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The name Neijing tu combines nei 內 "inside; inner; internal", jing 經 "warp (vs. woof); scripture, canon, classic; (TCM) meridian; channel", and tu 圖 "picture; drawing; chart; map; plan". This title, comparable with Huangdi Neijing 黃帝內經 "Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon", is generally interpreted as a "chart" or "diagram" of "inner" "meridians" or "channels" for circulating qi in neidan practices.
English translations of Neijing tu include:
- "Diagram of the Internal Texture of Man" (Needham 1983:114)
- "Diagram of the Inner Scripture" (Ching 1997:188)
- "Chart of Inner Passageways" (Despeux and Kohn 2003:184)
- "Diagram of Internal Pathways" (Komjathy 2004:40)
- "Chart of the Inner Warp" or "Chart of the Inner Landscape" (Despeux 2008:767)
Neijing tu 內經圖 has an alternate writing of Neijing tu 內景圖 "Diagram of Interior Lights" (Kohn 2000:499, 521), using jing 景 "view; scenery; condition" as a variant Chinese character for jing 經.
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