Ling shu
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Lingshu 靈樞 ("Spiritual Pivot") is an ancient Chinese classical text of medicine. It is one of the remaining pieces of a greater medical work known as the Huangdi Neijing or "Medical Canon of the Yellow Emperor". The other remaining piece, more commonly used in Traditional Chinese Medicine, is known as the Suwen 素問 ("Simple Questions").
Originally entitled Zhenjing 針經 ("Classic of Acupuncture"), this whole section of the Neijing was renamed Lingshu at some point in history. It is the belief of most scholars that this renaming occurred due to the complex esoteric nature of the writings; it has been suggested that only someone of sufficient spiritual advancement (i.e. 'Ling') can understand its true messages.
