Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon: An Annotated Translation

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Publish Date: 2000-10-01
Features: The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon is the earliest medical text still preserved in China. According to most expert, it was compiled around the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon is a summary and embodiment of the wisdom of ancient and primordial peoples in medicine and health preservation. It not only clearly describes the anatomical structure of the human body and the circulation of the meridians throughout the body but also provides profound and comprehensive discussions on human physiology, medical pathology, medical geography, medical phenology, and other fields of study that were only later developed in the modern West. The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon is not an extremely rare masterpiece of health preservation, and it is listed alongside Fuxi's Eight Trigrams and Shennong's Herbal Classic as the "Three Ancient Classics of the Primordial Age." The achievement of major academic breakthroughs in the history of Chinese medicine and the emergence of numerous outstanding medical experts are all closely linked to The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon, which has been called the "Root of Physicians" by generations of medical scholars. To give an overview of the entire book, it covers various fields such as geography, health preservation, philosophy, astronomy, psychology, seasons, fengshui, calendar, and the theory of yin-yang and the five elements, making it a remarkable book in the treasure trove of ancient Chinese culture.