Top 10 classics on traditional Chinese medicine
十大中醫經典著作
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| With a history of a few thousand years, the culture of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is one of China's precious treasures, and it has made great contributions to the country's development and prosperity. The concept of treatment of TCM has gained international attentions and gradually been accepted by people in other parts of the world. Some classic literatures of TCM have been translated into multiple languages and published. |
中醫有著數千年的悠久歷史，是中華民族的寶貴財富，為中華民族的繁榮和發展做出了巨大貢獻。傳統醫學的治療理念受到國際社會越來越多的關注，正逐漸為世界所接受。一些經典著作已被翻譯成多種文字并出版發行。 |
| The following is the introduction to the top 10 TCM classics. |
以下是有關十大中醫藥經典著作的介紹。 |
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File photo: Huangdi Neijing (The Inner Canon of Huangdi)
資料圖片：《黃帝內經》 |
| 1. Huangdi Neijing (The Inner Canon of Huangdi) |
1. 《黃帝內經》 |
| The "Huangdi Neijing," also known as "The Inner Canon of Huangdi" or "Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon," is the earliest existing works on the theories of TCM that has been regarded as the source doctrinal for Chinese medicine for more than two millennia. The works are composed of two texts each consisted of nine volumes, or eighty-one chapters, in a question-and-answer format between the mythical Huangdi (Yellow Emperor) and a few of his equally legendary ministers. |
作為現存最早的中醫理論著作，《黃帝內經》兩千年多來一直被視為中醫基礎學說，包括兩部分，各9卷、81篇，相傳是神話人物黃帝與多位大臣之間的問答。 |
| The first text, the "Suwen," also known as "Basic Questions," covers the theoretical foundation of TCM and its diagnostic methods. The second text, the "Lingshu," also known as "Spiritual Pivot," discusses acupuncture therapy in great detail. |
第一部分《素問》闡釋了中醫的理論基礎和診法，第二部分《靈樞》則詳細討論了針灸療法。 |
| Completed during the Spring and Autumn Period, the body of work is a systemic summary of the theories of yin-yang and the five natural elements, the adaptation of the human body to its natural surroundings, five movements and six climates, viscera and channels and collaterals, mechanism of diseases, diagnostic methods, rules of treatment and acupuncture. It covers not only medical science but also other scientific achievements of human beings in astronomy, geography, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, war strategies, mathematics and ecology, which astonishingly revealed a lot of achievements that the modern science tries to prove or is about to prove. |
《黃帝內經》成書于大約春秋時期，它分別從陰陽五行、天人相應、五運六氣、臟腑經絡、病機、診法、治則、針灸等方面，做出了比較系統的理論概括。該部書不僅涉及醫學，而且包羅天文學、地理學、哲學、人類學、社會學、軍事學、數學、生態學等各項人類所獲的科學成就，令人頗感驚訝的是，這些闡述卻揭示了許多現代科學正試圖證實的或將要證實的成就。 |
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