Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen: An Annotated Translation of Huang Di’s Inner Classic - Basic Questions

✍ Scribed by Unschuld, Paul U.; Tessenow, Hermann

• Book ID: 110507892
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 494 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780520266988

✦ Synopsis

A foundation of Chinese life sciences and medicine, the Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen is now available for the first time in a complete, fully annotated English translation. Also known as Su Wen , or The Yellow Emperor�s Inner Classic, this influential work came into being over a long period reaching from the 2nd century bce to the 8th century ce. Combining the views of different schools, it relies exclusively on natural law as conceptualized in yin/yang and Five Agents doctrines to define health and disease, and repeatedly emphasizes personal responsibility for the length and quality of one�s life. This two-volume edition includes excerpts from all the major commentaries on the Su Wen , and extensive annotation drawn from hundreds of monographs and articles by Chinese and Japanese authors produced over the past 1600 years and into the twentieth century.