The "Neijing" is one of the most important classics of Taoism, as well as the highest authority on traditional Chinese medicine. Its authorship is attributed to the great Huang Di, the Yellow Emperor, who reigned during the third millennium BCE. This new translation consists of the eighty-one chapters of the section of the "Neijing" known as the "Suwen, " or "Questions of Organic and Fundamental Nature." (The other section, called the "Lingshu, " is a technical book on acupuncture and is not included here.)
Written in the form of a discourse between Huang Di and his ministers, "The Yellow...