Ancient Wisdom Plus Modern Wellness, A Guide for Every Home
Xuemo Decodes Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon is a self-study guide designed to help readers explore this timeless medical classic with no prior knowledge needed. More than just a medical text, the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon is a refined synthesis of Eastern life science and philosophical wisdom.
Drawing on over four decades of textual study and daily practice in Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Chan (Zen), Xuemo offers a rare interpretation grounded in personal realization. After attaining “Unity between Man and Nature,” he grasped the mechanisms of the human subtle body’s energy systems and proposed a holistic view of life that integrates body, mind, and spirit.
With clarity and insight, Xuemo transforms the Canon’s often obscure and complex theories into accessible and practical tips for modern readers. His approach helps people reconnect with the natural rhythm of life, cultivating inner tranquility and clarity. In doing so, readers may begin to glimpse the state of “heavenly innocence” described in the text: “By abiding in tranquility and emptiness, one activates zhen qi.”
Xuemo, born in 1963 as Chen Kaihong, is a renowned writer from Gansu, China. He has written over 80 books, published in more than 200 editions, with translations available in over 20 languages.
Xuemo’s novel Into the Desert won the 2022 Excellent Translation Award by the China International Communications Group (CICG), the 2024 NYC Big Book Award for Women’s Fiction and the 2024 Independent Press Award for Literary Fiction. Xuemo has been named International Impact Book Awards–Author of the Year 2025 for Into the Desert. His novel Curses of the Kingdom of Xixia won the 2024 NYC Big Book Award for World Literature. The novel Wild Fox Ridge won the 2024 International Impact Book Awards, it was also honored with the 2025 International Book Awards and 2026 NYC Big Book Award. White Tiger Pass received the 2026 International Impact Book Awards. He has been nominated three times for the Mao Dun Literature Prize and has won the Dunhuang Literature and Art Award six consecutive times.
The e-book editions of Desert Rites, Desert Hunters, White Tiger Pass, Love Letters from the Goddess, Eternal Love and Reclaim the Throne of Your Heart have repeatedly ranked No. 1 on Amazon’s bestseller lists.
About the Author :
Xuemo, born in 1963 as Chen Kaihong, is a renowned writer from Gansu, China. He has written over 80 books, published in more than 200 editions, with translations available in over 20 languages, including English, French, German, Korean, Russian, and Spanish.
Xuemo is one of China’s most influential contemporary writers. His audiobook Buddha’s Wisdom: Xuemo Interprets the Diamond Sutra on the Himalaya platform, has been played over 35 million times and remains a top-ranking program. His series What’s on Laozi’s mind: Xuemo Interprets Dao De Jing has sold nearly one million copies in China.
Since 2019, his works have been featured in independent booths at major international book fairs and film festivals in Germany, London, the United States, and across Asia. In 2022, he topped the International Media Spotlight List at the Frankfurt Book Fair, drawing more attention than the Guest of Honor, Spain. This achievement was hailed as one of the most remarkable and memorable events of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2022.
Notably, more than ten of his works have been translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin, the distinguished translators of Nobel Prize–winning literature. Research centers devoted to his work have been established at Ningbo University and Central South University.
Xuemo’s novel Into the Desert won the 2022 Excellent Translation Award by the China International Communications Group (CICG), the 2024 NYC Big Book Award for Women’s Fiction and the 2024 Independent Press Award for Literary Fiction. Xuemo has been named International Impact Book Awards–Author of the Year 2025 for Into the Desert. His novel Curses of the Kingdom of Xixia won the 2024 NYC Big Book Award for World Literature. The novel Wild Fox Ridge won the 2024 International Impact Book Awards, it was also honored with the 2025 International Book Awards and 2026 NYC Big Book Award. White Tiger Pass received the 2026 International Impact Book Awards. He has been nominated three times for the Mao Dun Literature Prize and has won the Dunhuang Literature and Art Award six consecutive times.
The e-book editions of Desert Rites, Desert Hunters, White Tiger Pass, Love Letters from the Goddess, Eternal Love and Reclaim the Throne of Your Heart have repeatedly ranked No. 1 on Amazon’s bestseller lists.
