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難經 (Classic of Difficult Issues)

Anonymous; traditionally but incorrectly attributed to the much earlier physician Bian Que · c. AD 1st-2nd century · Luoyang (China) · medicine

Eighty-one difficult questions left unresolved by the Huangdi Neijing, on pulse diagnosis above all, deserve systematic answers of their own, turning commentary into an independent medical classic.

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Huangdi Neijing · c. 200 BC - AD 100 (composite; the attribution to the legendary Yellow Emperor is honorific, not a claim of authorship)

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