The Lung, therefore its pulse is short and choppy (Duan Se); Taiyang Cold Water governs the Kidney, therefore its pulse is deep (Chen). The Classic states "when Taiyin arrives, its pulse is deep; when Taiyang arrives, its pulse is large and long," which is incorrect. This is not an error of the ancient sages, but a mistake made by copyists who transposed characters in writing. Even those who corrected and annotated it did not understand this principle. Failing to examine in detail that Earth and Fire [pulses] are long and distant, while Water [pulse] is deep...