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Liu Juanzi Guiyi Fang
''Liu Juanzi Guiyi Fang'' (), also known as ''Shenxian Yi Lun'' (), is a Chinese medical text allegedly written by the titular Liu Juanzi and published during the Northern and Southern dynasties in 499. The original text comprised ten volumes and is no longer extant; an abridged version by Gong Qingxuan was published sometime in the Song dynasty. Publication history According to tradition, ''Liu Juanzi Guiyi Fang'' was written in the early 5th century by military physician Liu Juanzi (), who had received a ''yong ju fang'' (; "Recipes for [the Treatment of] Obstruction- and Impediment-Illnesses") from a ghost named Huangfu (). First published during the Northern and Southern Dynasties in 499, it is the earliest known Chinese medical text about surgery. The original text comprised ten ''juan'' or volumes but is no longer extant, although fragments were unearthed in Xinjiang in 1902. Much of the original text was reproduced in later publications such as the ''Wai tai mi yao fang'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern And Southern Dynasties
The Northern and Southern dynasties () was a period of political division in the history of China that lasted from 420 to 589, following the tumultuous era of the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Eastern Jin dynasty. It is sometimes considered as the latter part of a longer period known as the Six Dynasties (220–589). Albeit an age of civil war and political chaos, it was also a time of flourishing arts and culture, advancement in technology, and the spread of Mahayana Buddhism and Daoism. The period saw large-scale migration of the Han people to the lands south of the Yangtze. The period came to an end with the unification of all of China proper by Emperor Wen of the Sui dynasty. During this period, the process of sinicization accelerated among the non-Han ethnicities in the north and among the indigenous peoples in the south. This process was also accompanied by the increasing popularity of Buddhism ( introduced into China in the 1st century) in both northern and southern Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
