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... (Zhang Jingyue stated: "Virtue, transformation, administration, and orders represent harmonious Qi; disasters and changes represent discordant Qi. The bestowal of transformation originates from Heaven and Earth, and all things respond to it. Obtaining harmony results in generation and completion; encountering discordance results in disaster and harm.")

The Yellow Emperor said: "Regarding the annual climatic patterns you mentioned, whether deficient or excessive, they correspond to the Five Planets above. Now, these virtue transformations, administrative orders, disasters, calamities, and alterations are not constant but occur suddenly. Do they also induce changes?" (Annotation: Zhang Jingyue stated: "This follows the previous text to detail the correspondence of the Five Planets, asking whether any sudden movements in virtue transformations, administrative orders, disasters, calamities, and alterations are also reflected by the stars above.")

Qibo replied: "(The planets) follow the Heavenly movement, thus there is no reckless motion, and nothing fails to correspond. Sudden movements are due to the interactive changes of Qi, and they do not necessarily correspond. Hence it is said that 'there is regular correspondence but not sudden correspondence,' which is what this refers to." (Annotation: Following the Heavenly movement means the Annual Movement inherits the Heavenly Movement; excess and deficiency each have their norms, and the Five Planets naturally correspond above because Qi does not move recklessly. As for sudden movements, they are unrelated to the Heavenly Movement; due to interactive change, the Five Planets may not necessarily correspond. The reason for non-correspondence is that Qi is not fixed, and the stars have no specific affiliation.)

The Yellow Emperor asked: "How is the correspondence manifested?" Qibo replied: "Each follows its own Qi transformation." (... Annotation: Zhang Jingyue stated: "Following its own Qi transformation means the Year Star's transformation corresponds to Wind, Yinghuo's transformation corresponds to Fire, Zhenshi's transformation corresponds to Dampness, Taibai's transformation corresponds to Dryness, and Chenxing's transformation corresponds to Cold.") Correspondence near results in a smaller appearance; correspondence far results in a larger appearance. (... Annotation: The Five Planets' correspondence to the Six Qi involves disasters and virtues, with distinctions of near and far. When near and subtle, the stellar image is usually small; when far and severe, the stellar image is usually large.) Those with virtue receive blessings; those with faults are punished. (Annotation: Those who comply with Heavenly Qi possess virtue and receive blessings from Heaven; those who oppose Heavenly Qi have faults and suffer punishment from Heaven.) Therefore, when stellar images appear, high and distant ones look small, while low and near ones look large. Thus, large images indicate imminent joy or anger (auspicious/inauspicious signs), while small images indicate distant disasters or blessings. (... Annotation: The size of stellar images depends on the perspective. Low and near makes them appear large; this largeness is not without cause, indicating that the response of joy or anger is approaching. High and distant makes them appear small; this smallness is not accidental, indicating that the response of disaster or blessing is still far away. Zhang Jingyue said: "The previous text stated 'correspondence near is small, correspondence far is large,' while this states 'large implies imminent joy/anger, small implies distant disaster/blessing,' which seems contradictory. However, in the previous text, 'near' referred to subtlety and 'far' to severity, so corresponding subtly and being near makes the image small, while corresponding severely and being far makes the image large. Here, 'jin' (close/imminent) refers to urgency and 'yuan' (distant/slow) refers to slowness. Thus, a large image means the response of joy/anger is near and urgent, while a small image means the response of disaster/blessing is far and slow. Generally, the previous text discussed physical appearance, while this section distinguishes by distance. Although the wording differs, the principle is the same.")

The Yellow Emperor asked: "What are the dynamics, gains, and losses of their virtue transformations and administrative orders?" Qibo replied: "Virtue transformations, administrative orders, and disasters cannot be superimposed upon one another; Sheng (overcoming) and Fu (retribution) in prosperity and decline cannot increase each other; the coming and going, small and large, cannot exceed each other; the ascending and descending of applications cannot exist without each other. They simply follow their own movements and cycle back." (Annotation: The Way of Heaven and Earth is divided into Yin and Yang; the principle of Yin and Yang lies in movement and stillness. When still, all principles are contained, and things are at peace—what gain or loss is there? However, it cannot remain permanently still, so it moves纷繁ly. Virtue, disaster, Sheng, Fu, coming, going, ascending, descending—gain followed by loss, loss followed by gain—are all caused by movement. *Liu Wei Zhi Da Lun* states: "Success and failure, reliance and submersion arise from movement; if movement does not cease, changes arise." The *I Ching* states: "Auspiciousness, inauspiciousness, regret, and hesitation arise from movement." This is what is meant.)

The Yellow Emperor asked: "How do diseases arise?" Qibo replied: "Virtue transformation is the auspicious sign of Qi; administrative order is the manifestation of Qi; alteration is the chronicle of retribution; disaster and calamity are the beginning of injury." (Annotation: Xiang refers to an auspicious omen. Zhang refers to clarity/prominence. Ji refers to the timeline of alteration. Shi refers to the origin of injury.) When Qi overcomes [another], there is harmony; when Qi does not overcome [another], disease arises; if additionally affected by pathogenic factors, the condition becomes severe.

The Yellow Emperor said: "Excellent!" (... Annotation: Overcoming refers to Zheng [Upright Qi] overcoming Xie [Pathogenic Qi]. Not overcoming refers to Xie overcoming Zheng. Being doubly affected by pathogenic factors, such as excess meeting prosperity or deficiency suffering injury, causes the excess to become more excessive and the deficiency to become more deficient, resulting in severe disease.)