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IfwebearinmindtheYinYangconnectionsamongchannels,theTripleBurner(ShaoYang)isconnected
tothePericardium(JueYin)andtheGallBladder(ShaoYang)totheLiver(JueYin).Therefore,ifthe
ShaoYangisthehingeoftheYang(asitclearlyis),thentheJueYinmustbethehingeoftheYin.The
diagramsbelowillustratethisconcept.

Thetwodiagramsbelowshowthepositionofthechannelsinarmsandlegsasindicatedabove.The
diagrambelowshowsclearlyhow,ifwerelatedtheconceptofopening/closing/hingetochannel
topography,theJueYinmustbethehinge.NoticehowtheHeartandKidneychannelsarebothmedial,
both"inside",boththe"mostinterior"(andthereforenotpivotorhinge)oftheYinchannels.

I see the role of "hinge" of the Shao Yang and Jue Yin as a metaphor of
their involvement in relationships, in our relating to others. All four of
the Shao Yang and Jue Yin channels play a role in relating but
especially so the Jue Yin, i.e. Pericardium and Liver. The Liver even
more so because it houses the Hun which provides the Shen with the
"movement" necessary to relate.