Nan-ching The Classic Of Difficult Issues

A complete translation of the ancient Chinese medical classic, the Classic of Difficulties.

PART I. PROLEGOMENA

1. Introductory Remarks
2. The Historical Significance of the Nan-ching
3. The Contents of the Nan-ching
4. The Origin of the Nan-ching
5. The Reception of the Nan-ching in Later Centuries
Notes to Part I

PART II. TEXT, TRANSLATION, COMMENTARTES, AND NOTES
Preliminary Note

Chapter One: The Movement in the Vessels and Its Diagnostic Significance
The First Difficult Issue
The Second Difficult Issue
The Third Difficult Issue
The Fourth Difficult Issue
The Fifth Difficult Issue
The Sixth Difficult Issue
The Seventh Difficult Issue
The Eighth Difficult Issue
The Ninth Difficult Issue
The Tenth Difficult Issue
The Eleventh Difficult Issue
The Twelfth Difficult Issue
The Thirteenth Difficult Issue
The Fourteenth Difficult Issue
The Fifteenth Difficult Issue
The Sixteenth Difficult Issue
The Seventeenth Difficult Issue
The Eighteenth Difficult Issue.
The Nineteenth Difficult Issue
The Twentieth Difficult Issue
The Twenty-First Difficult Issue
The Twenty-Second Difficult Issue

Chapter Two: The Conduits and the Network-Vessels
The Twenty-Third Difficult Issue
The Twenty-Fourth Difficult Issue
The Twenty-Fifth Difficult Issue
The Twenty-Sixth Difficult Issue
The Twenty-Seventh Difficult Issue
The Twenty-Eighth Difficult Issue
The Twenty-Ninth Difficult Issue

Chapter Three: The Depots and the
The Thirtieth Difficult Issue
The Thirty-First Difficult Issue
The Thirty-Second Difficult Issue
The Thirty-Third Difficult Issue
The Thirty-Fourth Difficult Issue
The Thirty-Fifth Difficult Issue
The Thirty-Sixth Difficult Issue
The Thirty-Seventh Difficult Issue
The Thirty-Eighth Difficult Issue
The Thirty-Ninth Difficult Issue
The Fortieth Difficult Issue
The Forty-First Difficult Issue
The Forty-Second Difficult Issue
The Forty- Third Difficult Issue
The Forty-Fourth Difficult Issue
The Forty-Fifth Difficult Issue
The Forty-Sixth Difficult Issue
The Forty-Seventh Difficult Issue

Chapter Four: On Illnesses
The Forty-Eighth Difficult Issue
The Forty-Ninth Difficult Issue
The Fiftieth Difficult Issue
The Fifty-First Difficult Issue
The Fifty-Second Difficult Issue
The Fifty-Third Difficult Issue
The Fifty-Fourth Difficult Issue
The Fifty-Fifth Difficult Issue
The Fifty-Sixth Difficult Issue
The Fifty-Seventh Difficult Issue
The Fifty-Eighth Difficult Issue
The Fifty-Ninth Difficult Issue
The Sixtieth Difficult Issue
The Sixty-First Difficult Issue

Chapter Five: Transportation Holes
The Sixty-Second Difficult Issue
The Sixty-Third Difficult Issue
The Sixty-Fourth Difficult Issue
The Sixty-Fifth Difficult Issue
The Sixty-Sixth Difficult Issue
The Sixty-Seventh Difficult Issue
The Sixty-Eighth Difficult Issue

Chapter Six: Needling Patterns
The Sixty-Ninth Difficult Issue
The Seventieth Difficult Issue
The Seventy-First Difficult Issue
The Seventy-Second Difficult Issue
The Seventy-Third Difficult Issue
The Seventy-Fourth Difficult Issue
The Seventy-Fifth Difficult Issue
The Seventy-Sixth Difficult Issue
The Seventy-Seventh Difficult Issue
The Seventy-Eighth Difficult Issue
The Seventy-Ninth Difficult Issue
The Eightieth Difficult Issue
The Eighty-First Difficult Issue

APPENDIXES
A. Survey of Commentated Nan-ching Editions by Chinese Authors from the Third through the Twentieth Century
B. Chinese Twentieth-century Essays on the Nan-ching
C. Commentated Nan-ching Editions by Japanese Authors in the Takeda and Fujikawa Libraries, as well as Lost Titles from Past Centuries
D. Chang Shih-hsien's (1510) Graphs Depicting the Eighty-One Difficult Issues

Glossary of Technical Terms in the Nan-ching

Index to Prolegomena, Commentaries, and Notes