Inner Chapters on Observing Things, Part One
觀物內篇上
Body Numbers of the Four Images
四象體數
Body Numbers of Greater Yang, Greater Yin, Lesser Yang, and Lesser Yin
太陽太陰少陽少陰之體數
太陽之體數十二，太陰之體數十二，少陽之體數十二，少陰之體數十二。
The body number of Greater Yang is twelve; the body number of Greater Yin is twelve; the body number of Lesser Yang is twelve; the body number of Lesser Yin is twelve.
Sun, Moon, Stars, and Celestial Bodies as Four Images
日月星辰與四象
鄧氏伯溫曰：日為太陽，其數十；月為太陰，其數十二；星為少陽；辰為少陰，其數十二。
Deng Bowen says: The Sun is Greater Yang, its number is ten; the Moon is Greater Yin, its number is twelve; the Stars are Lesser Yang; the Celestial Bodies are Lesser Yin, their number is twelve.
The Yuan-Hui-Yun-Shi Calendar System
元會運世曆
黃氏織曰：土為元會運世曆也。曆居陽法陰治，故專言天律歲時，各不得兼言地。
Master Huang says: Earth governs the Yuan-Hui-Yun-Shi calendar system. The calendar resides in yang methods and yin governance; therefore it specifically discusses Heaven's pitch-pipe rhythms and seasonal times, each unable to simultaneously discuss Earth.
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