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[A new perspective and discovery of Su Wen noted by Wang Bing]
1Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700,China.
Abstract:
Wang Bing's perspective included two aspects. One was the annotation of the classical text, focusing on the medical interpretation and the precise interpretation of concepts and terminology, in particular, the annotation of the scriptures related to acupuncture and moxibustion which had a wide and far-reaching influence on the acupuncture and moxibustion literature in the Song Dynasty. Another was the adaptation of classical text which can be divided into two categories: the adaptation for revealing the original meaning and applying esoteric language; the adaptation of his own understanding. In the second type of adaptation, Wang Bing deliberately concealed the supplementary style of "Words written in red".Wang Bing most likely wrote and annotated the "Seven Chapters of Su wen", which was an important pawn in his adaptation of Suwen. In terms of history and logic, Wang Bing's problems in his large-scale adaptation of Suwen look far more than his achievements. The deception and misdirection caused by the second kind of adaptation concealed deliberately by Wang Bing is still unknown.