头之大骨围二尺六寸,胸围四尺五寸,腰围四尺二寸,发所覆者,颅至项尺二寸,发以
下至
颐长一尺,结喉以下至缺盆中长四寸,缺盆以下至 KT 长九寸,过则肺大,不满则肺小, KT
以下至天枢长八寸,过则胃大,不及则胃小。天枢以下至横骨长六寸半,过则回肠广长,
不满则狭短。横骨长六寸半,横骨上廉以下至内辅之上廉长一尺八寸,内辅之上廉以下至下
廉长三寸半,内辅下廉下至内踝长一尺三寸,内踝以下至地长三寸,膝 以下至跗属长一尺
六寸,跗属以下至地长三寸,故骨围大则太过,小则不及。角以下至柱骨长一尺,行腋中不
见者长四寸,腋以下至季胁长一尺二寸,季胁以下至髀枢长六寸,髀枢以下至膝中长一尺九
寸,膝以下至外踝长一尺六寸,外踝以下至京骨长三寸,京骨以下至地长一寸,耳后当完骨
者广九寸,耳前当耳门者广一尺三寸,两颧之间,相去七寸,两乳之间,广九寸半,两髀之
间,广六寸半,足长一尺二寸,广四寸半,肩至肘长一尺七寸,肘至腕长一尺一寸半,腕至
中指本节长四寸,本节至其未长四寸半,项发以下至背骨长二寸半,膂骨以下至尾 二十一
节长三尺,上节长一寸四分分之一,奇分在下,故上七节至于膂骨九寸八分分之七。此众人
骨之度也。
The maximum circumference of the head is two chi six cun, the chest circumference is four chi five cun, and the waist circumference is four chi two cun. The area covered by hair, from the top of the skull to the nape (neck), measures one chi two cun; from below the hairline to the chin (yi) is one chi. From the depression below the laryngeal prominence to the Quepen (CV15, center of the supraclavicular fossa) is four cun; if this exceeds four cun, the lungs are large, and if less, the lungs are small. From Quepen to Tianshu (ST25, 2 cun lateral to the umbilicus) is nine cun; if it exceeds nine cun, the stomach is large, and if less, the stomach is small. From Tianshu to Henggu (the upper border of the pubic symphysis) is six and a half cun; if it exceeds this, the ileum is wide and long, and if less, it is narrow and short. The length of Henggu is six and a half cun. From the upper border of Henggu to the upper border of the medial epicondyle of the tibia (inner auxiliary bone) is one chi eight cun; from the upper border to the lower border of the medial epicondyle is three and a half cun; from the lower border of the medial epicondyle to the tip of the medial malleolus is one chi three cun; from the medial malleolus to the ground is three cun. From the knee to the dorsum of the foot (Fu Shu) is one chi six cun; from the dorsum of the foot to the ground is three cun. Therefore, if the bone circumference is large, it is excessive; if small, it is insufficient.
From the ear angle to the Zhu Gu (spinous process of C7) is one chi. The portion not visible when walking along the axillary midline is four cun. From the axilla to the Ji Xie (end of the 12th rib) is one chi two cun. From the Ji Xie to the Bi Shu (greater trochanter of the femur) is six cun. From the Bi Shu to the middle of the knee is one chi nine cun. From the knee to the lateral malleolus is one chi six cun. From the lateral malleolus to the Jinggu point (base of the fifth metatarsal) is three cun. From Jinggu to the ground is one cun. The width behind the ear at the Wang Gu (mastoid process) is nine cun. The width in front of the ear at the Er Men point is one chi three cun. The distance between the two zygomatic bones is seven cun. The width between the two nipples is nine and a half cun. The width between the inner sides of the two thighs is six and a half cun. The foot length is one chi two cun, and the width is four and a half cun. From the shoulder to the elbow is one chi seven cun. From the elbow to the wrist is one chi one and a half cun. From the wrist to the proximal phalanx joint (Ben Jie) of the middle finger is four cun. From the Ben Jie to the fingertip is four and a half cun. From the hairline at the nape to the dorsal spine (Bei Gu) is two and a half cun. From the spinal column (Lu Gu) to the coccyx, comprising twenty-one vertebrae, is three chi. Each segment averages one and one-fourteenth cun, with the remainder calculated downwards. Thus, the total length from the upper seven segments to the Lu Gu (below T11) is nine and seven-eighths cun. These are the standard measurements of bones for ordinary people.