Zhēn jīng jiéyào 針經節要
Essentials of the Needle Classic by 杜思敬 Dù Sījìng (撰)
About the work
A single-juan Yuán acupuncture abridgement by 杜思敬 Dù Sījìng (hào Zhúzhāi 竹齋, fl. early-Yuán Yányòu 延祐 period, ca. 1314–1320), drawn from the Língshū (the Zhēn jīng 針經 of the title), the Sùwèn, and the Nànjīng. The text begins with the Zǒnglùn 總論 on the qi-and-blood quantities of the twelve channels — citing the standard Sùwèn doctrine that the channels have differing yīnyáng qi-blood ratios (e.g. Fèijīng 肺經 shǎo qì duō xuè; Xīnjīng 心經 shǎo xuè duō qì) — and proceeds with the Shí’èr jīng shì dòng suǒshēng zhī bìng 十二經是動所生之病, the standard catechism of channel-pathologies. The work is concise: where the parent Língshū and Sùwèn are diffuse, Dù distills the essential points to a clinical-decision-ready format. As such it functioned in the Yuán as a portable acupuncture vade mecum.
Abstract
The Zhēn jīng jiéyào is part of Dù Sījìng’s larger compilation Jǐshēng bácuì fāng 濟生拔粹方 (“Lifesaving Excerpts of the Best Formulas”), a Yuán medical anthology of 19 short works edited and printed by Dù around 1315; the Zhēn jīng jiéyào is the acupuncture-doctrine pillar of that collection. The Jǐshēng bácuì as a whole transmits the four-master tradition of Jīn-Yuán medicine — 劉完素 Liú Wánsù, 張元素 Zhāng Yuánsù, 李杲 Lǐ Dōngyuán, 王好古 Wáng Hǎogǔ — and the Zhēn jīng jiéyào is the principal Yuán witness for the synthesis of Língshū-Sùwèn-Nànjīng acupuncture doctrine. The work is registered in the SKQS within the Jǐshēng bácuì compilation; the catalog meta classifies it under the Yuán.
Translations and research
- 黄龍祥 Huáng Lóngxiáng, Zhōngguó zhēnjiǔ shǐ tújiàn (2003), Yuán acupuncture chapter.
- 嚴世芸 Yán Shìyún, Zhōngyī rénwù cídiǎn, “Dù Sījìng” entry.
Links
- Sìkù quánshū zǒngmù tíyào, Zǐbù · Yījiā lèi (under Jǐshēng bácuì).
- Wikidata Q11107605
- 針經節要 jicheng.tw
- Kanseki DB