 任脉通, 大衝脉盛, 月事以時下, 故有子. 三七, 腎氣平均, 故眞牙生而長極. 四七, 筋骨堅, 髮長極, 身體盛壯. 五七, 陽明脉衰, 面始焦, 髮始墮. 六七, 三陽脉衰於上, 面皆焦, 髮始白. 七七, 任脉虛, 大衝脉衰少, 天癸竭, 地道不通, 故形壞而無子也. 丈夫八歲, 腎氣實, 髮長齒更. 二八, 腎氣盛, 天癸至, 精氣溢瀉, 陰陽和, 故能有子. 三八, 腎氣平均, 筋骨勁强, 故眞牙生而長極. 四八, 筋骨隆盛, 肌肉滿壯. 五八, 腎氣衰, 髮墮齒枯. 六八, 陽氣衰竭於上, 面焦, 髮鬢斑白. 七八, 肝氣衰, 筋不能動, 天癸竭, 精少, 腎藏衰, 形體皆極. 八八則齒髮去. 腎者主水, 受五藏六府之精而藏之. 故五藏盛乃能瀉. 今五藏皆衰, 筋骨解墮, 天癸盡矣. 故髮鬢白, 身體重, 行步不正, 而無子耳.
Translation영역
The Suwen says: the Yellow Emperor said, that people grow old and are without children — is it that their capacity is spent, or is it heaven's number that makes it so? Qi Bo answered: at seven a girl's kidney qi is exuberant, her teeth change and her hair grows. At twice seven the heavenly water arrives, the controlling vessel is open, the great thoroughfare vessel is exuberant, the monthly affair comes at its time, and so she can bear children. At three sevens the kidney qi is even, so the wisdom teeth come and growth is at its height. At four sevens sinew and bone are firm, the hair at its longest, the body strong. At five sevens the yang brightness vessel declines, the face begins to wither, the hair begins to fall. At six sevens the three yang vessels decline above, the whole face withers, the hair begins to whiten. At seven sevens the controlling vessel is vacuous, the great thoroughfare declines and lessens, the heavenly water is exhausted, the earthly road does not pass, and so the form is ruined and there are no children. At eight a boy's kidney qi is replete, his hair grows and his teeth change. At twice eight the kidney qi is exuberant, the heavenly water arrives, the essential qi overflows and pours, yin and yang harmonize, and so he can have children. At three eights the kidney qi is even, sinew and bone are strong, so the wisdom teeth come and growth is at its height. At four eights sinew and bone are at their fullest and the flesh full and strong. At five eights the kidney qi declines, the hair falls and the teeth dry. At six eights the yang qi is exhausted above, the face withers, the hair at the temples greys. At seven eights the liver qi declines, the sinews cannot move, the heavenly water is exhausted, the essence is scant, the kidney declines, and the whole body is at its limit. At eight eights the teeth and hair go. The kidney governs water and receives the essence of the five viscera and six bowels and stores it, so only when the five viscera are exuberant can it pour out. Now the five viscera are all declined, sinew and bone slacken, the heavenly water is spent; so the hair whitens, the body is heavy, the walk is unsteady, and there are no children.
Clinical note임상 주석
The Suwen's first chapter, and the most-cited passage in the book — sevens for women and eights for men, from the first teeth to the last. 天癸, the heavenly water, is the reproductive capacity that arrives at fourteen and sixteen and leaves at forty-nine and sixty-four.
The Women chapter's 1.1 and the Essence chapter's 3.6 both rest on this table, and Qi Bo's answer to the Emperor's question is that it is heaven's number, not capacity — the old have no children because the water is gone.