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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 24, 2019

Huang Ti Nei Ching Su Wen: The Yellow Emperor's classic of internal medicine. Translated by Ilza Veith.

Publication Details

Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins, 1949 CE.

First edition in English of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic (Huangdi Neijing,) , the most important ancient text in Chinese medicine as well as a major book of Daoist theory and lifestyle. According to leading scholars it was written between the late Warring States period (475-221 BCE) and the early Han period (206 BCE–220 CE).The text is structured as a dialogue between the Yellow Emperor and one of his ministers or physicians, most commonly Qíbó, but also Shàoyú.  

Thematic Classifications

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Entry Number#6878
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/9042
Author Bio LinkOnline Archive of California ↗
External URLhuang-ti-nei-ching-su-wen-the-yellow-emperors-classic-of-internal-medicine

Geographic Context

Publication place: Baltimore, MD