陰yīn平píng陽yáng秘mì,，精jīng神shén乃nǎi治zhì

What does 陰平陽秘，精神乃治 (yīn píng yáng mì, jīng shén nǎi zhì) mean?

陰平陽秘，精神乃治 (yīn píng yáng mì, jīng shén nǎi zhì) is a line of classical verse (shīcí 詩詞). Word for word it reads "When yin is level and yang is secure, the spirit is well governed." In use it means: Health is the state where yin and yang forces within the body maintain dynamic equilibrium. When neither dominates nor collapses, mental clarity, emotional stability, and physical vitality follow naturally. You reach for it when you want that idea in one breath, and the Water note it carries is why we hand it to those born in the Year of the Dog.

Literally: "When yin is level and yang is secure, the spirit is well governed."

The reading

The Neijing's definition of health is neither the absence of disease nor the presence of strength alone. Health is a dynamic equilibrium where yin forces, the cooling, nourishing, and stabilizing ones, remain level, and yang forces, the warming, activating, and defending ones, remain secured and contained. When this balance holds, the spirit governs clearly, emotions stay steady, and the body responds to its environment with grace. Every treatment in Chinese medicine aims ultimately at restoring this equilibrium.

What kind of proverb it is

• Typeshīcí 詩詞
• FocusPresent-minded
• Element水 Water
• Zodiac tie狗 Year of the Dog

Source Huangdi Neijing Suwen, Chapter 3 (Shengqi Tongtian Lun), pre-Han dynasty

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Keep reading

Return to the Proverb Pond to draw another of the eighty-seven, or hear one read aloud. Read the rest of its chapter in Harmony, Virtue & Balance, or follow the years these lines belong to: Year of the Dog, Year of the Rat, and Year of the Ox.