FAN Tiantian,WANG Jianfang,LIN Fuhui,et al.Research on the Concept, Origin and Classification of Traditional Chinese Medicine Classics[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2023,64(16):1621-1626.
FAN Tiantian,WANG Jianfang,LIN Fuhui,et al.Research on the Concept, Origin and Classification of Traditional Chinese Medicine Classics[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2023,64(16):1621-1626.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2023.16.001.
Research on the Concept, Origin and Classification of Traditional Chinese Medicine Classics
The term “classics” has been used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for a long time. TCM classics are authoritative and exemplary works in the development of TCM, whose classification is determined by its connotation. The classical connotation includes authority, exemplary, continuous inheritance and long history of classics. On this basis, classics in the narrow sense and classics in the broad sense are formed. The narrow classics focus on the originality of knowledge system and essence of content, which can be divided into theoretical and clinical classics, with less bibliography, i.e., the four classics including
Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor
(《黄帝内经》)
, The Classic of Difficult Issues
(《难经》),
Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases
(《伤寒杂病论》) and
Treatise on Warm
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Heat Diseases
(《温热论》). The generalized classics emphasize the extensibility of TCM life and disease knowledge. And it is divided into the medical classics and pharmacy classics, involving more books, which are
Grand Simplicity of
‘
The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic
’
(《黄帝内经太素》),
The Pulse Classic
(《脉经》),
The Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
(《针灸甲乙经》),
Central Treasury Classic
(《中藏经》),
Systematic Differentiation of Warm Diseases
(《温病条辨》), and
Shen Nong's Classic of the Materia Medica
(《神农本草经》) based on the narrow classics. Finally, it constitute the “TCM classics” overall bibliography.