Written in the aftermath of an epidemic, the Shanghan Lun organises illness into six conformations and matches each to a formula. It is the earliest Chinese medical text that reads like a clinical manual.

Its language is also harder than the Suwen‘s: terse, elliptical, and full of shorthand for quantities. Nothing is transcribed yet.

Chapters

Chapters are listed in the order of the base text. Those already transcribed open into the three-layer reader.

5 of 22 chapters transcribed

1. 辨脉法第一 Biàn mài fǎ dì yī Transcribed

2. 平脉法第二 Píng mài fǎ dì èr Transcribed

3. 傷寒例第三 Shāng hán lì dì sān Transcribed

4. 辨痓濕暍脉證第四 Biàn chì shī yē mài zhèng dì sì Transcribed

5. 辨太陽病脉證并治上第五 Biàn tài yáng bìng mài zhèng bìng zhì shàng dì wǔ Transcribed

6. 辨太陽病脉證并治中第六 Biàn tài yáng bìng mài zhèng bìng zhì zhōng dì liù Planned

7. 辨太陽病脉證并治下第七 Biàn tài yáng bìng mài zhèng bìng zhì xià dì qī Planned

8. 辨陽明病脉證并治第八 Biàn yáng míng bìng mài zhèng bìng zhì dì bā Planned

9. 辨少陽病脉證并治第九 Biàn shào yáng bìng mài zhèng bìng zhì dì jiǔ Planned

10. 辨太陰病脉證并治第十 Biàn tài yīn bìng mài zhèng bìng zhì dì shí Planned

11. 辨少陰病脉證并治第十一 Biàn shào yīn bìng mài zhèng bìng zhì dì shí yī Planned

12. 辨厥陰病脉證并治第十二 Biàn jué yīn bìng mài zhèng bìng zhì dì shí èr Planned

13. 辨霍亂病脉證并治第十三 Biàn huò luàn bìng mài zhèng bìng zhì dì shí sān Planned

14. 辨陰陽易差後勞復病脉證并治第十四 Biàn yīn yáng yì chài hòu láo fù bìng mài zhèng bìng zhì dì shí sì Planned

15. 辨不可發汗病脉證并治第十五 Biàn bù kě fā hàn bìng mài zhèng bìng zhì dì shí wǔ Planned

16. 辨可發汗病脉證并治第十六 Biàn kě fā hàn bìng mài zhèng bìng zhì dì shí liù Planned

17. 辨發汗後病脉證并治第十七 Biàn fā hàn hòu bìng mài zhèng bìng zhì dì shí qī Planned

18. 辨不可吐第十八 Biàn bù kě tù dì shí bā Planned

19. 辨可吐第十九 Biàn kě tù dì shí jiǔ Planned

20. 辨不可下病脉證并治第二十 Biàn bù kě xià bìng mài zhèng bìng zhì dì èr shí Planned

21. 辨可下病脉證并治第二十一 Biàn kě xià bìng mài zhèng bìng zhì dì èr shí yī Planned

22. 辨發汗吐下後病脉證并治第二十二 Biàn fā hàn tù xià hòu bìng mài zhèng bìng zhì dì èr shí èr Planned

Editions & translations

Edition

Editor / translator

Year

Rights

Base text 底本：注解傷寒論，明嘉靖汪濟眀刊本（十卷，二十二篇）上海涵芬樓《四部叢刊》子部影印

成無己注

明

public domain

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APA

Shanghan Lun 傷寒論 (Zhang Zhongjing, early 3rd century CE; the received text was reconstituted in the Song.). [Treatise on Cold Damage]. In Classica Sinica Medica. Base text: 《注解傷寒論》十卷二十二篇，漢·張機撰，金·成無己注。據上海涵芬樓《四部叢刊》子部影印明嘉靖汪濟眀刊本錄入。底本經文用大字、成注用雙行小字，二者版面上截然可分；本站錄經文，成注擇要節引，標「成注（節）」，不入正文。卷末附釋音，逐字注反切或直音，為定音之第一手。底本與影印本均屬公有領域。 Retrieved 28 October 2026, from https://classicstcm.com/classics/shanghan-lun/

MLA

Shanghan Lun 傷寒論. Treatise on Cold Damage. Classica Sinica Medica, 2026, https://classicstcm.com/classics/shanghan-lun/. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026. Base text: 《注解傷寒論》十卷二十二篇，漢·張機撰，金·成無己注。據上海涵芬樓《四部叢刊》子部影印明嘉靖汪濟眀刊本錄入。底本經文用大字、成注用雙行小字，二者版面上截然可分；本站錄經文，成注擇要節引，標「成注（節）」，不入正文。卷末附釋音，逐字注反切或直音，為定音之第一手。底本與影印本均屬公有領域。

Chinese scholarly

《傷寒論》（Shānghán lùn）。《注解傷寒論》十卷二十二篇，漢·張機撰，金·成無己注。據上海涵芬樓《四部叢刊》子部影印明嘉靖汪濟眀刊本錄入。底本經文用大字、成注用雙行小字，二者版面上截然可分；本站錄經文，成注擇要節引，標「成注（節）」，不入正文。卷末附釋音，逐字注反切或直音，為定音之第一手。底本與影印本均屬公有領域。Classica Sinica Medica，2026 年 10 月 28 日存取，https://classicstcm.com/classics/shanghan-lun/。

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