[Discussion on the species and naming of medical bamboo slips unearthed from Han tomb in Laoguanshan]

Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 2016 Sep 28;46(5):303-306. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0255-7053.2016.05.010.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

920 pieces of bamboo slip, including broken bamboo slips, found in Laoguanshan Han tomb, are placed in two locations. In one of the location, 736 pieces, except 20 pieces of " chi jian" , of medical bamboo slips are stored. The Chengdu Municipal Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics Protection Center of Jingzhou preliminary sorted out these pieces and tentatively give them the names: Wu se mai zang lun, Bi xi yi lun, Mai si hou, Liu shi bing fang, Bing yuan lun, Zhu bing zheng hou, Jing mai shu, Gui mai shu. Through our comprehensive reading, font comparison, comparison of the contents, and investigation on the texts, it was suggested that the batch of medical slips might be divided into nine kinds of documents, namely, Bi xi zhen fa, Zhen zhi lun, Liu shi bing fang, Zhu bing yi, Zhu bing er, Shi er mai, Bie mai, Ci shu, Ni shun wu se mai zang yan jing shen.

老官山汉墓出土医简共920枚(含残简),分2处存放,其中一处736支,除《尺简》20支外,均为医书,经成都市考古研究所与荆州文物保护中心最初整理,暂定名为《五色脉藏论》《敝昔医论》《脉死候》《六十病方》《病源论》《诸病症候》《经脉书》《归脉数》8种。通过全面识读、字体比对、内容臻别、考察体例行文等,建议将这批医简分为9种,分别命名为《敝昔诊法》《诊治论》《六十病方》《诸病一》《诸病二》《十二脉(附相脉之过)》《别脉》《刺数》《逆顺五色脉藏验精神》。.

Keywords: Laoguanshan tomb of the Han Dynasties; Medical bamboo slips; Naming.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Burial
  • China
  • History, Ancient
  • Manuscripts as Topic / history*