It takes the average reader 2 hours and 44 minutes to read The Golden Needle by Jizhou Yang
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This is the only known translation of part of an early 17th-century classic text focusing on the use of acupuncture in Chinese medicine. Yang Jizhou's Grand Compendium comprises two books of which the second contained The Odes, a collection of traditional songs summarizing methods of treatment and indications for their use. In this translation Richard Bertshinger has also included Ma Tan Yang's Song on the Twelve Points. Various indices, a bibliography and glossary have been added to help the modern reader to understand the relevant of The Odes in today's context. The book is illustrated throughout with Chinese landscape paintings and traditional patterns from time of the gathering of The Odes.
The Golden Needle by Jizhou Yang is 159 pages long, and a total of 41,181 words.
This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 50% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 45 minutes to read The Golden Needle aloud.
The Golden Needle is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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