三部脉调而和者，生。
三部脉废者，死。
三部脉虚，其人长病得之，死。虚而涩，长病亦死，虚而滑亦死，虚而缓亦死，虚而弦急，癫病亦死。
三部脉实而大，长病得之，死；实而滑，长病得之，生。卒病得之，死；实而缓亦生；实而紧亦生；实而紧急，癫
痫可治。
三部脉强，非称其人病，便死。
三部脉羸，非其人（一作脉）得之，死。
三部脉粗，长病得之，死；卒病得之，生。
三部脉细而软，长病得之，生；细而数亦生；微而紧亦生。
三部脉大而数，长病得之，生；卒病得之，死。
三部脉微而伏，长病得之，死。
三部脉软（一作濡），长病得之，不治自愈；治之，死。卒病得之，生。
三部脉浮而结，长病得之，死；浮而滑，长病亦死；浮而数，长病风得之，生；卒病得之，死。
三部脉芤，长病得之，生；卒病得之，死。
三部脉弦而数，长病得之，生；卒病得之，死。
三部脉革，长病得之，死；卒病得之，生。
三部脉坚而数，如银钗股，蛊毒病，必死；数而软，蛊毒病得之，生。
三部脉 如羹上肥，长病得之，死；卒病得之，生。
三部脉连连如蜘蛛丝，长病得之，死；卒病得之，生。
三部脉如霹雳，长病得之，死；三十日死。
三部脉如弓弦，长病得之，死。
三部脉累累如贯珠，长病得之，死。
三部脉如水淹然流，长病不治自愈，治之反死。（一云∶如水流者，长病七十日死；如水不流者，长病不治自愈）
三部脉如屋漏，长病十日死。（《千金》云∶十四日死）
三部脉如雀啄，长病七日死。
三部脉如釜中汤沸，朝得暮死，夜半得日中死，日中得夜半死。
三部脉急，切腹间，病又婉转腹痛，针上下瘥。
If the pulses at the three positions (Cun, Guan, Chi) are harmonious and gentle, life is preserved.
If the pulses at the three positions are exhausted, death ensues.
If the pulses at the three positions are Deficient (Xu), and this occurs in a patient with a chronic illness, death ensues. If the pulse is Deficient and Choppy (Se), death ensues even in chronic illness; if it is Deficient and Slippery (Hua), death ensues; if it is Deficient and Slow (Huan), death ensues; if it is Deficient and Taut and Rapid (Xian Ji), death ensues for those suffering from Mania (Dian).
If the pulses at the three positions are Excess (Shi) and Large (Da), and this occurs in a patient with a chronic illness, death ensues; if the pulse is Excess and Slippery (Hua), life is preserved in chronic illness. If this occurs in acute illness, death ensues; if the pulse is Excess and Slow (Huan), life is preserved; if the pulse is Excess and Tight (Jin), life is preserved; if the pulse is Excess and Urgent (Jin Ji), Epilepsy (Dian Xian) is treatable.
If the pulses at the three positions are Strong (Qiang) but do not correspond to the severity of the illness (i.e., the pulse is stronger than the disease warrants), death ensues.
If the pulses at the three positions are Emaciated/Weak (Lei) and do not correspond to the patient's condition (i.e., the pulse is weaker than the disease warrants), death ensues.
If the pulses at the three positions are Coarse (Cu), death ensues in chronic illness; life is preserved in acute illness.
If the pulses at the three positions are Fine (Xi) and Soft (Ruan), life is preserved in chronic illness; if Fine and Rapid (Shu), life is preserved; if Minute (Wei) and Tight (Jin), life is preserved.
If the pulses at the three positions are Large (Da) and Rapid (Shu), life is preserved in chronic illness; death ensues in acute illness.
If the pulses at the three positions are Minute (Wei) and Deep/Hidden (Fu), death ensues in chronic illness.
If the pulses at the three positions are Soft (Ruan, also read as Ru), in chronic illness, the disease may heal spontaneously without treatment; if treated, death ensues. In acute illness, life is preserved.
If the pulses at the three positions are Floating (Fu) and Knotted (Jie), death ensues in chronic illness; if Floating and Slippery (Hua), death ensues even in chronic illness; if Floating and Rapid (Shu), life is preserved for those with Wind diseases in chronic illness; death ensues in acute illness.
If the pulses at the three positions are Hollow (Kou), life is preserved in chronic illness; death ensues in acute illness.
If the pulses at the three positions are Wiry (Xian) and Rapid (Shu), life is preserved in chronic illness; death ensues in acute illness.
If the pulses at the three positions are Leathery (Ge), death ensues in chronic illness; life is preserved in acute illness.
If the pulses at the three positions are Hard (Jian) and Rapid (Shu), resembling the shaft of a silver hairpin, and the patient suffers from Gu Poison (Gu Du Bing), death is certain; if the pulse is Rapid and Soft, life is preserved for those with Gu Poison.
If the pulses at the three positions resemble fat floating on soup broth, death ensues in chronic illness; life is preserved in acute illness.
If the pulses at the three positions are continuous yet thread-like like a spider's silk, death ensues in chronic illness; life is preserved in acute illness.
If the pulses at the three positions resemble a thunderclap (sudden interruption), death ensues in chronic illness; death occurs within thirty days.
If the pulses at the three positions resemble a bowstring, death ensues in chronic illness.
If the pulses at the three positions are piled up like a string of pearls, death ensues in chronic illness.
If the pulses at the three positions resemble water flowing submerged, in chronic illness, non-treatment leads to spontaneous healing, while treatment leads to death. (Another version states: if resembling flowing water, death occurs in seventy days for chronic illness; if resembling stagnant water, spontaneous healing occurs without treatment).
If the pulses at the three positions resemble dripping roof leaks, death occurs in ten days for chronic illness. (The *Qianjin Fang* states: fourteen days).
If the pulses at the three positions resemble a sparrow pecking, death occurs in seven days for chronic illness.
If the pulses at the three positions resemble boiling soup in a pot, death occurs by evening if obtained in the morning, by noon if obtained at midnight, or by midnight if obtained at noon.
If the pulses at the three positions are Urgent (Ji), felt distinctly upon palpating the abdomen, and the patient suffers from turning about in pain, acupuncture applied to upper and lower points will lead to recovery.