The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine

The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine: A New Translation of the Neijing Suwen with Commentary Paperback – May 10, 1995

Author: Maoshing Ni | Language: English | ISBN: 1570620806 | Format: PDF, EPUB

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The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine: A New Translation of the Neijing Suwen with Commentary – May 10, 1995
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• Paperback: 316 pages
• Publisher: Shambhala; 1 edition (May 10, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570620806
• ISBN-13: 978-1570620805
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
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The good thing about this book is that is by and large readable. The bad part is that the translation, paraphrasing and commentary are all rolled into one and are indistinquishable to the casual reader. Even when a snipet of text is more or less trying to be faithful to the Nei jing the translation is sometimes clearly unfaithful in meaning. I wouldn't want to try and incorporate the statements of fact and theory in this book into a clinical practice without first checking them out with another translation. However, what this book can do is serve as a source of ideas and inspiration that can then be checked with other translations or texts.

One thing that bothers me is that the author is a doctor of oriental medicine and so is his father, which the author consulted, and yet there are errors in the book. These errors (mostly?) appear to be due to poor translating, which causes erosion of the subtle or secondary meaning of the text and leaves statements which unfortunately are contradictory to what I learned in acupuncture school, have read in other respected medical texts or have experienced clinically. Upon examining the passages in Chinese I can see the true meaning has only been partially captured and hence inadvertantly appears to contradict other texts and clinical experience. This is unfortunate as by and large there is a great deal of useful information in this "translation", but it is unevenly presented, unlabeled (i.e., what part comes from the Nei jing, what part is traditional commentary and what part is the author's opinion) and hence I can't feel totally confident in this book.

I don't think it is possible to translate the Nei jing without a deep understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Classical Chinese.

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