Tiya

was authored by Japanese medic

al master

Tanba Mototane.

Tiya

is the medical work interpreting the terminology of anatomical parts of the body surface in ancient China

by imitating the style of dictionary monograph. Nowadays

this book has received little attention. The book was written during the late Edo period

it focuses on the interpretation of the terms for anatomical parts of the body surface in ancient Chinese medical classics

in which

the textual research of the interpretation was by the citation of a large number of relevant acupuncture literature. The names and locations of acupoints can be reflected from the philological examination of the terms of body surface though the book does not explicitly identify the meaning of acupoints. The paper introduces that the terms of the anatomic parts on the body surface are significant for acupoint research by taking the relevant interpretation as examples through the investigation of

Tiya

. The research of this book provides the references for interpreting classic texts

re-examining the expression of acupoint localization in modern time

and understanding the meaning of acupoints.