Correct the Mistake of the Drugs"Qianren"and"Quanpi"in TANG Rongchuan's Xuezheng Lun(Treatise on Blood Syndromes)Identified as Other Herbs or Missing
10.16466/j.issn1005-5509.2025.04.021
- VernacularTitle:唐容川《血证论》药物"前仁""全皮"误为其他药物或缺失之刊谬
- Author:
Yuanye GU
1
;
Ruonan QIANG
;
Sheng HUANG
Author Information
1. 上海中医药大学附属龙华医院 上海 200032;北京中医药大学
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Xuezheng Lun;
TANG Rongchuan;
Qianren;
Quanpi;
citation chains;
error;
Shanghai Health Publisling House;
Shanghai Science and Technology Publishing House
- From:
Journal of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
2025;49(4):518-524
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
[Objective]To sort out and correct the situations where TANG Rongchuan's Xuezheng Lun(Treatise on Blood Syndromes)mistakenly identified"Qianren"and"Quanpi"as other herbs or losing.[Methods]By searching the Airusheng Chinese Basic Classics Library,the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Library's ancient books and Republican-era thread-bound book digitization platform,and the Ancient Books Database of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Library,the publication status of"Qianren"and"Quanpi"in Xuezheng Lun was statistically analyzed.By searching the China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI)and Duxiu databases for papers and monographs that cited relevant paragraphs and contained errors,the errors of"Qianren"and"Quanpi"being mistaken for other medicines or omitted were analyzed.By searching local county annals and medical works,and combining this with the analysis of inferring the names of medicines based on their effects,the medicines referred to by"Qianren"and"Quanpi"were identified.[Results]At least 22 academic papers and 39 monographs contain errors such as"Louren""Yiren""Taoren"or missing for"Qianren",and"Danpi""Chenpi"or missing for"Quanpi".This error first appeared in the process of compiling the single edition of Xuezheng Lun from the Five Kinds of Chinese and Western Medical Books by Shanghai Health Publishing House in 1958,and the lead-printed edition by Shanghai Science and Technology Publishing House in 1959,which was derived from this version,had been widely circulated after becoming a popular edition of Xuezheng Lun,resulting in this error being passed down for more than sixty years.The spread of errors takes two forms:vertical direct quotation and horizontal transfer citation,with phenomena such as"correct and incorrect mixtures"and"error modification"during the transmission process.In the book Xuezheng Lun,"Qianren"refers to"Cheqianren"in short,and"Quanpi"is another name for"Digupi".[Conclusion]Negligence and arbitrary changes in the citation of literature are the deep reasons for TANG Rongchuan's Xuezheng Lun mistakenly identifying the drugs"Qianren"and"Quanpi"as other drugs or missing,making the original errors to be perpetuated,even passed down through annotations.Scholars should verify multiple sources when citing literature to avoid misquotation.
