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| has gloss | eng: The Taisu (Chinese: 太素; pinyin: Tàisù), or Grand Basis, compiled by Yang Shangshan 楊上善, is one of four known versions of the Huangdi Neijing [or Yellow Emperors Inner Canon], the other three being the Suwen, the Lingshu, and the partially extant Mingtang (明堂: "Hall of Light"). On the basis of Yang Shangshans official title at the time of compilation, Nathan Sivin argues that the Taisu was written in 656 or later, most likely under the reign of emperor Gaozong (r. 649-683) of the Tang dynasty, and that Yang compiled it from fragments of one or several post-Han versions of the Neijing. Historian of medicine Qian Chaochen, who once claimed that Yang Shangshan had died under the Sui dynasty (581-618), has recently argued that because Yang referred to the Palace Library as the "Orchid Pavilion" (lantai 蘭臺) in one of his notes, he must have compiled the Taisu sometime between 662 and 670, the few years during which that name was in use. |
| lexicalization | eng: Taisu |
| instance of | c/Chinese classic texts |
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