Classical Text Study

35 books

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Rating 4.5
Xunzi 荀子 / 胡大雷 / 胡烜 Lijiang Publishing House · 2026 This book represents the culmination of the scholarly thought of the pre-Qin masters. Xunzi, one of the most accomplished and socially influential thi…
Zhongzang Jing (TCM Must-Read Classics Reader Series) cover
Rating 3.9
Zhongzang Jing (TCM Must-Read Classics Reader Series) 华佗 / 古典医籍编辑部 China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2023 Zhongzang Jing (also known as Huashi Zhongzang Jing, or Master Hua's Classic of the Internal Organs), traditionally attributed to Hua Tuo, has an unce…
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Rating 4.5
The Yellow Court Classic 魏华存 中文在线数字出版集团股份有限公司 · 2021 Also known as Laozi's Huangting Jing, it is an important scripture of the Shangqing school of Daoism. It consists of the Huangting Waijing Yujing (Jad…
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Rating 4.5
Commentary on the Classic of Difficult Issues 徐灵胎 · 2025 This book is a detailed exposition and annotation of the Nanjing (Classic of Difficult Issues), providing an in-depth elucidation of its doctrines and…
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Rating 4.6
Suspensive Explanation of the Spiritual Pivot 黄元御 · 2025 Ling Shu Xuan Jie (Unraveling the Mysteries of the Ling Shu) is a commentary on a classic of Chinese medicine written by Huang Yuanyu, an imperial phy…
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Rating 4.7
Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach 李东垣 · 2025 Pi Wei Lun sets out in detail the physiological characteristics and pathological changes of the spleen and stomach and their significance in the occur…
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Rating 4.5
A Must-Read for Self-Cultivation: The Inner Chapters of Baopuzi (1) Ge Hong · 2024 The Inner Chapters of Baopuzi is a systematic summation of alchemical and health-preservation methods, and a Daoist classic that laid the theoretical …
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Rating 4.4
A Must-Read for Self-Cultivation: The Outer Chapters of Baopuzi Ge Hong · 2024 This book synthesizes the theories of the immortals' school since the Wei and Jin dynasties, establishes the theoretical system of Daoist immortals, i…
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Rating 4.5
A Must-Read for Self-Cultivation: The Inner Chapters of Baopuzi (2) Ge Hong · 2024 The Inner Chapters of the Baopuzi is a systematic summation of alchemical and health-preservation methods, a Daoist classic that laid the theoretical …
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Rating 4.5
Book of Southern Qi 萧子显 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought and culture have a long history and are highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought have distinctive c…
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Rating 3.9
Later Chapters of the Discussions on the Ancients 喻嘉言 · 2024 Zhang Zhongjing's book is detailed on treating cold damage but brief on treating warm diseases, for the methods are all interspersed among those for c…
Minglun Compilation, Human Affairs Division, Doubt and Confusion Section cover
Rating 3.0
Minglun Compilation, Human Affairs Division, Doubt and Confusion Section Chen Menglei · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought are distinctive: religious theol…
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Rating 4.3
Notes from the Nine Luminaries Studio 惠栋 · 2024 The three Elders. "Annals of Emperor Gaozu" in the Former Book: "In the second year, those among the common people aged fifty or above, of cultivated …
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Rating 3.5
An Interpretation of the Treatise on Cold Damage 柳建荣 Universal Publishing House · 2024 The Treatise on Cold Damage was written by the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing in the Eastern Han dynasty. In that era, physicians read the Inner Canon t…
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Rating 3.5
Pocket Recitation Cards for the Synopsis of the Golden Chamber Zhang Zhongjing / 陈建国 China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2023 Jingui Yaolüe, written by Zhang Zhongjing in the Eastern Han dynasty, is one of the classic works of ancient Chinese medicine and the earliest extant …
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Rating 4.7
Synopsis of the Golden Chamber Zhang Zhongjing / 王叔和 / 张永泰 / 李秋贵 China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2022 <i>Jingui Yaolüe</i> (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) is a classic work of traditional Chinese medicine by Zhang Zhongjing of the Easte…
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Rating 3.9
Selected Readings from Ancient Tuina Texts (Thirteenth Five-Year Plan) 赵毅 China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2021 This textbook traces the origins of tuina and the evolution of tuina methods and tools recorded in ancient texts, deepening readers' understanding of …
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Rating 2.4
Knowledge and Penetration Anonymous Bashu Publishing House · 2024 Liu Zizheng, his son Zijun, and Zijun's brother Boyu—three members of the same family—were all broadly learned men. They especially prized the Zuo Tra…
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Rating 3.8
Cherishing the Ministers Anonymous Bashu Publishing House · 2024 The essay "Cherished Ministers" is from the fourth chapter of Han Feizi.
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Rating 3.4
The Poetic Standards of Zhiguzi 王叡 Bashu Publishing House · 2024 Zhi Gu Zi Shi Ge (The Poetic Modes of Zhi Gu Zi), one juan, written by Wang Rui of the Tang dynasty.