My Reading of the Golden Cabinet

Name: My Reading of the Golden Cabinet
ISBN: 9787117302036

蒋明People's Medical Publishing House · ChinaJan 2025

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Word count: 325K words
Chapters: 43
ISBN: 9787117302036

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Summary

The book is divided into two parts. Part One, "Ten Introductory Essays," explores Zhang Zhongjing as both a medical sage and a healer. Adhering to the principles of seeking truth and academic equality, the author examines important but widely overlooked issues, including Zhang Zhongjing's academic individuality, his critical inheritance of the Inner Canon, his diagnostic model, and later misinterpretations of his clinical thinking. The author also analyzes the deep-seated reasons why the understanding and development of the Jingui have seen no progressive deepening over the past thousand years. Part Two follows Zhang Zhongjing's diagnostic and therapeutic approach, starting from the categorization of diagnosis and treatment (rather than pattern identification and formula patterns) and, drawing on the author's personal clinical practice, parses key passages from the Jingui in an effort to approximate Zhang Zhongjing's original meaning.

The book raises many important scholarly questions, such as the relationship between Zhang Zhongjing's doctrine and pattern identification and treatment, the relationship between his doctrine and formula-pattern theory, and whether treating different diseases with the same method reflects Zhang Zhongjing's lack of therapeutic formulas. These questions are enough to prompt deep reflection in the Chinese medicine field. With an original approach, clear reasoning, rigorous logic, and a fresh perspective, this book is the fruit of Professor Jiang Ming's nearly forty years of research on the Jingui Yaolue. It brings a new wind to Zhang Zhongjing studies and is well worth reading for students of Chinese medicine.

Editor's review

"My Reading of the Jingui" is Jiang Ming's modern interpretation of the Jingui Yaolue, a classic of Chinese medicine, into which he has poured years of painstaking effort. Unlike the daunting annotations of academic schools, this book uses plain, fluent language and a clinically grounded perspective to build a bridge to a thousand years of medical wisdom. The author, Jiang Ming, is a practitioner who has worked for many years in Chinese medicine clinical practice and teaching, and his interpretation combines solid textual scholarship with a clear practical orientation. The book is not a word-for-word translation; rather, it grasps the core ideas on the diagnosis and treatment of miscellaneous diseases and the essence of formula application in the Jingui Yaolue, and elaborates on them in light of the modern disease spectrum and clinical reality, so that the ancient passages take on a vitality that guides contemporary practice. For students of Chinese medicine, the book can effectively ease the intimidation of first reading the classic and help them build a systematic approach to pattern identification and treatment of miscellaneous diseases. For clinicians, the many reflections on formula patterns and clinical insights tied to modern diseases offer valuable reference and inspiration. Its value lies in achieving the "clinicalization of the classic" and the "grounding of theory." It is an excellent companion reader that helps readers truly read the Jingui Yaolue to life and put it to living use.

Who it's for

A good fit for

College students or apprenticeship trainees with some foundation in Chinese medicine who wish to study the Jingui Yaolue in greater depth.
Physicians engaged in Chinese medicine clinical work who are eager to improve their diagnosis and treatment of miscellaneous diseases and seek guidance from classical theory.
Chinese medicine enthusiasts interested in the classics but who find the original text obscure and need guidance to get started.
Practitioners who wish to integrate classical Chinese medicine theory more closely with modern clinical practice in their research.

Not a good fit for

Ordinary readers with no knowledge of Chinese medicine who expect to master it quickly through a single book.
Philological researchers seeking purely academic textual criticism or collation materials.

Reading tips

It is advisable to read the original text of the Jingui Yaolue or a plain-language translation first, then combine it with the corresponding chapters of this book for better results.
Keep a notebook while reading to record the author's distinctive views on key passages and formulas and their connections to modern diseases.
It is best to reflect in light of clinical cases or one's own clinical observation experience, and try to use the book's approach to analyze case records.

About the publisher

People's Medical Publishing House China · Founded in 1953

Founded in 1953, the People's Medical Publishing House is an important institution in China's medical publishing field, with publishing directions covering medical textbooks, academic monographs, medical journals, and popular science books. Its collection contains 2,503 titles, mainly classified under medicine. Representative works include the Complete Book of Chinese Nutrition Science (2nd Edition, 2 volumes), Guide to Clinical Practice with Medical Records, the Golden Mirror of Medicine (Volume 1), Chinese Medical Imaging: Head and Neck Volume (3rd Edition), and the Essentials of the Golden Cabinet from the Collected Clinical Chinese Medicine Must-Read Series (Collector's Edition), spanning both modern medicine and classical Chinese medical texts. Representative authors include Yang Yuexin, Ge Keyou, Ye Tianshi, Su Li, Wu Qian, Zheng Jinsheng, Wang Zhenchang, and Xian Junfang, covering fields such as nutrition, Chinese medicine, and medical imaging. With a publishing approach that balances textbooks and academic monographs, the press has established the "Renwei" brand.

版权信息
著者简介
自序
编写说明
上部导读十论
阅读方法篇（论1～论5）
论1 三层阅读
论2 阅读心态
论3 三大特点
论4 三类属性
论5 异病同治现象的多层次性
人物个性篇（论6～论8）
论6 张仲景其人
论7 张仲景的学术个性
论8 引用里所藏下的
临症思路篇（论9）
论9 张仲景临症思路解读
与《内经》关系篇（论10）
论10 与《内经》关系
下部各论
臓腑經絡先後病脈證第一
痓濕暍病脈證治第二
百合狐惑陰陽毒病脈證治第三
瘧病脈證並治第四
中風歷節病脈證並治第五
血痹虛勞病脈證並治第六
肺痿肺癰咳嗽上氣病脈證治第七
奔豚氣病脈證治第八
胸痹心痛短氣病脈證治第九
腹滿寒疝宿食病脈證治第十
五臓風寒積聚病脈證並治第十一
痰飲咳嗽病脈證並治第十二
消渴小便不利淋病脈證並治第十三
水氣病脈證並治第十四
黃疸病脈證並治第十五
驚悸吐衄下血胸滿瘀血病脈證治第十六
嘔吐噦下利病脈證治第十七
瘡癰腸癰浸淫病脈證並治第十八
趺蹶手指臂腫轉筋陰狐疝蛔蟲病脈證治第十九
婦人妊娠病脈證並治第二十
婦人產後病脈證治第二十一
婦人雜病脈證並治第二十二
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FAQ

How is this book different from textbooks or traditional annotated editions of the Jingui Yaolue?

This book focuses more on interpreting the text from a practical clinical angle, uses language closer to modern readers, and emphasizes the classic's guiding significance for common and frequently occurring modern diseases rather than mere textual exegesis or theoretical deduction.

Can I understand it without a foundation in Chinese medicine?

Reading it will be quite difficult. The book involves many specialized Chinese medicine terms, pattern identification methods, and formula knowledge. It is recommended that you first study introductory courses such as Basic Theories of Chinese Medicine and Formula Science.

Is this book helpful for the Chinese medicine licensing examination or graduate entrance examination?

It is helpful, especially for deepening understanding of the principles and clinical application behind examination points in the Jingui Yaolue. However, it is not an exam-prep book and cannot replace the textbooks and exercise collections specified in the syllabus.

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About the author

蒋明 Author

Jiang Ming is an author about whom limited public information is available; all that is currently known is a single work, Wo Du Jinkui (My Reading of the Jinkui Yaolue), classified under medicine. Judging from the title, the book centers on the classic Chinese medical text Jinkui Yaolue and belongs to the genre of reading notes or reflections on studying that classic. Works of this kind commonly discuss the meaning of individual passages, the understanding of formulas and patterns, and clinical application, usually in a section-by-section or topic-based manner, and carry a strong personal stamp of study rather than offering a comprehensive textbook-style survey. Because no reliable records of the author's life, professional background, or academic career have been found, it is not possible to say more about his teachers, clinical experience, or standpoint. Wo Du Jinkui remains the only clue to Jiang Ming's writing, and readers may use it to observe his approach to interpreting the classic and his manner of expression; his overall place and influence in medical writing must await further material before they can be assessed.