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Xuan men mai jue nei zhao tu (A Daoist work in verse on methods of diagnosing and treating diseases through viscera), in two juan, was attributed to Hua Tuo (circa 140–208), the late Eastern Han physician. Shown here is a facsimile of a very rare copy. The preface, written in 1668 by Wang Hu, claims that the work was originally held for generations in the imperial court and was rarely discussed or seen. During the Jiajing reign, in the 16th century, it was copied by Zhou Yuguo, an assistant ...