脉一动一止，二日死（一经云、一日死）。二动一止，三日死。三动一止，四日死或五日死。四动一止，六日死。五
动一止，五日死，或七日死。六动一止，八日死。七动一止，九日死。八动一止，十日死。九动一止，九日死，又云十
一日死（一经云∶十三日死，若立春死）。十动一止，立夏死（一经云∶立春死）。十一动一止，夏至死（一经云∶立夏
死；一经云∶立秋死）。
十二、十三动一止，立秋死（一经云∶立冬死）。十四、十五动一止，立冬死（一经云∶立夏死），二十动一止，一岁死，
若立秋死。二十一动一止，二岁死。二十五动一止，
立冬死（一经云∶一岁死，或二岁死）。三十动一止，二岁若三岁死。三十五动一止，三岁死。四十动一止，四岁死。
五十动一止，五岁死。不满五十动一止，五岁死。
脉来五十投而不止者，五脏皆受气，即无病（《千金方》云∶五行气毕，阴阳数同，荣卫出入，经脉通流，昼夜百刻，
五德相生）。
脉来四十投而一止者，一脏无气，却后四岁，春草生而死。
脉来三十投而一止者，二脏无气，却后三岁，麦熟而死。
脉来二十投而一止者，三脏无气，却后二岁，桑椹赤而死。
脉来十投而一止者，四脏无气，岁中死。得节不动，出清明日死，远不出谷雨死矣。
脉来五动而一止者，五脏无气，却后五日而死。
脉一来而久住者，宿病在心主中治。
脉二来而久住者，病在肝枝中治。
脉三来而久住者，病在脾下中治。
脉四来而久住者，病在肾间中治。
脉五来而久住者，病在肺支中治。
五脉病，虚羸人得此者，死。所以然者，药不得而治，针不得而及。盛人可治，气全故也。
If the pulse beats once and then pauses, death will occur in two days (another version states one day). If it beats twice and then pauses, death will occur in three days. If it beats three times and then pauses, death will occur in four or five days. If it beats four times and then pauses, death will occur in six days. If it beats five times and then pauses, death will occur in five or seven days. If it beats six times and then pauses, death will occur in eight days. If it beats seven times and then pauses, death will occur in nine days. If it beats eight times and then pauses, death will occur in ten days. If it beats nine times and then pauses, death will occur in nine days, or another account says eleven days (one version says thirteen days, specifically if dying on Lichun/Start of Spring). If it beats ten times and then pauses, death will occur on Lixia/Start of Summer (one version says Lichun). If it beats eleven times and then pauses, death will occur on Xiazhi/Summer Solstice (one version says Lixia; another says Liqiu/Start of Autumn).
If it beats twelve or thirteen times and then pauses, death will occur on Liqiu (one version says Lidong/Start of Winter). If it beats fourteen or fifteen times and then pauses, death will occur on Lidong (one version says Lixia). If it beats twenty times and then pauses, death will occur in one year, specifically if dying on Liqiu. If it beats twenty-one times and then pauses, death will occur in two years. If it beats twenty-five times and then pauses, death will occur on Lidong (one version says one or two years). If it beats thirty times and then pauses, death will occur in two or three years. If it beats thirty-five times and then pauses, death will occur in three years. If it beats forty times and then pauses, death will occur in four years. If it beats fifty times and then pauses, death will occur in five years. If it beats less than fifty times and then pauses, death will occur in five years.
If the pulse beats fifty times without pausing, all five Zang organs have received Qi, indicating no disease (The *Qianjin Fang* states: The Qi of the Five Elements is complete, Yin and Yang numbers are identical, Ying and Wei Qi circulate freely, meridians flow unimpeded, covering the hundred ke of day and night, with the mutual generation of the Five Virtues).
If the pulse beats forty times and then pauses, one Zang organ has lost its Qi; death will occur after four years, when spring grass grows.
If the pulse beats thirty times and then pauses, two Zang organs have lost their Qi; death will occur after three years, when wheat ripens.
If the pulse beats twenty times and then pauses, three Zang organs have lost their Qi; death will occur after two years, when mulberries turn red.
If the pulse beats ten times and then pauses, four Zang organs have lost their Qi; death will occur within the year. If the pulse does not change with the solar terms, death will occur on Qingming/Clear and Bright; at the latest, by Guyu/Grain Rain.
If the pulse beats five times and then pauses, all five Zang organs have lost their Qi; death will occur after five days.
If the pulse beats once and stays long (pauses), the disease is treated in the Heart Master.
If the pulse beats twice and stays long, the disease is treated in the Liver Branch.
If the pulse beats three times and stays long, the disease is treated in the Spleen Lower Middle.
If the pulse beats four times and stays long, the disease is treated in the Kidney Interior.
If the pulse beats five times and stays long, the disease is treated in the Lung Branch.
For patients with these five types of pathological pulses, if they are emaciated and weak, death will ensue. This is because medicine cannot cure them, and acupuncture cannot reach the pathology. However, robust individuals may be treated because their Qi remains intact.