A New Study on Yilinshangren,A Physician in Wuzhen in the Late Qing Dynasty
10.16466/j.issn1005-5509.2024.08.011
- VernacularTitle:晚清乌镇医家逸林上人新考
- Author:
Xiaocong XU
1
;
Weibo MAO
Author Information
1. 浙江中医药大学基础医学院 杭州 310053
- Keywords:
Wuzhen;
Yilinshangren;
Yueling Shangren Medical Cases;
traditional Chinese medicine manuscript;
literature research
- From:
Journal of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
2024;48(8):968-972
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
[Objective]To make textual research on the life,works,medical inheritance and personal communication activities of Yilinshangren,a doctor in Wuzhen in the late Qing Dynasty.[Methods]By using the research method of historical philology,this paper systematically combs the relevant materials of Yilinshangren in manuscripts,medical books,local chronicles,diaries and anthologies,and examines Yilinshangren's life trajectory and medical activities as carefully as possible from three aspects:"life and works","medical inheritance"and"communication".[Results]Yilinshangren had Buddhist name Dade,with fine medicine,good at poetry.There was a copy of"Yueling Shangren Medical Cases"handed down.There were three followers,SHI Yinchu,DING Shoutang and SHEN Lanfang.As a Confucian doctor,Yilinshangren had deep relations with local literati,such as ZHANG Qianli,WU Quanchang,ZHANG Yuanji and BAO Tingbo.[Conclusion]In the late Qing Dynasty,Yilinshangren had a great influence in Wuzhen and even western Zhejiang.It is necessary to conduct a more comprehensive study on the Yueling Shangren Medical Cases and the medical cases passed down by the disciples of Yueling Shangren,in order to better reveal the diagnostic and treatment features and drug regimens of the Wuzhen medical practitioners.
