Chinese Medicine from the Classics: The Secret Treatise of the Spiritual Orchid: Neijing Suwen, Chapter 8

Description

This book is a perfect introduction to the zangfu and their charges as set out in Neijing Suwen chapter 8. Suwen chapter 8 is a text of simplicity and clarity, and of a deceptive brevity which hides a wealth of potent images and concepts. It depicts a Confucian-style court hierarchy in which the heart is emperor, the lung is prime minister and so on. Each official has his sphere of activity, his functions and his interactions.

The Secret Treatise starts with an analysis of the first seven chapters of the Neijing Suwen, and then continues with a line by line discussion of chapter 8. An appendix gives the Chinese text and a translation. There is also an index of all main concept and Chinese characters.

‘In The Secret Treatise of the Spiritual Orchid you have perhaps the most refined example of [Larre and Rochat’s] teaching. – Peter Eckman, The Journal of Chinese Medicine