THE NEEDLING TECHNIQUES OF XU FENG Xu Feng, who was also known as Xu Yanrui or Quanshi, lived in the early Ming dynasty. He followed masters Ni Mengzhong and Peng Jiusi and eventually authored the six scrolls of the Great Encyclopedia of Acupuncture and Moxibus - tion [Zhenjiu Dacheng] in 1439, of which his Ode of the Golden Needle [Jinzhen Bing] is a specialised and celebrated work on needling techniques 1 . In this work, he summarises 14 needling techniques, which he derived from the Plain Questions [Suwen] of the Neijing , mainly chapter twenty-seven on the Treatise on the Separation and Union of True and Evil , and from several chapters in the Classic of Difficulties [Nanjing], as well as Wang Ji’s One- on-One Questions on Acupuncture and Moxibustion [zhenjiu wendui]. Although these 14 techniques were first quoted by Dou Mo 2 , Xu Feng’s instructions showed greater research. ocom-daom2.net/pipermail/class-of-2008_ocom-daom2.net/attachments/20061209/d294cf1a/attachment.pdf
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