Gao Yang-sheng, a person from the Five Dynasties period, authored the Maijue Songkuo, attributed to WangshiShuhe. However, the current version is mixed with Jiegucold-damage disease pulse entry formula songs, and was further misannotated by Xiong Zong-li, greatly misleading the common scholarship. Shuhe was a person from the Jin dynasty, who had his own Maijing, yet it still contradicts large sections of ancient texts, making it difficult to fully trust.

There are many books on pulse diagnosis, but one should primarily rely on Neijing. HuashiZhenjia Shuyao takes floating, sinking, slow, rapid, slippery, and rough as the main outline, supplemented by strong and weak. Danxi takes blood, qi, phlegm, and fire as the main outline of diseases, thus slippery pulse in the blood aspect with excess indicates phlegm, and all tangible conditions follow it; rough pulse in the qi aspect with excess indicates fire, and all intangible conditions follow it. Floating indicates the exterior, sinking indicates the interior, slow indicates cold, rapid indicates heat, strong indicates excess, and weak indicates deficiency. By grasping this outline, the pulse can be understood clearly. (Yitong)