Huáng dì bā shí yī Nán jīng zuǎn tú jù jiě 黃帝八十一難經纂圖句解

Huángdì Eighty-One Nánjīng with Compiled Diagrams and Phrase-by-Phrase Exegesis

by 李駉 (Lǐ Jiōng) — Southern-Sòng medical scholar

A Southern-Sòng diagrammed phrase-by-phrase commentary on the Nán jīng 難經 (“Classic of Difficulties”) — the companion-classic to the Huáng dì nèi jīng, probably Eastern-Hàn in date, arranging 81 medical “difficulties” (nán 難) of pulse-taking, viscera, meridians, and acupuncture. Preface dated 1269. Preserved as DZ 1024 / CT 1024 (Tài xuán bù 太玄部).

Dating. 1269 (preface). Dynasty: 南宋.

Translations and research

  • Unschuld, Paul U. Nan-ching — The Classic of Difficult Issues. University of California Press, 1986.