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Translated Works

Part of the work of Sage Medicine is to carry the source texts across — rendering the classical writings of the tradition into careful English, so the transmission does not stop at the language barrier. These are the works we have translated and are translating.

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古典The Ancient Classics

The root texts behind the whole tradition — freely available in the public domain. These link out to the Chinese Text Project, a scholarly bilingual archive, rather than being rehosted here.

黄帝
内経

Huangdi Neijing — the Inner Canon

黃帝內經
Su Wen (Basic Questions) & Ling Shu (Spiritual Pivot)

The foundational classic of Chinese medicine — the theoretical basis for diagnosis, physiology, and the acupuncture channel system.

難経

The Classic of Difficult Issues

難經 · Nan Jing
Attrib. Bian Que · Han dynasty

Eighty-one questions clarifying and extending the Neijing — pulse diagnosis, the five transport points, and the extraordinary vessels central to meridian therapy.

傷寒

Treatise on Cold Damage

傷寒論 · Shāng Hán Lùn
Zhang Zhongjing · c. 200 CE

The source of the classical herbal formula families carried through the Japanese Kampō tradition.

道德

The Tao Te Ching

道德經 · Dào Dé Jīng
Attrib. Laozi

The root text of Taoist thought — the ground beneath both the internal arts and classical medicine's view of the natural order.

易經

The Book of Changes

易經 · Yì Jīng
James Legge translation, 1882 (public domain)

The oracle of change and pattern, foundational to Chinese cosmology and medicine alike.

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