In the Great Zhou dynasty stands the Ling Shu Medical Hall, where the physician Yu Lingshu can heal the afflictions of the body and guide the souls of the dead, still bound by their obsessions, onward.
Drawing on ancient Chinese medical texts, Taoist arts of fate calculation, and folk tales of the uncanny, this story leaves out immortal cultivation and bloody battles. Instead, through consultations, diagnoses, and glimpses into the workings of fate, it explores the chains of human obsession and Heaven’s decrees.
A volume of case notes records one strange, unspeakable affliction after another, along with earthly bonds left unfinished. In quiet prose, it recounts human feeling and laments what might have been.
On the surface, it reveals the joys and sorrows of spirits and monsters; beneath that, it draws you into reflections on life.
Theme: Find reflections on life in the joys and sorrows of spirits and monsters
