Cover -- FOREWORD -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction: Analysis of the Huang Ti Net Ching Su Wên -- Examination of its Age and Authorship -- The Philosophical Foundations -- Tao -- The Theory of Tao Applied to the Nei Ching -- Yin and Yang -- The Theory of Yin and Yang Applied to the Nei Ching -- The Five Elements and the System of Numbers -- The Celestial Stems -- Anatomical and Physiological Concepts -- Diagnosis -- Diseases of the Nei Ching -- Therapeutic Concepts -- Acupuncture and Moxibustion -- Appendix I: Chapter 103 of the Ssu-k'u Ch'üan-shu -- Appendix II: Preface of the Commentator Wang Ping (762 A.D.) -- Appendix III: Preface of Kao Pao-hêng and Lin I (1078 A.D.) -- Bibliography -- Translation of the Nei Ching: Chapters 1-34 -- Book 1 -- 1. Treatise on the Natural Truth in Ancient Times -- 2. Great Treatise on the Harmony of the Atmosphere of the Four Seasons with the (Human) Spirit -- 3. Treatise on the Communication of the Force of Life with Heaven -- 4. Treatise on the Truth of the Golden Box -- Book 2 -- 5. The Great Treatise on the Interaction of Yin and Yang -- 6. Treatise on the Parting and Meeting of Yin and Yang -- 7. Treatise on Yin and Yang Treated Separately -- Book 3 -- 8. Treatise on the Ingeniousness and Subtlety of the Secret Records -- 9. Treatise on the Six Regulations Governing the Manifestations of the Viscera -- 10. Treatise on the Five Viscera in Relation to Their Part in Perfecting Life -- 11. Treatise on the Method of Distinguishing the Five Viscera -- Book 4 -- 12. The Different Methods of Treatment and the Appropriate Prescriptions -- 13. Treatise on the Transmittal of the Essence and the Transformation of the Life-giving Principle -- 14. Treatise on the Treatment with Hot Water, Liquid Medicines, the Lees of Wine, and Sweet Wine.

15. Treatise on the Precious Plans -- 16. Treatise on the Important Examination of the Invariable Rules of Death -- Book 5 -- 17. Treatise on the Importance of the Pulse and the Subtle Skill of its Examination -- 18. Treatise on the Manifestations of Health in Man -- Book 6 -- 19. Treatise on the Precious Mechanism of the Viscera -- 20. Treatise on the Three Regions and the Nine Subdivisions -- Book 7 -- 21. Treatise on How to Distinguish the Vascular System -- 22. Treatise on the Seasons as Patterns of the Viscera -- 23. Comprehensive Explanation of the Five Atmospheric Influences -- 24. The Order and Scope of Man's Vigor and Constitution -- Book 8 -- 25. Treatise on the Value of Life and the Achievement of a Perfect Body -- 26. Treatise on the Eight Principal Divine Manifestations -- 27. Treatise on the Parting and Meeting of that Which is Beneficial and that which is Harmful -- 28. A Thorough Discussion of the Hollow and the Solid, The Fullness and the Insufficiency (of the Body) -- 29. Treatise on the Region of the Great Yin and on the Region of the 'Sunlight' -- 30. Treatise on the Distribution of the Pulse of the 'Sunlight' -- Book 9 -- 31. Treatise on the Hot Sickness -- 32. Treatise on the Method of Applying Acupuncture to the Illness of the Heat -- 33. Commentary on the Treatise on the 'Warm Illness' -- 34. Treatise on Rebellion and Harmony -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.