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I O A N N I S S O LO S Gold Mirrors and Tongue Relections THE CORNERSTONE CLASSICS OF CHINESE MEDICINE TONGUE DIAGNOSIS - SCHOLAR AO’S SHANG HAN JIN JING LU, AND THE SHANG HAN SHE JIAN SINGING DRAGON Gold Mirrors and Tongue Relections of related interest he Secret of Everlasting Life he First Transl...

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I O A N N I S S O LO S

Gold Mirrors and Tongue Reflections THE CORNERSTONE CLASSICS OF CHINESE MEDICINE TONGUE DIAGNOSIS SCHOLAR AO’S SHANG HAN JIN JING LU, AND THE SHANG HAN SHE JIAN

SINGING DRAGON

Gold Mirrors and Tongue Reflections

of related interest The Secret of Everlasting Life

The First Translation of the Ancient Chinese Text on Immortality

Richard Bertschinger

ISBN 978 1 84819 048 1 eISBN 978 0 85701 054 4

Gold Mirrors and Tongue Reflections The Cornerstone Classics of Chinese Medicine Tongue Diagnosis— The Ao Shi Shang Han Jin Jing Lu, and the Shang Han She Jian

IOANNIS SOLOS Forewords by Professor Liang Rong and Professor Chen Jia-xu

London and Philadelphia

Disclaimer Every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this book is correct, but it should not in any way be substituted for medical advice. Readers should always consult a qualified medical practitioner before adopting any complementary or alternative therapies. Neither the author nor the publisher takes responsibility for any consequences of any decision made as a result of the information contained in this book. First published in 2013 by Singing Dragon an imprint of Jessica Kingsley Publishers 116 Pentonville Road London N1 9JB, UK and 400 Market Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA www.singingdragon.com Copyright © Ioannis Solos 2013 Forewords copyright © Liang Rong and Chen Jia-xu 2013 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher. Warning: The doing of an unauthorised act in relation to a copyright work may result in both a civil claim for damages and criminal prosecution. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Gold mirrors and tongue reflections : the cornerstone classics of Chinese medicine tongue diagnosis--The Ao shi shang han jin jing lu, and The shang han she jian / Ioannis Solos ; forewords by Professor Liang Rong and Professor Chen Jia-xu Singing Dragon. pages cm Includes the English texts Gold mirror records and Cold reflection and a reprint of early Chinese editions of the two monoghraphs. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-84819-095-5 (acid-free paper) 1. Tongue manifestations of general diseases--Early works to 1800. 2. Medicine, Chinese--Early works to 1800. I. Solos, Ioannis, editor of compilation translator. II. 880-01 Ao, Jigong, fl. 1279-1301. Ao shi shang hai jin jing lu. III. 880-02 Zhang, Deng, 17th/18th cent. Shang han she jian. IV. Ao, Jigong, fl. 1279-1301. Ao shi shang hai jin jing lu. English V. Zhang, Deng, 17th/18th cent. Shang han she jian. English VI. Title: Gold mirror records. VII. Title: Cold reflection. RC73.3.G65 2013 616.07’54--dc23 2012030037 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 1 84819 095 5 eISBN 978 0 85701 076 6 Printed and bound in Great Britain

To my father, Georgios, who taught me the value of perseverance and hard work.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

Contents

Foreword by Professor Liang Rong Foreword by Professor Chen Jia-xu

Acknowledgments

Part I: Origins and Development of Tongue Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine 1. Tongue Diagnosis and the Literature

The SARS epidemic of 2002–2003 Tongu diagnosis and how to approach this book 2. Ao Shi Shang Han Jin Jing Lu (Scholar Ao’s The Gold Mirror Records in Cold Damage) and Shang Han She Jian (Tongue Reflections in Cold Damage)

Ao Shi Shang Han Jin Jing Lu: Scholar Ao’s The Gold Mirror Records in Cold Damage Shang Han She Jian: Tongue Reflections in Cold Damage Presentation and translation methodology 3. The Important Advancement in Tongue Theory Prior to the Yuan Dynasty

From tongue observation to tongue diagnosis The tongue in the Huangdi Neijing (The Yellow Emperor’s Classic) Tongue diagnosis in the Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) and Jin Kui Yao Lue (Prescriptions from the Golden Cabinet) Shang Han Ming Li Lun (The Clear Rationale of Cold Damage) 4. Introducing Ao Shi Shang Han Jin Jing Lu (Scholar Ao’s The Gold Mirror Records in Cold Damage) and Shang Han She Jian (Tongue Reflections in Cold Damage)

Scholar Ao’s The Gold Mirror Records in Cold Damage Tongue Reflections in Cold Damage

Part II: Translation of Scholar Ao’s The Gold Mirror Records in Cold Damage Part III: Translation of Tongue Reflections in Cold Damage References and Further Reading Appendix 1: Weight Standards during the Ming and Qing Dynasties Appendix 2: List of Chinese Texts Referred to in Chapter 3 Appendix 3: The Formulae in Tongue Reflections in Cold Damage Appendix 5: Wang Meng-Ying’s Commentaries on Tongue Reflections in Cold Damage...