Discussion on the Thoughts of Medicine and Yiology in Waijing Weiyan
10.16466/j.issn1005-5509.2025.08.011
- VernacularTitle:《外经微言》医易思想发微
- Author:
Xinyi WANG
1
;
Yu ZHAO
;
Yuxuan ZOU
Author Information
1. 北京中医药大学国学院 北京 102488
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
CHEN Shiduo;
Waijing Weiyan;
thoughts of medicine and Yiology;
Mingmen theory;
coordinating water and fire;
River Vehicle Theory;
nine palaces and eight winds;
Zhejiang school of traditional Chinese medicine
- From:
Journal of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
2025;49(8):1036-1039
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
[Objective]To explore and analyze the thoughts of medical and Yiology of the book Waijing Weiyan written by CHEN Shiduo,a medical doctor from Zhejiang Province in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.[Methods]By means of literature research method,this paper sorted out and screened the articles related to the thoughts of medicine and Yiology in the book and studied them,discussed and analysed CHEN Shiduo's thoughts of medical and Yiology on"the trigrams of the Zhouyi""The River Vehicle Theory""The Nine Palaces and Eight Winds""Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches",etc.,discussing to explore the connotation of the thoughts of medicine and Yiology in Waijing Weiyan.[Results]The chapters of Waijing Weiyan,which mainly embody the ideas of medical thinking,include"The Mingmen is the Governor of Meridians""Inability of Water to Restrict Fire""Nomenclature of the Eight King of Wind""Relief of Yang Disease and Relief of Yin Disease",etc.The thoughts of medical and Yiology contained therein is mainly reflected in five aspects,namely,expending the imagery of"Kan"and"Li"to explain the doctrine of Mingmen;using the"Ji-Ji Hexagram"interpreting the water and fire of the human body;innovating the River Vehicle Theory in Taoism to explain the pathway lifting and lowering of Qi;inheriting the thoughts of Nine Palaces and Eight Winds,and rationally treating the eight winds occupancy;proposing the twelve"times of exuberance of Qi"to discuss the prognosis of diseases by day and night.[Conclusion]Waijing Weiyan shows the main contents of CHEN Shiduo's thoughts of medicine and Yiology,reflecting his academic characteristics such as emphasizing the coordination of water and fire and the elevation of Qi,advocating the compatibility of thoughts of medicine and Yiology with the actual medical practice,and being good at explaining the medical theories with the tools of medical and Yiology.The study of the theory of medicine and Yiology in Waijing Weiyan helps to understand and grasp the essence of CHEN Shiduo's medical thoughts,and provides ideas for the study and development of the academic thoughts of the Zhejiang school of traditional Chinese medicine.
