Shēnjīng tōngkǎo 身經通考
Comprehensive Investigation of the Body-Channel System by 李瀠 Lǐ Yíng (撰)
About the work
A four-juan early-Qīng treatise on the channel-and-acupoint system by 李瀠 Lǐ Yíng (hào Chángchūnzǐ 長春子, fl. early-mid Qīng). The work proceeds as a series of catechistic question-and-answer pairs (shēnjīng dáwèn 身經答問) on the relations between the channel-and-acupoint system and the symptom-patterns presented at different parts of the body. Chapter one opens with a long exposition on the four limbs as the “root of all yáng” (四肢者，諸陽之本也): when yáng is full the limbs swell; when yáng is empty the limbs are full-yet-flaccid; the Spleen governs the limbs; the limbs receive qi from the Stomach but must pass through the Spleen first; if the Spleen is full the limbs cannot be lifted; if empty they cannot be used. Each statement is cross-referenced to its Sùwèn-Língshū origin and integrated with later commentary.
Abstract
The Shēnjīng tōngkǎo is a substantial early-Qīng channel-doctrine compendium in the zhézhōng eclectic style; Lǐ Yíng’s catechistic format makes the work pedagogically usable. The composition window 1645–1720 followed here is the conservative early-Qīng terminus. The text is registered in the Zhōngguó zhōngyī gǔjí zǒngmù.
Translations and research
- 嚴世芸 Yán Shìyún, Zhōngyī rénwù cídiǎn, “Lǐ Yíng” entry.
Links
- Zhōngguó zhōngyī gǔjí zǒngmù, zhēnjiǔ section.
- 身經通考 jicheng.tw
- Kanseki DB