Capítulo 1898: Chapter 1312: Bestseller_2
August: [Check out this line! “In ancient tis, those who understood Taoism, modeled after Yin and Yang, harmonized with the techniques of numbers.” I know “Yin and Yang” is Yin-Yang, and “techniques of numbers” is… art and mathematics? So the ancient sages followed the laws of Yin and Yang, in harmony with art and mathematics? This sounds like New Age spirituality.]
Robert: [I always tell you guys to study properly, but none of you listen. Now you’re at a loss, aren’t you? The profound Chinese language isn’t sothing you can easily understand. You all think your Chinese has surpassed mine? Aren’t you guys supposed to be really good? Try translating it! Or let do it, and don’t translate it literally! That sentence might an: those in ancient tis who knew the way of health preservation modeled themselves on the principles of Yin and Yang and harmonized themselves with the thods of preservation through numbers, aning they followed natural laws.]
Many thumbs-ups appeared in the group.
[Robert, impressive!]
August: [I suggest we form an “Inner Canon of Huangdi Study Group,” hold weekly online discussions, and share our reading insights.]
Manstein: [Seconded, Robert, Takahashi, which one of you will be the leader?]
Robert: [Of course, I’m the best fit to be the leader!]
Takahashi: [My Chinese reading ability is limited to dical literature, and mostly modern Chinese. For classical texts, I need to rely on annotations, so Robert is more suitable.]
Li Zehui: [I know soone. I know an old Chinese dicine doctor in San Francisco, over eighty, who has morized the Inner Canon of Huangdi since childhood. I can invite him to be an advisor.]
Griffin: [Good idea, I suggest we each buy the Chinese and English versions and read them in parallel.]
…
In the dical section of “Strand Bookstore” in New York Manhattan, Robert rushed to the counter, having been so busy these days he hadn’t had ti to buy the book.
“Do you have the Inner Canon of Huangdi? I need both the Chinese and English versions.”
The young clerk checked the computer: “Uh… it shows zero stock. Wait, the system indicates six people asked about this book this afternoon. We pulled out the last three in stock, and they just sold out half an hour ago.”
Robert opened his eyes wide: “Do you still have the Chinese version?”
“The Chinese version… let check, there’s one in the Eastern Literature section, but it’s in traditional vertical layout with no translation…”
“I’ll take it!”
Traditional vertical, the ultimate show-off tool!
Five minutes later, Robert walked out of the bookstore holding a blue-covered thread-bound book, a victorious smile on his face, instantly sharing a photo in the group:
Robert: [Got it! The last Chinese version! I can feel its wisdom energy!]
Woodhead: [Robert, that’s the sll of paper.]
Robert: [Superficial! No wonder you can never pass the Chinese level four exam. That is the scent of two-thousand-year-old wisdom! I’ve already placed it on my bookshelf.]
August: [I just snagged a German translation at “Dussman Bookstore” in Berlin. But I can’t comnd the translation quality. I read a passage, the translator rendered “five Zang organs” as “five storage organs” and “six Fu organs” as “six palaces,” which is perplexing.]
Takahashi: [German translations indeed often lose the original aning. Japanese translations are slightly better, as they use kanji, but even so, many concepts are hard to accurately convey.]
John Ansen: [Urgent help needed! I’ve checked five bookstores, all sold out! Amazon says the English version will take four months! What should I do?]
Li Zehui: [John, stay calm, we can have Senior Brother Song send over a batch of Chinese versions, but it will take ti.]
Manstein: [I suggest we create a shared electronic resource library, scan existing versions, and make searchable PDFs. I’ll have my assistant start scanning my German version.]
Griffin: [I’ve already contacted friends at the Harvard-Yanjin Institute, they might have high-quality English translation e-books. But we need to obtain copyright permission.]
No one seed to notice Robert’s traditional vertical layout; they didn’t comnt on it at all, which annoyed Robert.
He took another photo of his Inner Canon of Huangdi, deliberately magnified to clearly show the contents, and posted the new photo out, repeating it three tis.
[Traditional? Vertical?]
[What?]
[Robert, can you understand it?]
Finally, soone who appreciated it exclaid.
[Not bad, I can manage to read it!]
Robert casually typed out a ssage and tossed it into the group chat.
…
Before long, the Wall Street Journal’s tech section published a report:
“The Ancient Secret Behind the Cancer Treatnt Breakthrough: Top Scientists Go Crazy for Chinese dical Classics”
Subtitle: “Professor Yang Ping’s theoretical inspiration actually cos from the Inner Canon of Huangdi from 200 B.C.; global dical elites ignite a wave of interest in studying classic Chinese dicine.”
The article wrote: “…In the past week, from New York to Berlin, from London to Tokyo, professors at top dical research institutions have been doing sothing baffling: studying a Chinese ancient text called the Inner Canon of Huangdi. According to multiple sources, this craze originated from Chinese scientist Professor Yang Ping, whose K Therapy is fundantally changing cancer treatnt. Professor Yang had revealed in an internal eting that his revolutionary theory was inspired by this two-thousand-year-old book.”
“Amazon data shows sales of the English version of the Inner Canon of Huangdi have surged 43,000% recently, completely sold out. Nurous academic bookstores report both Chinese and English versions have been bought up, and even collectors are offering high prices for early translations…”
“This phenonon has sparked intense discussion in academia. Supporters argue that ancient wisdom may contain deep truths not yet understood by modern science; critics warn this might lead to the spread of irrational thinking in the dical field…”
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