Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon: Interpretation and Translation

Author: Xie Hua (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon is one of the earliest medical books still extant in China. According to most expert research, 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 the fields of 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 disciplines that were only developed in the late modern West. The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon is not an extremely rare masterpiece of health preservation and is listed alongside Fuxi's Eight Trigrams and Shennong's Herbal Classic as the "Three Ancient Classics of Antiquity." The achievement of major academic milestones 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, earning it the title of "The Ancestral Text of Physicians" from generations of medical scholars. To read the entire book, it covers various fields such as geography, health preservation, philosophy, astronomy, psychology, seasons, fengshui, calendar systems, the theory of yin and yang, and the five elements, making it a remarkable book in the treasure trove of ancient Chinese culture.