主体内容大致定型于西汉中晚期（约公元前1世纪） · 非一时一人之作
Main body largely compiled in the mid-to-late Western Han (approx. 1st century BCE) · Not the work of a single author or period
《黄帝内经》由《素问》与《灵枢》（又称《针经》）两部分组成。学界主流观点认为，其主体内容在西汉中晚期汇集定型，并吸收了先秦至秦汉的医学经验与理论。《汉书·艺文志》首次著录「《黄帝内经》十八卷」。今本《素问》经唐代王冰重新编次并补充，宋代林亿等再校；《灵枢》的传世系统相对复杂，宋代以后逐渐定型。
The *Huangdi Neijing* consists of the *Suwen* and the *Lingshu* (also known as the *Needle Classic*). The prevailing scholarly view holds that its main body was compiled in the mid-to-late Western Han, incorporating medical knowledge from the pre-Qin and early imperial periods. It is first recorded in the *Hanshu Yiwenzhi* as “Huangdi Neijing in eighteen juan.” The received *Suwen* was re-edited and expanded by Wang Bing in the Tang and further collated in the Song; the transmission history of the *Lingshu* is more complex and stabilised mainly after the Song.
建立以阴阳五行、藏象、经络、气血为核心的理论框架，系统讨论病因、病机、诊断与治疗原则。它是后世中医理论体系的主要源头之一，而非单纯的方书或药书。
It establishes a theoretical framework centred on yin-yang, the five phases, visceral manifestation, channels and collaterals, and qi-blood. It systematically addresses etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment principles, and remains one of the primary sources of later Chinese medical theory rather than a pure formula or materia medica text.