The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body According to Traditional Chinese Medicine Volume 2 TheanatomyandphysiologyofthehumanbodyaccordingtoTraditionalChineseMedicine(TCM),fromchapter7 "TheBody"(Shen-t'i@),chan2,pp.1-47ofthefamousillustratedencyclopediaSan-ts'aiT'u-hui(Sancai Tuhui; Jap. Sansai Zue) ,g (,), compiled by Wang Ch'i m and Wang Ssu-i @, and published in 1609, during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Thetext contains information on the internal organs, acupuncturemeridians,and correspondence ofthetime cycles with the energy circulating in various organs and meridians; therefore, it is relevant for study of TCM as well as Chinese internal alchemy (nei-tan).