Description
The Revealing Ode 《标幽赋译释》
An Annotated English Translation of an Ancient Chinese Ode on Acupuncture
By Henry Xiao
Description
The Revealing Ode 《标幽赋》 is one of the classical works of Chinese acupuncture. This annotated English translation makes the ode accessible to today’s practitioners and scholars, while exploring its historical background and the contribution of its author, Hànqīng Dòu (窦汉卿).
Rather than presenting the ode in isolation, Henry Xiao places its teachings in the context of Dòu’s A Guide to Acupuncture Classics 《针经指南》 and builds on earlier interpretations with a modern clinical perspective. The annotations unpack the meaning behind the original verses and offer practical examples showing how selected principles and techniques can be understood in clinic. The original Chinese text sits alongside the interpretation, so readers stay close to the source.
Bringing together classical Chinese literature, acupuncture history and contemporary clinical thinking, this book offers an important historical work to an English-speaking generation of practitioners.
Highlights
- Annotated English translation of the classical acupuncture ode 《标幽赋》
- Original Chinese text presented alongside its interpretation
- Draws on Hànqīng Dòu’s A Guide to Acupuncture Classics 《针经指南》 for context
- Combines classical scholarship with contemporary clinical insight
- Practical examples showing how selected teachings are applied
- 31 illustrations
- Australian-authored, written for professional, academic and advanced student readers
Who it’s for
Acupuncturists and Chinese medicine practitioners, as well as health professionals who practise or study acupuncture, including medical practitioners, physiotherapists and chiropractors. It will also appeal to academics and postgraduate or advanced undergraduate students of acupuncture, Chinese medicine, medical history and classical Chinese medical literature.
About the author
Henry Xiao is an Australian-born, second-generation Chinese Medicine practitioner and a graduate of the University of Technology Sydney, with an earlier background in Information Systems at UNSW. He grew up under the guidance of his father, Zhong Qiang Xiao, who has practised Chinese Medicine for more than 50 years, and developed an early familiarity with the classical literature and clinical traditions of acupuncture. As a bilingual practising clinician, Henry bridges classical Chinese medical texts and the needs of English-speaking practitioners.
Hundreds of copies have already found their way to practitioners across Australia, including through Henry’s presentation at the 11th Australian International Forum on Chinese Medicine & CMASA Academic Summit 2025.
Product details
- ISBN: 9781923087415
- Publisher: Australian Self Publishing Group
- Published: 2024
- Format: Paperback, 161 pages
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