harmful winds (邪風)
The Chinese medical belief that illness entered the body from outside, carried on wind, cold, or other harmful qi.
Preface to the Treatise on Cold Damage
Zhang Zhongjing, Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases, preface · c. 200–206 (within ten years of the start of the Jian'an era, 196)
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卒然遭邪風之氣嬰非常之疾患及禍至而方震慄降志屈節欽望巫祝告窮歸天束手受敗
Then, without warning, they meet the qi of harmful winds and fall ill with some grave and unusual disease. Only when trouble comes and disaster strikes do they start to tremble. Swallowing their pride, they bow low and look up hopefully to shamans and priests. When they have nothing left to try, they leave it all to Heaven, fold their hands, and accept defeat.