Tsia Tung: So sifu, what do you
think? Are we essentially good or evil?
Fu Hsiang: I have taught you both esoteric anatomy27, what are the
principle organs of the body?
Tsia Tung: The ten principle
organs are the kidneys, the liver, the lungs, the
large intestines, the bladder, the small
intestines, the heart, the stomach, the spleen
and the gall bladder.28
Fu Hsiang: Men Chow, how are
these organs associated with each other?
Men Chow: The organs are paired
with each other, yin and yang29;
kidneys with bladder, the stomach with the
spleen, the liver is paired with the gall
bladder, the large intestine with the lungs, the
small intestine with the heart, and the spleen is
paired with the stomach.
Fu Hsiang: Excellent. And who
can tell me the afflictive emotions and which
organs they affect?
Tsia Tung: The five afflictive
emotions are fear, anger, grief, hysteria, and
worry. Fear affects the kidneys and the bladder,
worry affects the stomach and the spleen, grief
affects the large intestine and the lungs,
hysteria affects the heart and small intestine
and anger affects the liver and gall bladder30. 48
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