Selected Readings from Classics of Chinese Medicine Health Preservation

侯江红 / 吕沛宛China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · ChinaOct 2025

Rating 3.5
Word count
158K words
Chapters
83
ISBN
9787513293990

Tags

Health Clinical ApplicationHealth ClassicAcademic SchoolsPreventive CareDietary Therapy

Summary

This textbook excerpts content from more than 20 representative classics of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) health cultivation, including the Dao De Jing, Huangdi Neijing, Shanghan Lun, Jingui Yaolue, Wenbing Xue, Qianjin Fang, Danan Yangsheng Lun, Yinshan Zhengyao, and Yangsheng Yuelan. It encompasses the important health cultivation thought of different physicians and academic schools, along with sections such as selected original texts, collation/annotation, commentary/interpretation, clinical application/extension, health tips/mini-lessons, review questions, and references.

The content highlights key points while remaining rich and comprehensive. It explains traditional TCM classic knowledge in accessible language and adds modules on clinical health cultivation practice, making it easier for students to learn, understand, and master authentic traditional health cultivation knowledge and to apply it in clinical practice.

It is characterized by strong theoretical grounding, high practicality, dissemination of essentials, and flexible application, and holds important value in strengthening confidence in TCM health cultivation culture, cultivating TCM health cultivation thinking, and improving TCM health care literacy.

Editor's review

The value of this book lies not in offering quick-fix health remedies, but in threading the health cultivation ideas scattered across more than twenty TCM classics into a teachable line of inquiry. From the Dao De Jing and Huangdi Neijing to the Shanghan Lun, Jingui Yaolue, and Wenbing Xue, and on to the Qianjin Fang, Yinshan Zhengyao, and Yangsheng Yuelan, the selections cover representative discussions from different physicians and health cultivation schools. The arrangement progresses layer by layer through original text, collation and annotation, commentary and interpretation, clinical application, and health tips. It preserves the original appearance of the classics while using accessible language to unpack difficult points, and it deliberately includes clinical practice modules so that readers can ground health cultivation principles from the page in pattern differentiation and daily care. For classroom teaching, the sections are complete and include review questions, making it easy to organize discussion; for self-learners, the commentary and extension sections serve as crutches for understanding the original text. It is suitable as the skeleton of a course and as a desk reference to consult repeatedly, but it requires readers willing to read the original texts slowly rather than picking out only the tips.

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Reading tips

  1. First read the table of contents to clarify the school lineages of the selected classics, then proceed piece by piece in dynastic order, avoiding jumps.
  2. For each piece, read the original text through once without striving for full comprehension, then reread alongside the collation and commentary, marking sentences still not understood.
  3. Excerpt the clinical application and health tips sections separately onto cards, and use the review questions to test your grasp.
  4. Take one classic as the main line and compare similar discussions in other classics horizontally to appreciate the emphases of different physicians.

About the publisher

China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine China · Founded in 1989

China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine focuses on publishing books in traditional Chinese medicine, covering Chinese medical classics, clinical medicine, acupuncture and tuina, materia medica and formulae, and medical history and literature; its catalogue includes 3,277 titles. Representative books include Xiao Er Yao Zheng Zhi Jue, Shang Han Lun, Yi Xue Zhong Zhong Can Xi Lu, Zhen Jiu Da Cheng, Yi Zong Jin Jian, and Guo Aichun's Annotated Huangdi Neijing Suwen (Second Edition). These works involve writings by historical physicians such as Qian Yi, Zhang Zhongjing, Wang Shuhe, and Zhang Xichun, as well as documentary studies compiled by contemporary authors including Zhao Xin, Zhen Xueyan, Zhang Yongtai, and Wang Xiangang. In terms of publishing characteristics, the press emphasizes collation and annotation of original Chinese medical classics and the systematic presentation of famous physicians' works, balancing the transmission of ancient editions with reference for clinical application. Public information is limited, and no other publishing fields are covered here.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 编审委员会
  3. 《中医养生学经典选读》编委会
  4. 前言
  5. 编写说明
  6. 绪论
  7. 一、先秦时期
  8. 二、秦汉时期
  9. 三、晋唐时期
  10. 四、宋元时期
  11. 五、明清时期
  12. 六、近代和当代时期
  13. 第一章 《老子》养生经典节选
  14. 一、《老子》三则解读
  15. 二、学习与巩固
  16. 第二章 《论语》养生经典节选
  17. 一、《论语》三则解读
  18. 二、学习与巩固
  19. 第三章 《庄子》养生经典节选
  20. 一、《庄子》三则解读
  21. 二、学习与巩固
  22. 第四章 《吕氏春秋》养生经典节选
  23. 第一节 《孟春纪第一·本生》养生经典
  24. 一、《孟春纪第一·本生》解读
  25. 二、学习与巩固
  26. 第二节 《季春纪第三·尽数》养生经典
  27. 一、《季春纪第三·尽数》解读
  28. 二、学习与巩固
  29. 第三节 《孝行览第二·本味》养生经典
  30. 一、《孝行览第二·本味》解读
  31. 二、学习与巩固
  32. 第五章 《黄帝内经》养生经典节选
  33. 第一节 《素问·上古天真论》养生经典
  34. 一、《素问·上古天真论》解读
  35. 二、学习与巩固
  36. 第二节 《素问·四气调神大论》养生经典
  37. 一、《素问·四气调神大论》解读
  38. 二、学习与巩固
  39. 第三节 《灵枢·五味》养生经典
  40. 一、《灵枢·五味》解读
  41. 二、学习与巩固
  42. 第四节 《灵枢·天年》养生经典
  43. 一、《灵枢·天年》解读
  44. 二、学习与巩固
  45. 第六章 《新论》养生经典节选
  46. 一、《新论·形神》解读
  47. 二、学习与巩固
  48. 第七章 《伤寒论》养生经典节选
  49. 一、《伤寒论·序》解读
  50. 二、学习与巩固
  51. 第八章 《金匮要略》养生经典节选
  52. 一、《金匮要略·脏腑经络先后病脉证》解读
  53. 二、学习与巩固
  54. 第九章 《养生论》养生经典节选
  55. 一、《养生论》解读
  56. 二、学习与巩固
  57. 第十章 《抱朴子内篇》养生经典节选
  58. 一、《抱朴子内篇·释滞》解读
  59. 二、学习与巩固
  60. 第十一章 《备急千金要方》养生经典节选
  61. 一、《备急千金要方·道林养性》解读
  62. 二、学习与巩固
  63. 第十二章 《天隐子》养生经典节选
  64. 一、《天隐子·安处》解读
  65. 二、学习与巩固
  66. 第十三章 《东坡先生全集》养生经典节选
  67. 一、《上神宗皇帝书》解读
  68. 二、学习与巩固
  69. 第十四章 《饮膳正要》养生经典节选
  70. 一、《饮膳正要·养生避忌》解读
  71. 二、学习与巩固
  72. 第十五章 《修龄要旨》养生经典节选
  73. 一、《修龄要旨·导引却病歌诀》解读
  74. 二、学习与巩固
  75. 第十六章 《老老恒言》养生经典节选
  76. 一、《老老恒言》自序解读
  77. 二、学习与巩固
  78. 第十七章 《寿世青编》养生经典节选
  79. 一、《寿世青编·养心说》解读
  80. 二、学习与巩固
  81. 第十八章 《养生三要》养生经典节选
  82. 一、《养生三要·贫家有暗合养子之道》解读
  83. 二、学习与巩固

FAQ

Can I understand this book without any grounding in classical Chinese? You can read it, but you need patience. The book includes collation and accessible explanations; the commentary section unpacks difficult points in the original text, and the health tips also lower the threshold. It is advisable to read the commentary first and then return to the original text, use the annotations for unfamiliar terms, and not insist on fully understanding the whole piece in one pass.
How is this book different from ordinary popular health books? Ordinary popular books mostly give conclusions and methods directly. This book takes classic original texts as its outline; every health cultivation viewpoint can be traced to a specific classic and physician, with collation and interpretation attached. It emphasizes the formation of health cultivation thinking and its theoretical basis rather than providing a ready-to-use list of remedies.
Is the clinical application module in the book suitable for self-learners to consult? It can be read as cases for understanding theory, helping one appreciate how classic principles land in specific care scenarios. But clinical application involves pattern differentiation and individual differences; self-learners should not use it to prescribe medication or adjust treatment plans on their own, and should still consult a professional physician with problems.
As a textbook, is it suitable for lesson preparation or organizing study groups? It is fairly suitable. The book has a uniform section structure; each piece includes original text, annotations, interpretation, extension, and review questions, making it easy to assign tasks by piece. When organizing a group, members can read different classics and then discuss by comparing discussions of the same health cultivation topic.

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About the author

侯江红 Author

Hou Jianghong: publicly available information is limited. The only work currently confirmed under this name is Selected Readings from the Classics of TCM Health Preservation (Zhongyi Yangshengxue Jingdian Xuandu), which is classified under health. Judging from this work, Hou Jianghong focuses on the traditional field of TCM health preservation and tends to organize the relevant literature through selected readings of classics, offering readers texts suitable for careful study. Publications of this kind are usually aimed at general readers and beginners interested in TCM health preservation, emphasizing the key points of health-preservation discussions from successive dynasties and helping readers understand the basic concepts and methods of TCM health preservation. Since the database contains only this one work by the author, details of writing style, academic background, and specific experience are difficult to describe, and no further public information is available for supplementation. Overall, based on the available materials, Hou Jianghong appears as an author engaged in compiling and popularizing TCM health-preservation literature, whose work can serve as an introductory reader for understanding the classics of TCM health preservation.

吕沛宛 Author

Lü Peiwan is a Chinese author of books on health and medicine. Public information about her is limited, and details such as her biography, nationality, and dates of birth and death are not clearly recorded. Three of her works are included in the collection: Selected Readings from Classics of Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Preservation, and two volumes of Medicinal and Edible Ingredients for Treating A Hundred Ailments, one covering cold, cool, and neutral ingredients and the other covering warm and hot ones. Judging from these titles, she focuses on traditional Chinese medicine health theory, readings from classical texts, and the practical use of medicinal and edible ingredients in daily care. Her writing emphasizes the popularization of traditional Chinese medical knowledge and the classification of food therapy. The two volumes on medicinal and edible ingredients are organized by the cold, cool, and neutral versus warm and hot properties of foods and herbs, making it easier for readers to consult them according to body constitution and ingredient nature. These works are intended for general readers and enthusiasts of traditional Chinese medicine health preservation, and belong to the type of health books that emphasize knowledge transmission and reference for self-care.