Shénjiǔ jīnglún 神灸經綸
Comprehensive Treatise on the Divine Moxibustion Classic by 吳亦鼎 Wú Yìdǐng (撰)
About the work
A four-juan late-Qīng moxibustion treatise by 吳亦鼎 Wú Yìdǐng (zì Yúnzhāi 雲齋), prefaced in Xiánfēng 1 (1851). Wú’s Yǐnyán 引言 opens with a long historical preface: “The ancient physician knew the celestial timing, knew the qi-circulation, had thoroughly mastered the subtleties of the four-examinations, was well-versed in the orthodox-and-extraordinary trajectories of the various channels… Since the Língshū transmitted the doctrine and the Nànjīng posed its questions, the language has been profound and the principle all-encompassing… Yet acupuncture has had a defined system since the Língshū, and after this the brilliant physicians arose in succession — perhaps a hundred schools, as 扁鵲 Biǎn Què, 淳于意 Cānggōng, 張仲景 Zhāng Jī, 華佗 Yuán Huà (Huá Tuó), and onward to 李杲 Dōngyuán, 劉完素 Héjiàn, 朱震亨 Dānxī… the most prominent of them all having written their own works that elucidate the canonical meaning. From the Qín-Hàn to today, every age has had successors. In the Míng there was Yuèrén 張介賓 Zhāng Huìqīng (Zhāng Jièbīn) who gathered all the masters’ essentials and composed the Lèijīng — the acupuncture-and-moxibustion learning became all the more clear. Yet there are still unexhausted points. Our own dynasty compiled the Yīzōng jīnjiàn KR3ee015… but in recent generations few study acupuncture — perhaps one or two in a hundred for needling, two or three in ten for moxibustion — yet pharmacotherapy fills the medical world.”
Abstract
The Shénjiǔ jīnglún is one of the principal late-Qīng moxibustion-specific monographs, situated polemically against the dominant Qīng pharmacotherapy bias of mainstream medical practice. Wú Yìdǐng’s editorial program is to restore moxibustion to its canonical-Língshū status as the equal complement of needling and herbal therapy. The text covers (1) the foundational doctrine of channels-and-acupoints; (2) detailed moxibustion technique with materials, doses, and timing; (3) clinical-syndrome chapters with moxibustion-prescriptions; (4) special techniques including Tàiyǐ shénzhēn compound-moxa and qízhúmǎ applications. The work is registered in the Zhōngguó zhōngyī gǔjí zǒngmù.
Translations and research
- 黄龍祥 Huáng Lóngxiáng, Zhōngguó zhēnjiǔ shǐ tújiàn (2003), late-Qīng moxibustion chapter.
- 嚴世芸 Yán Shìyún, Zhōngyī rénwù cídiǎn, “Wú Yìdǐng” entry.
Links
- Zhōngguó zhōngyī gǔjí zǒngmù, zhēnjiǔ section.
- Wikidata Q11107626 (神灸經綸)
- 神灸經綸 jicheng.tw
- Kanseki DB