{"title":"[The life and works of Li Shouxian, a medical doctor in the Qing Dynasty].","authors":"C Deng, Y Zhou","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20230106-00003","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Li Shouxian, styled as Shanshu, was a medical doctor in the Qing Dynasty. His work <i>Zhenjiu Yixue</i> (Easy Study of Acupuncture and Moxibustion) has numerous versions, with the most refined one being the self-engraved edition from the third year of Jiaqing's reign, housed in the Jilin Province Library. While most content of the book was drawn from <i>Zhenjiu Dacheng</i> (Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion)<i>,</i> Li's condensation and arrangement of the material achieved the purpose of making it simple and easy to learn. The book has been widely spread and holds certain academic and historical value. This paper makes a textual research on Li's life, family, and his works, clarifies the content, structure and origin of the version of <i>Zhenjiu Yixue</i> and corrects errors in the version records of this book in the <i>General Catalogue of Chinese Ancient Medical Books</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"中华医史杂志","volume":"54 1","pages":"17-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"中华医史杂志","FirstCategoryId":"1090","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20230106-00003","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Li Shouxian, styled as Shanshu, was a medical doctor in the Qing Dynasty. His work Zhenjiu Yixue (Easy Study of Acupuncture and Moxibustion) has numerous versions, with the most refined one being the self-engraved edition from the third year of Jiaqing's reign, housed in the Jilin Province Library. While most content of the book was drawn from Zhenjiu Dacheng (Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion), Li's condensation and arrangement of the material achieved the purpose of making it simple and easy to learn. The book has been widely spread and holds certain academic and historical value. This paper makes a textual research on Li's life, family, and his works, clarifies the content, structure and origin of the version of Zhenjiu Yixue and corrects errors in the version records of this book in the General Catalogue of Chinese Ancient Medical Books.
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The Chinese Journal of Medical History is the only professional academic journal on medical history in the country. The first publication was named "Journal of Medical History" and was designated as a quarterly publication. In 2009, it was changed from quarterly to bimonthly.
The Chinese Journal of Medical History has columns such as special articles, reviews, expert talks, medical history treatises, literature research, forums and debates, historical accounts, figures, short essays, graduate forums, lectures, historical materials, medical history, and book reviews.
Chinese Journal of Medical History has been included in the US Medline online database.