Hún 魂 — Liver ethereal soul

Housed spirit seat

The ethereal soul: vision, life-direction, and the dreaming aspect that wanders during sleep. Housed by the Liver zàng, wood-natured, returning to heaven at death in classical doctrine.

Shén 神 — Heart spiritHún 魂 — Liver ethereal soulHún 魂 — Liver ethereal soulPò 魄 — Lung corporeal soulYì 意 — Spleen intentZhì 志 — Kidney will

Point 2 of 5 in Wǔ Shén — Five Spirits at the Five Zàng (五神)

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Huangdi Neijing · Lingshu (primary_canonical)

Ch. 8 (Běn shén) assigns each of the five spirits to its zàng: shén–Heart, hún–Liver, pò–Lung, yì–Spleen, zhì–Kidney.

N. Wiseman & A. Ellis, Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine (secondary)

Standard translations of the five spirits and their faculties.

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