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What is received from the parents at an individual’s conception; the congenital constitution. Earlier heaven is understood to be governed by the kidney, in opposition to later heaven (or the acquired constitution) governed by the spleen.

Etymology

Chinese: 先 xiān, first, earlier; 天 tiān, heaven, i.e., that upon which life depends.

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