The research method of corpus evidence was used to conduct a statistical analysis of the word "death" in the Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor（《黄帝内经》）

and to explore the meaning of the word"death"in terms of distribution

quantity and type.Statistics showed that the Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor had a total of 493 "dead"characters

involving 79 chapters

of which Discussion on Geunine-Zang Pulse in Plain Question appeared up to the most34 times

involving content of "geunine-zang pulse" at the top.The concept of single word was used 209 times covering five meanings.And most of them had 2 types of professional meanings of "the description of pathogenesis and symptoms" and "the opposite of alive".The concept of multi-word was used 284 times

covering 13 kinds of meanings.Most of them were description of the prognosis and death time.The ratio of general meaning to professional meaning was about 5∶100.Upto 84% of the word "dead"was description of pathogenesis and symptoms.It can be concluded that the word "death"generally means death in the text

but there is still a meaning that cannot be ignored

for example

the macro level emphasizes the importance of certain contents in syndrome differentiation and treatment

and it conveys a kind of thought that being-towards-death.