in the basic course , students had to study " kotei ko-otsukyo " (the chinese classic on clinical acupuncture , written by huangfu mi ), " myakukyo " (the oldest chinese book on sphygmoscopy ), and " shinno honzogyo " (divine husbandman ' s classic on pharmacology , which is a chinese classic ), and in 787 , the last textbook was replaced with " shinshu honzo " (chinese pharmacology , completed in a .d . 659 ). 学生は基礎課程として『黄帝甲乙経』・『脈経』・『神農本草経』（延暦6年（787年）以後は『新修本草』に変更）を読んだ。
in addition , students of acupuncture had to study " kotei somonkyo " (basic questions in yellow emperor ' s inner canon , covering the theoretical foundation of chinese medicine and its diagnostic methods ), " kotei shinkyo " (needling canon in yellow emperor ' s inner canon , discussing the acupuncture therapy in detail ), " myakuketsu " (a chinese classic on sphygmoscopy ), and " kotei myodokyo " (a chinese classic on acupuncture , highly valued along with kotei shinkyo ). 針生の場合は更に『黄帝素問経』・『黄帝鍼経』・『脈決』・『黄帝明堂経』を読んだ。
