Part One Introduction 12
1 The Value of Huangdi Neijing 12
2 A Study Guide 15
3 The Authorship 23
3.1 Attribution to Huangdi 23
3.2 The Authorship of Neijing 26
3.3 The Authenticity of Lingshu 29
4 Suwen,Lingshu:Hence the Name 32
4.1 Suwen 32
4.2 Lingshu 33
5 Emendators and Annotators 35
6 Academic Thinking 38
6.1 Yin and Yang 38
6.2 Five Elements 40
6.3 Holism:Conception of the Organism as a Whole 42
6.4 A World in Perpetual Motion 46
7 Theoretical System 48
7.1 Visceral Manifestation 48
7.1.1 Definition 49
7.1.2 Five Viscera 50
7.1.3 Six Bowels 52
7.1.4 Extraordinary Bowels 52
7.1.5 Physiological Function 52
7.1.6 Theory of Channels and Collaterals 54
7.1.7 Vital Essence,Vital Energy and Spirit 56
7.2 Pathological Mechanism 62
7.2.1 Pathogenesis 62
7.2.2 Etiology 63
7.2.3 Pathology 65
7.3 Diagnosis 67
7.3.1 Observation 68
7.3.2 Pulses 69
7.4 General Rule of Treatment 73
7.4.1 Preventive Principle 73
7.4.2 Treatment Based on Concrete Conditions 76
7.4.3 Priorities in Treatment 77
7.4.4 Flexibility in Treatment 78
7.4.5 Differentiation of Symptoms and Signs,Principle of Treatment 80
7.4.6 Compatibility of Drugs and Composition of Prescriptions 81
7.4.7 Principle of Acupuncture 83
8 Epilogue 84
Part 1 Chapter 1-22 of Suwen(Full Texts With Detailed Notes)Chapter 1 Treatise on Ancient Theory of Primordial Energy 89
Chapter 2 Treatise on Self Cultivation of Spirit in Accordance with the Four Seasons 99
Chapter 3 Treatise on Communication of the Vital Energy with the Heaven 109
Chapter 4 Dictum of the Golden Chamber 124
Chapter 5 Treatise on the Correspondence of Yin and Yang 137
Chapter 6 Treatise on the Separation and Combination of Yin and Yang 165
Chapter 7 Treatise on the Differentiation of Yin and Yang 172
Chapter 8 Treatise on the Secret Canon in the Imperial Library 184
Chapter 9 Treatise on Six Jie and Visceral Manifestaion 191
Chapter 10 Treatise on the Producing and Complementing Relationship of the Five Viscera 208
Chapter 11 Treatise on the Additional Study of the Five Viscera 222
Chapter 12 Treatise on Variations of Treatments to Patients of Different Locations 228
Chapter 13 Treatise on Regulating the Vital Energy by Shifting Patient's Attention 234
Chapter 14 Treatise on Decoctions and Dense Wines 241
Chapter 15 Precious Treatise Inscribed on Jade 248
Chapter 16 Treatise on the Quintessence of Diagnosis and the Evanescence of the Channel Vital Energy 255
Chapter 17 Treatise on the Quintessence and Subtlety of Pulse-Feeling 265
Chapter 18 Treatise on the Manifestation of Pulsation for a Normal Person 292
Chapter 19 Treatise Inscribed on Jade on Pulses Symbolizing the Decay of Visceral Vital Energy 311
Chapter 20 Treatise on Pulses in Three Regions with Nine Presentations 334
Chapter 21 Treatise on the Additional Study of the Channels and Pulses 348
Chapter 22 Treatise on the Regulation of Visceral Vital Energy in Accordance with Seasonal Changes 359
English-Chinese Terminology 379
Reference 395