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Item No: BK08067
Title: Chinese Medicine from the Classics: The Heart (Ling Shu, Chapter 8)
Author: LARRE Claude & ROCHAT DE LA VALLE Elisabeth
Publisher: Monkey Press, 1990 1st Edition
Language: English, 210 x 145mm, 2004 reprint, 130pp
ISBN: 9781872468044
Book Description
This book presents the central position of the heart in Neijing Lingshu chapter 8. The heart is seen as a void, a silent centre, yet the root of the spirits. Framed within the traditional structure of The Emperor's questioning and his Minister's answers, the chapter contains an important discussion of the thirteen fundamental concepts of Chinese medicine: de (virtue), qi, sheng (life), jing (essence), shen (spirit), hun (soul), po (bodily soul), xin (heart), yi (purpose), zhi (will), si (thought), lu(reflection) and zhi (wisdom).
The analysis of this passage takes the terms slowly, line by line, character by character, to present the weave and design of the piece as much as the individual threads themselves. The thirteen characters are a key to a deeper understanding of Chinese medical thinking, and have strong connections to our mental, emotional and spiritual nature. The main body of the text of chapter 8, together with a full translation, is given in beautiful calligraphy in a pull-out section at the end of the book.
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