Grand Basis

Whenever missing characters in the original manuscript’s scripture The "scripture" (jing) refers to the core ancient text of the Inner Canon, as opposed to the later commentaries. have been supplemented using the Spiritual Pivot, the Basic Questions, or the A-B Classic The Jiayi Jing (A-B Classic) is a 3rd-century distillation of medical knowledge used here to cross-reference the text., a note has been added under the editorial commentary ping'an A specific style of standard commentary used by the editor to analyze and correct the text. specifying the location of the omission, the number of missing characters, and which book was used for the supplement.

Regarding missing characters in Yang Shangshan’s commentary Yang Shangshan (c. 7th century) was the primary scholar who organized this specific version of the Inner Canon. that cannot be verified or supplemented, we have left blank spaces corresponding to the number of missing characters to preserve the original state of the manuscript. For those missing characters that can be supplemented from the scripture, we still leave a blank space at the point of the omission and provide the supplemented characters in a note under the editorial commentary. In instances where we have occasionally included our own conjectures or humble reconstructions, we likewise leave a blank space and attach our interpretations in a note under the editorial commentary for the reader’s reference, demonstrating our cautious approach.

The Old and New Histories of the Tang Dynasty record Yang Shangshan’s Grand Basis of the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon as consisting of thirty volumes. Zheng Qiao’s Comprehensive Treatise original: "Tongzhi" (通志), a vast 12th-century historical encyclopedia. says the same.

The Bibliographic Treatise of the Song Dynasty records that only three volumes remained. As the History of the Song was compiled during the Yuan Dynasty, the loss of these volumes likely occurred between the Southern Song, Jin, and Yuan dynasties. Therefore, from the Jin and Yuan periods onward, the text was cited only in Wang Lü’s Collection of Going Upstream original: "Suhui Ji" (遡洄集), written by the famous Ming physician Wang Lü (1332–1391).; other than this...