Research Catalog

Title

Ling shu, or, The spiritual pivot = Ling shu / translated by Wu Jing-Nuan.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Taoist Center, 2002, ©1993.

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Additional Authors

Wu, Jing-Nuan, 1933-

Description

xv, 283 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

• "The Ling Shu, considered to be the Canon of Acupuncture, is the second part of the Huang Di Nei Jing, The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic. These conversations about heaven, man, and earth and their dynamic relationships are attributed to the Yellow Emperor circa 2600 B.C. and his ministers. The first part is called the Su Wen, Simple Questions.
• The second part, the Ling Shu, is translated here by Wu Jing-Nuan in its context as the first known treatise about acupuncture with its associated medical procedures and for its philosophical beauty. The title itself expresses a world vision and reality where material and structure are secondary to the living energy of Ling Shu, the Spiritual Pivot."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Asian spirituality, Taoist studies series

Uniform Title

• Ling shu jing. English.
• Ling shu jing.
• Asian spirituality, Taoist studies series.

Alternative Title

• Ling shu
• Spiritual pivot

Subject

• Ling shu jing
• Medicine, Chinese > Early works to 1800
• Acupuncture

Language (note)

• Translation of: Ling shu ching.

Contents

• The Vocabulary of the Ling Shu -- Scroll One -- 1. Of Nine Needles and Twelve Source Points -- 2. The Roots of the Acupuncture Points -- 3. An Explanation of the Minute Needles -- 4. The Noxious Qi's Disease Forms in the Viscera and Bowels -- Scroll Two -- 5. Roots and Ends -- 6. Longevity or Premature Death, To Be Hard or Soft -- 7. On Governing the Needles -- 8. The Roots of Spirit -- 9. From Beginning to End -- Scroll Three -- 10. The Major Channels -- 11. The Separate Channels -- 12. Rivers and Channels -- Scroll Four -- 13. The Muscle Channels -- 14. Measurements in Reference to the Bones -- 15. The Fifty Regulators -- 16. The Nourishing Qi -- 17. The Limits of the Channels -- 18. The Birth and Assembling of the Nourishing Qi and Protective Qi -- 19. The Qi of the Four Seasons -- Scroll Five -- 20. The Five Evils -- 21. Cold and Hot Diseases -- 22. Madness and Insanity -- 23. Hot Diseases -- 24. Perverse Diseases --
• 25. Diseases and Roots -- 26. Assorted Diseases -- 27. Circulatory Rheumatism -- 28. Questions on the Oral Teaching -- Scroll Six -- 29. Teaching and Transmitting -- 30. The Partitions of Qi -- 31. The Intestines and Stomach -- 32. The Balanced Man and Starvation -- 33. An Essay on the Seas -- 34. Five Rebellions -- 35. An Essay on Swellings -- 36. The Five Swellings, the Ferrying of Secretions and their Divisions -- 37. The Five Examinations and the Five Emissaries -- 38. Rebellious or Smooth, Fat or Lean -- 39. An Essay on the Blood's Luo Channels -- 40. Yin and Yang, Clear and Muddy -- Scroll Seven -- 41. Yin and Yang and Their Connections to the Sun and Moon -- 42. The Propagation of Disease -- 43. The Debauched Evil and the Development of Dreams -- 44. The Smooth Flowing Qi Divides One Day Into Four Seasons -- 45. External Measurements -- 46. The Five Transformations -- 47. The Body and the Viscera -- Scroll Eight --
• 48. Restrictions and the Major Channels -- 49. The Five Colors -- 50. A Discussion of Courage -- 51. The Back Shu Acupuncture Points -- 52. Protective Qi -- 53. A Discussion of Pain -- 54. The Allotted Year of a Man's Life -- 55. Counterflow and Smooth Flowing -- 56. The Five Flavors -- Scroll Nine -- 57. Water Swellings -- 58. The Thieving Wind -- 59. The Protective Qi When Out of Its Usual Order -- 60. The Jade Tablets -- 61. The Five Prohibitions -- 62. Moving and Transporting -- 63. An Essay on the Five Flavors -- 64. Yin and Yang and Twenty-five Types of Men -- Scroll Ten -- 65. The Five Tones and Five Flavors -- 66. The Beginning of the Hundred Diseases -- 67. The Actions of the Needle -- 68. Ascent Into the Diaphragm -- 69. Grief and Anger Without Words -- 70. Chills and Fever -- 71. The Evil Guest -- 72. Penetrating Heaven -- Scroll Eleven -- 73. Sense and Capabilities --
• 74. An Essay on Disease and on the Examination of the Cubit, the Elbow, and the Forearm -- 75. Acupuncture Methods, Genuine and Evil Qi -- 76. The Movement of the Protective Qi -- 77. The Nine Temples and Eight Winds -- Scroll Twelve -- 78. An Essay on the Nine Needles -- 79. An Essay on the Seasonal Dews -- 80. A Discussion of Great Delusions -- 81. Swellings and Suppurations. App. A. The Five Actions and Shen Ke Cycles -- App. B. Ten Celestial Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches -- App. C. Acupuncture Points Mentioned in the Text.

ISBN

0824826310

OCLC

• ocm50674672
• SCSB-13957090

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries