Yì 意 — Spleen intent

Housed spirit seat

Intent / applied thought: concentration, memory-in-study, and the shaping of intention into action. Housed by the Spleen zàng, earth-natured.

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

Point 4 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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