A clear definition

Prof Wei begins his first article* with a clear definition of the terms 'dynamic points' and 'static points'.

"The term dynamic points refers to those movement holes** that are in a hidden or mobile state. These points, distributed over the body, are numberless, nameless, and their location is not fixed.

"Static points refers to those named, numbered movement holes with fixed locations that are, relatively speaking, in a static state.

"Dynamic points are located primarily on the basis of clinical examination, while the location of static points is based on their locations as recorded in the literature.

"An example of dynamic points would be A-shi points, while channel points of the 14 channels and the extraordinary points are examples of static points.

*《动穴疗效钩玄》"On the Efficacy of Dynamic Points"

**Here 'movement hole' is used as a literal translation of the Chinese term 俞穴 (shū xué).