Huangdi Neijing
Ancient Chinese medical text foundational to traditional medicine.
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The Yellow Emperor and his ministers are depicted in conversation within the Huangdi Neijing, a format that may have been chosen by unnamed writers to evade responsibility.[1] The Book of Han, finished in 111 CE, contains the first recorded reference to this text in its bibliography section.[2]
What happened
The Huangdi Neijing departs from old shamanistic beliefs that disease was caused by demonic influences.[3] According to the Neijing, the universe can be represented by symbols such as yin and yang and qi.[3] Celestial Lancets (1980) states the scholarly consensus is that the Suwen belongs to the second century BCE.[4] The German scholar Unschuld says several 20th-century scholars hypothesize the text was composed between 400 BCE and 260 CE.[5]
The work subsequently underwent major editorial changes.[5] A scholar-physician called Huangfu Mi (215–282 CE) was the first to claim the Han dynasty text corresponded with two different books circulating in his time.[2] Basic Questions, the initial part, addresses the foundational theories and diagnostic approaches of Chinese medicine.[6] Prior to the 1970s Mawangdui excavations in Hunan, scholars dated the work from the Warring States period through the Han dynasty.[6]
Medical manuscripts uncovered at Mawangdui altered that earlier dating perspective.[6]
What the cited sources add
The Open Library edition for ISBN 9780203462256 lists "Celestial Lancets" as a 2012 publication by Taylor & Francis Group.[7] The Open Library edition for ISBN 9780395353363 lists "The heart of the dragon" as a 1985 publication by Houghton Mifflin.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Huangdi Neijing" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: see pages 8–14 in Unschuld (2003) for an exposition of this. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Huangdi Neijing" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sivin 1993, 197. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Huangdi Neijing" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Memory of the World: The Treasures That Record our History from 1700 BC to the Present Day", UNESCO Publishing, 2012, p. 35; "Memory of the World: The Treasures That Record our History from 1700 BC to the Present Day", UNESCO Publishing, 2012, p. 35; Clayre, "The Heart of the Dragon", Houghton Mifflin, 1985, p. 204 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Huangdi Neijing" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Needham, "Celestial Lancets: A History and Rationale of Acupuncture and Moxa", Routledge, 2002-09-27 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Huangdi Neijing" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Unschuld, pp.1–3.; Sivin, p. 68. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Huangdi Neijing" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Title: The Su Wen of the Huangdi Neijing (Inner Classic of the Yellow Emperor) (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 9780203462256 ("Celestial Lancets"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 9780395353363 ("The heart of the dragon"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
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