John Aguilar, Jr, DAOM, MA, EAMP, Dipl OM (NCCAOM)
Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine

Clinician, Educator

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Arranged in chronological order, older to newer (Warring States to 20th century). Bibliographic entry followed by specific text translated listed in pīnyīn and traditional Chinese characters, original author, and original publication date.

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Your money is your support. Give to the author directly when possible (e.g. Sabine Wilms ). If not possible, give purchase directly from the publisher, e.g., Purple Cloud Press , University of California Press; then Chinese medical bookstore, such as Redwing Books, Eastland Press, and so on. (Please note, I am not affiliated with any of the above nor receive any sort of compensation for their recommendation.)

Note, there are many more not listed here as they are already listed on The Chinese Medicine Database website. 

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Harper, D. Early Chinese Medical Literature: The Mawangdui Medical Manuscripts. New York, NY: Routledge, 1998. A translation of the Mǎ wángduī 馬王堆 manuscripts. Warring states to Han.

 
Wilms, S. Humming with Elephants: A Translation and Discussion of the Great Treatise on the Resonant Manifestations of Yin and Yang. Whidbey Island, WA: Goat Productions, 2018. A translation of the Huáng Dì Nèi Jīng Sù Wèn 黃帝内經素問, Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic, Basic Questions, chapter five. Han dynasty.  https://www.happygoatproductions.com/onlinestore/p/humming-with-elephants-a-translation-and-discussion-of-the-great-treatise-of-the-resonant-manifestations-of-yin-and-yang

 
Ma, S. and Bensky, D. Discussion of Cold Damage with Commentaries for the Clinic. Seattle, WA: Eastland Press, 2023. A translation of the Shāng Hán Lùn 傷寒論. Han dynasty.

 
Mitchell, Feng, and Wiseman. Shāng Hán Lùn On Cold Damage with Translation and Commentaries. Brookline, MA: Paradigm Publications, 1999. A translation of the Shāng Hán Lùn 傷寒論. Han dynasty.

 
Wilms, S. The Divine Farmer’s Classic of Materia Medica, Shén Nóng Běncǎo Jīng 神農本草經. Whidbey Island, WA: Happy Goat Productions, 2017. A translation of the Shén Nóng Běncǎo Jīng 神農本草經 Divine Farmer’s Classic of Materia Medica. Han dynasty.

 
Wiseman, N. and Wilms, S. Jin Gui Yao Lue: Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet, Translation & Commentaries. Brookline, MA: Paradigm Publications, 2012. A translation of the Jīn Guì Yào Lüè 金貴要略 Essential Prescriptions form the Golden Cabinet. Han dynasty.

 
Unschuld, P. Nan-Ching: The Classic of Difficult Issues. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1986. A translation of the Nán Jīng 難經. Han dynasty.

Unschuld, P. Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen: Nature, Knowledge, Imagery in an Ancient Chinese Medical Text. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2003. A book describing the contents of the Huáng Dì Nèi Jīng Sù Wèn 黃帝内經素問, Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic, Basic Questions. Han dynasty.


Unschuld, P. Huang Di Nei Jing Ling Shu: The Ancient Classic on Needle Therapy, The Complete Chinese Text with an Annotated English Translation. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2016. A translation of the Huáng Dì Nèi Jīng Líng Shū 黃帝内經靈樞, Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic, Spiritual Pivot (the second book of the Inner Classic). Han dynasty.   https://www.ucpress.edu/books/huang-di-nei-jing-ling-shu/hardcover


Unschuld, P. and Tessenow, H. Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen: An Annotated Translation of Huang Di’s Inner Classic – Basic Questions. Vols 1 and 2. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2011. A translation of the Huáng Dì Nèi Jīng Sù Wèn 黃帝内經素問, Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic, Basic Questions. Han dynasty.

https://www.ucpress.edu/books/huang-di-nei-jing-su-wen/hardcover


Tessenow, H. and Unschuld, P. A Dictionary of the Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2008. A dictionary of the Huáng Dì Nèi Jīng Sù Wèn 黃帝内經素問, Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic, Basic Questions, with Professor Unschuld’s source Chinese text of his translation.


Yang, S. The Pulse Classic: A Translation of the Mai Jing by Wang Shu-he. Boulder, CO: Blue Poppy Press, 1997.  A translation of the Mài Jīng 脈經. Han dynasty.

 
Yang, S. and Chace, C. Systematic Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion. Boulder, CO: Blue Poppy Press, 2004. A translation of the Jiǎ Yǐ Jīng 甲乙經, also translated as “The ABC’s of Acupuncture”. Jin dynasty (266-420 CE). 

 
Wilms, S. Venerating the Root, I and II. Whidbey Island, WA: Happy Goat Productions, 2017. From volume five of Sūn Sīmiǎo’s 孫思邈 Bèi Jí Qiān Jīn Yào Fāng 備急千金要方 Essential Formulas Worth a Thousand Gold to Prepare for Emergencies. Tang dynasty.

 
Wilms, S. Healing Virtue-Power: Medical Ethics and the Doctor’s Dao. Whidbey Island, WA: Happy Goat Productions, 2022. From Sūn Sīmiǎo’s 孫思邈 Bèi Jí Qiān Jīn Yào Fāng 備急千金要方 Essential Formulas Worth a Thousand Gold to Prepare for Emergencies. Tang dynasty.

 
Yang, S. Master Hua’s Classic of the Central Viscera. Boulder, CO: Blue Poppy Press, 1993. A translation of Huà Shī Zhōng Zàng Jīng 華師中臟經. Suí dynasty (581-618 CE).

 
Wilms, S. Channeling the Moon, A Translation and Discussion of Qí Zhòngfǔ's "Hundred Questions on Gynecology”, Parts 1 and 2. Whidbey Island, WA: Goat Productions, 2019. Qí Zhòngfǔ’s 齊仲甫 Nǚ Kē Bǎi Wèn 女科百問. Song dynasty (1220 CE).
 

Schell, J. Commentary on the Discussion of Cold Damage With Annotations Zhù Jiě Shāng Hán Lùn 注解傷寒論. Portland, OR: The Chinese Medicine Database, 2018. Original author Chéng Wújǐ 成無己. Song dynasty (1144 CE).
 

Yang, S. The Heart and Essence of Dan-xi’s Methods of Treatment. Boulder, CO: Blue Poppy Press, 1993. A translation of Zhū Dānxī’s 朱丹溪 (Zhū Zhènhēng 朱震亨) Dān Xī Zhì Fǎ Xīn Yào 丹溪治法心要. Yuan dynasty.
 

Yang, S. and Duan, W. Extra Treatises Based on Investigation and Inquiry. Boulder, CO: Blue Poppy Press, 1994. A translation of Zhū Dānxī’s 朱丹溪 (Zhū Zhènhēng 朱震亨) Gé Zhì Yú Lùn 格致余論. Yuan dynasty. 
 

Kovacs, J. and Unschuld, P. Essential Subtleties on the Silver Sea: The Yin-hai jing-wei: A Chinese Classic on Ophthalmology. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998. A translation of Yín Hǎi Jīng Wēi 銀海精微. Ming dynasty.
 

Lu, X. The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Zhen Jiu Da Cheng 針灸大成 Vol VIII. Portland: The Chinese Medicine Database, 2010. Original author Yáng Jì-zhōu 楊繼州. Ming dynasty (1601 CE).
 

Wilcox, L. The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Zhen Jiu Da Cheng 針灸大成 Vol V. Portland: The Chinese Medicine Database, 2010. Original author Yáng Jì-zhōu 楊繼州. Ming dynasty (1601 CE).
 

Wilms, S. The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Zhen Jiu Da Cheng 針灸大成 Vol I. Portland: The Chinese Medicine Database, 2010. Original author Yáng Jì-zhōu 楊繼州. Ming dynasty (1601 CE).
 

Unschuld, P. Běn Cǎo Gāng Mù, Vol I-IX. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2021. A translation of the Běn Cǎo Gāng Mù 本草綱目 Compendium of Materia Medica by Lǐ Shízhēn 李時珍. Ming dynasty.
 

Yang, S. and Liu, F. The Divinely Responding Classic. Boulder, CO: Blue Poppy Press, 1994. A translation of the Shén Yìng Jīng 神應經, 8th book of the Zhēn Jiǔ Dā Chéng 針灸大成, Grand Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion. Ming dynasty.
 

Brown, M. Explanations of Channels and Points, Vol 1 and 2. Purple Cloud Press, 2019. A translation of the Jīng Xué Jiě ji 經穴解 by Yuè Hánzhēn 岳含珍. Qing dynasty (17th century).

Chace, C. A Qin Bowei Anthology. Brookline, MA: Paradigm Publications, 1997. 20th century.
 

Wen, J. and Seifert, G. Warm Disease Theory Wēn Bìng Xué. Brookline, MA: Paradigm Publications, 2000. A translation of a major Wēn Bìng Xué 溫病學 text. 20th century.

English Translations of Chinese Medical Classics and Premodern Texts