Study · 经典
The great classics
From the Huangdi Neijing to the Wenbing Tiaobian: eight foundational works with their context, lessons, annotated passages in Chinese and a glossary.
ClassicHuáng Dì Nèi Jīng
Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic · Compilation: Warring States–Han
ClassicNán Jīng
Classic of Difficult Issues · Han, exact date debated
ClassicShén Nóng Běn Cǎo Jīng
Shennong’s Classic of Materia Medica · Late Han; reconstructed from quotations
ClassicShāng Hán Lùn
Treatise on Cold Damage · Eastern Han, c. third century
ClassicJīn Guì Yào Lüè
Essential Synopsis of the Golden Coffer · Eastern Han; later edition
ClassicZhēn Jiǔ Jiǎ Yǐ Jīng
Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion · Western Jin, c. 282
ClassicBěn Cǎo Gāng Mù
Compendium of Materia Medica · Ming, published 1596
ClassicWēn Bìng Tiáo Biàn
Systematic Differentiation of Warm Diseases · Qing, 1798
