QU Hongde,DU Zhenhua,LI Yingcun.Discussion on "kidney is harem and women"[J].Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,59(1):41-44. DOI: 10.16305/j.1007-1334.2025.z20240506005.
Sun Simiao takes the kidney image compared to the class of "harem and women" in
Beiji
Qianjin Yaofang
. Kidney managing essence provides material source for it. Kidney storing will is the functional basis of it. Kidney hiding essence is the function of it. Kidney governing water is the metaphorical embodiment of it. The two official positions of "harem and women" and "strong official" have the same meaning. Based on the "harem and women", "strong official" reflects the physiological function of kidney hiding essence and storing will.