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水味所以咸何?是其性也。所以北方咸者,万物咸与,所以坚之也,犹五味得咸乃坚也。木味所以酸何?东方,万物之生也,酸者以达生也,犹五味得酸乃达也。火味所以苦何?南方主长养,苦者所以长养也,犹五味须苦可以养也。金味所以辛何?西方煞伤成物,辛所以煞伤之也,犹五味得辛乃委煞也。土味所以甘何?中央者,中和也,故甘,犹五味以甘为主也。《尚书》曰:“润下作咸,炎上作苦,曲直作酸,从革作辛,稼穑作甘。”北方其臭朽者何?,北方水,万物所幽藏也,又水者受垢浊,故臭腐朽也。东方者木也,万物新出地中,故其臭膻。南方者水也,盛阳承动,故其臭焦。西方者金也,万物成熟,始复诺,故其臭腥。中央土也,主养,故其臭香也。《月令》曰:“东方其臭膻,南方其臭焦,中央其臭香,西方其臭腥,北方其臭朽。”所以名之为东方者,动方也,万物始动生也。南方者,任养之方,万物怀任也。西方者,迁方也,万物迁落也。北方者,伏方也,万物伏藏也。

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