The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 320 pages

Publisher:Shambhala Publications Inc

Imprint:Shambhala Publications Inc

ISBN:9781570620805

Published:31 May 1995

Weight:464g

Dimensions:227 x 153 x 22(mm)

Language:English

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书籍简介

《黄帝内经》，简称《内经》，包括《素问》和《灵枢》两部分，是我国现存早的较为系统而完整的医学典籍，奠定了中医学发展的基础。自上世纪20年代起，一代代中外学者将《黄帝内经》翻译成英文介绍至海外，至今已有13部不同时期的英译版本。作为世界了解中医药文化打开了一扇窗，使古老的中医药走向世界，为人类造福。

与其他译本相比，倪毛信的译法更加灵活多变。译文大量的删改了原文，并多采用意译的方法。文中的“神”多意译为“mind”、“the energy of mind”、“vitality”等。可见，倪的版可视为《素问》英文版“白话解”或“今释”。为了迎合当时西方普通读者的兴趣，笔调轻松自然，可读性高。

The Neijing is one of the most important classics, as well as the highest authority on traditional Chinese medicine. Its authorship is attributed to the great Huang Di, the Yellow Emperor, who reigned during the third millennium BCE. This new translation consists of the eighty-one chapters of the section of the Neijing known as the Suwen, or "Questions of Organic and Fundamental Nature." (The other section, called the Lingshu, is a technical book on acupuncture and is not included here.)

Written in the form of a discourse between Huang Di and his ministers, The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Medicine contains a wealth of knowledge, including etiology, physiology, diagnosis, therapy, and prevention of disease, as well as in-depth investigation of such diverse subjects as ethics, psychology, and cosmology. All of these subjects are discussed in a holistic context that says life is not fragmented, as in the model provided by modern science, but rather that all the pieces make up an interconnected whole. By revealing the natural laws of this holistic universe, the book offers much practical advice on how to promote a long, happy, and healthy life.

The original text of the Neijing presents broad concepts and is often brief with details. The translator’s elucidations and interpretations, incorporated into the translation, help not only to clarify the meaning of the text but also to make it a highly readable narrative for students—as well as for everyone curious about the underlying principles of Chinese medicine.

作者简介

倪毛信，美国华裔中医师。倪毛信生长于中医世家，又在美国从事中医临床、教学工作，现为美国加利福尼亚中医执业医师、讲师。他将读者定为中医学学生和对中医感兴趣的外行人，因此侧重临床实用角度，以相对轻松的笔调，对《素问》进行了编译。译作参考了王冰、张志聪等历代名家的注释，以及Ted J. Kaptchuk、满晰薄(Manfred Porket)、文树德(Paul U. Unschuld)等西方名家和当代的研究成果，对较难理解的词句，译者加入了个人理解，更像对《素问》“今释”或“白话解”。

倪毛信英文功底深厚，译本语言流畅，采用音译与意译相结合，虽存在某些错译和漏译，不失为一本极有实用价值的译著。

Maoshing Ni, Ph.D., is a doctor of Oriental medicine and a licensed acupuncturist in Santa Monica, California. He is also the author of Chinese Herbology Made Easy and The Tao of Nutrition.