皇甫谧编撰的《黄帝三部针灸甲乙经》(《针灸甲乙经》)，纳《素问》《灵枢》《明堂孔穴针灸治要》三书于一体。从成书年代、编撰原则、摘录内容、著作对比等方面考证，本书不仅是史上第一部针灸学专著，同时也是首部全面类编《黄帝内经》的专著。本书保存与《黄帝内经》同时代的《明堂孔穴针灸治要》，由于《针灸甲乙经》以后至隋唐期间的腧穴类文献均已亡佚，使得《明堂孔穴针灸治要》内容尤为珍贵，让腧穴学的形成有源可寻，根据其记载的经穴数量、经穴要素以及成书时间、学术意义上来看，可以证明腧穴学与《黄帝内经》同代形成。《针灸甲乙经》对于历史的追溯，学术的研究和中医学的发展都有着重要的意义。

The Huangdi Three-Version of A-B Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion( Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion), compiled by Huang-Fu Mi, included Plain Conversation, Spiritual Pivot and Mingtang Kongxue Zhenjiu Zhiyao. This book is not only the first monograph on acupuncture and moxibustion in history, but also the first comprehensive monograph on Huangdi Neijing, based on research on the date of its completion, compilation principles, excerpts and comparison of works. It preserves Mingtang Kongxue Zhenjiu Zhiyao which was written at the same time as Huangdi Neijing. Owing to the losing of literatures about acupoints in the period from written time of Classics of Acupuncture and Moxibustion to Sui and Tang Dynasty, the content of Mingtang Kongxue Zhenjiu Zhiyao became extremely precious, so that the formation of science on acupoints can be traced. According to the number of meridian points, the elements of meridian points, as well as writing time and academic significance, it can be proved that science on acupoints was formed in the same generation as the Huangdi Neijing. Classics of Acupuncture and Moxibustion is of great significance to the historical tracing, academic research and the development of traditional Chinese medicine.