Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon ⁽²⁾

The first chapter of the Huangdi Neijing (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon), titled "Shanggu Tianzhen Lun" (On the Innocence of Antiquity), takes up human mental hygiene from its very opening. In this chapter, the Yellow Emperor asks his teacher Qi Bo: "I have heard that people…

1. A few words at the head of this article The Huangdi Neijing (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon) is one of the four great classics of TCM and the foremost of the medical canons. Across the dynasties, many TCM theoretical systems were built and expanded on…