[Medical cultural communication between the Song Dynasty and Goryeo Dynasty]

Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 2017 Mar 28;47(2):73-78. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0255-7053.2017.02.003.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Through the important roles of officials and businessmen as well as the role of bridge of Japan, the medical culture communication between Song Dynasty and Goryeo Dynasty involved many aspects. The Song Dynasty gave medical books to the Goryeo Dynasty which returned some medical books to the Song Dynasty after the inscribing and printing of the medical books. In addition, the phenomena of communication between the two countries are frequent and very common. By the invitation of Goryeo Dynasty, some people of Song dynasty left for Goryeo Dynasty to give medical treatment and to spread the medical knowledge for several times, at the same time, some people from Goryeo Dynasty came to Song Dynasty to study Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Such medical culture communication facilitated and promoted the formation of the medical system and national medicine in Goryeo Dynasty, and enabled the return of some lost medical books in the Song Dynasty from Goryeo Dynasty. More importantly, the medical culture communications between the two countries promoted the influences of TCM in East Asia.

宋朝与高丽通过两国使节、商人往来以及日本的中转,有着频繁的医药文化交流,涉及到多个方面。宋朝赠予高丽医药书籍,高丽刊刻印刷并回赠给宋朝;宋朝与高丽之间还互赠药材;宋朝多次应高丽之邀前往施诊,并教授传播医学知识,高丽也不断派人前来学习。宋朝与高丽之间的医药文化交流,促进了高丽医事制度的形成、本土医学的发展,也使部分宋朝已佚医籍得以回归,提升了中医在东亚地区的影响力。.

Keywords: Communication; Culture; Goryeo Dynasty; Medicine; Song Dynasty.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

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