Three hundred years ago, a cataclysm befell the land. Ancient texts were scattered and lost, and the Daoist traditions fell into disarray. The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon, the Divine Farmer's Materia Medica, the Classic of Difficult Issues... Countless generations of our ancestors devoted their hearts and minds to the knowledge of Chinese medicine, but it was destroyed by natural disasters and war, or lost when its teachings were no longer passed down. Its true meaning was nearly wiped out. All that survived were fragments, simplified and distorted.
This is not a story about “revenge” or “conquest.” It is simply so that when those who come after us face a choice, they might remember that our lineage once left them a point of reference.
While you're still wondering whether to read this, the knowledge has already taken root in your mind. Read ten chapters and it'll be welded into your brain. You won't be able to stop.
