Classical Texts

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The Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon 黄帝内经 (huang dì nei jing):

Elementary Questions (1st century C) 素问 (su wen)

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The Magic Pivot (1st century C) 灵枢 (ling shu)

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On Cold Damage 伤寒论 (shang han lun)

Essentials from the Golden Cabinet 金匮要略 (jin gui yao lue)

The Divine Husbandman’s Herbal Foundation Canon 神农本草经 (shen nong ben cao jing)

The Classic of Difficult Issues (1st century, Eastern Han4) 难经 (nan jing)

Bian que cang gong lie zhuan  扁鵲倉公列伝

Treatise on the Spleen & Stomach 脾胃论 (pi wei lun)

Mysterious Mechanism at the Origin of Pathology in Basic Questions (su wen xuan ji yuan bing shi) 素問玄機原病式 by Liu Wan-Su (劉完素), 1152, Jin Dynasty

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Formulas from the Discussion Illuminating the Yellow Emperor’s Basic Questions (haung di su wen xuan ming lun fang) 黃帝素問宣明論方 by Liu Wan-Su (劉完素), 1172, Jin Dynasty

Direct Investigation of Cold Damage (shang han zhi ge) 傷寒直格 by Liu Wan-Su, Jin Dynasty – 12th century

Discourse on Warm-Heat Disease 温热论 (wen re lun) by (Ye Tian-Shi 葉天士, 1667)

* (Part I) Translated by Charles Chace and Daniella Van Wart

* (Part II) Translated by Charles Chace and Daniella Van Wart

* (Part III) Translated by Charles Chace and Daniella Van Wart

Golden Mirror of the Medical Tradition 醫宗金鑑 Notes on the Shang Han Lun (訂正仲景全書傷寒論註) by Wu Qian (吴谦, 1742, Qing Dynasty)