Discussion on the Important Role of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Exchanges,Interaction and Integration of the Chinese Nation——Based on the Xuanquan Han Bamboo Slips
10.16466/j.issn1005-5509.2025.01.015
- VernacularTitle:悬泉汉简所反映的中华民族交往交流交融史实
- Author:
Shengjie ZHU
1
Author Information
1. 外交学院基础教学部 北京 100037
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Xuanquan Han bamboo slips;
unearthed documents;
Western Regions;
traditional Chinese medicine;
prescription;
the Silk Road;
exchanges,interaction and integration;
Chinese national community
- From:
Journal of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
2025;49(1):85-90
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
[Objective]To deepen the understanding of the history of ethnic exchanges and integration in the Western Regions,and fully establish the concept of ethnic exchanges,interaction and integration,by collating and analyzing the textual materials in Xuanquan Han bamboo slips,especially the content of traditional Chinese medicine.[Methods]The content of three Xuanquan Han medical slips(Ⅱ 0216②:767,Ⅰ 90DXT0112③:118,Ⅱ 90DXT0111①:51)was analyzed by using the method of interpreting the slips,the historical materials of the interaction and integration between the Han Dynasty and the Kucha was classified and analyzed with the literature combing method.Finally,the"triple evidence method"was used to explore the historical facts of medical exchanges between the Central Plains and the Western Regions.[Results]Three Xuanquan Han medical slips clearly recorded the content of Han Dynasty physicians going to the Western Regions to treat the monarch's illness,and the initial era of literature that traditional Chinese medicine participated in ethnic exchanges and integration had been advanced to the Western Han Dynasty.Historical documents from different periods all reflected that the friendly exchanges between Han Dynasty and Kucha were long-lasting and multifaceted.Xuanquan Han medical slips,Japanese unearthed medical slips and inherited literature confirmed the exchange and mutual learning of medical culture between the ancient Western Regions and the central government.[Conclusion]As unearthed materials,Xuanquan Han bamboo slips have filled the gap in the details of medical exchanges and integration between Han Dynasty and Western Regions in inherited literature.The medical content confirms the unique role of traditional Chinese medicine in the formation of the diverse and integrated Chinese civilization.Traditional Chinese medicine can keep long term prosperity and bring forth the new through the old,which is also the result of the exchange,interaction and integration of cultural elements of various nationalities.
