[Textual research on the medical books of Liao Dynasty with extant titles]

Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 2018 Jan 28;48(1):34-36. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0255-7053.2018.01.008.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

There are only 3 extant medical book titles from 2 authors of the Liao Dynasty, from which almost no medical books were handed down; these include Zhi lu gu mai jue (Zhilugu's Pulse Study in Verse), Zhi lu gu zhen jiu shu (Zhilugu's Book of Acu-moxibustion) and Medical Book on Pulse and Prescriptions Translated by Yelü Shucheng. The former two books are written by Zhilugu during the reign of Taizong Emperor (927-947) of the Liao Dynasty, and the last one, by Yelü Shucheng during the reign of Xingzong Emperor (1031-1055) of the Liao Dynasty.

辽代几无医籍传世,其存目者亦仅见2家3种,即《直鲁古脉诀》《直鲁古针灸书》《耶律庶成译方脉书》。前2种为辽代直鲁古撰,约成书于辽太宗时期(927—947);后1种为辽代耶律庶成撰,约成书于辽兴宗时期(1031—1055)。.

Keywords: Medical Book on Pulse and Prescriptions Translated by Yelü Shucheng; Zhi lu gu mai jue (Zhilugu’s Pulse Study in Verse); Zhi lu gu zhen jiu shu (Zhilugu’s Book of Acu-moxibustion).

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • China
  • History, Medieval
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional / history*
  • Reference Books, Medical*