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The Evolution of Chinese Medicine

The history of Chinese medicine hinges on three major turning points:

the formation of canonical theory in the Han dynasty; the systematization

of medicine via the integration of earlier medical theories and practices in

the Song dynasty; and the impact of Western medicine from the nineteenth

century onwards. This book offers a comprehensive overview of the crucial

second stage in the evolution of Chinese medicine by examining the changes

in Chinese medicine during the pivotal era of the Song dynasty.

Scholars often characterize the Song era as a time of change in every aspect

of political, social, intellectual or economic life. This book contextualizes

changes in medicine and medical practice within the wider scope of these

transformations. More speciﬁcally this book focuses on three narratives of

change in medicine:

•

the emperors’ personal interest in medicine elevated its status in the eyes

of the elite, leading to an increased involvement of scholar-ofﬁcials in

shaping medicine;

•

government ofﬁcials systematically revised, printed, and promulgated

earlier heterogeneous medical manuscripts belonging to various tradi-

tions. Subsequently, they included them in the curriculum of the newly

established medical education system, thereby setting new imperial

standard for medical knowledge;

•

the government established an Imperial Pharmacy and other unique

imperially-sponsored medical institutions to handle public health and

epidemics.

The second part of the book delineates the consequent integration of earlier

medical doctrines and practices into a systematic comprehensive medicine.

As the ﬁrst book to study the transformation medicine underwent during

the Song period this volume will appeal to sinologists and historians of medicine

alike.

Asaf Goldschmidt is Senior Lecturer in the Department of East Asian Studies

at Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Needham Research Institute Series

Edited by Christopher Cullen

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beginning of the twenty-ﬁrst century, it is clear that Needham’s work has succeeded

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Joanna Grant

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Reaching out to the stars

Ho Peng Yoke

Medieval Chinese Medicine

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The Evolution of Chinese Medicine

Song dynasty, 960 –1200

Asaf Goldschmidt

The Evolution of Chinese

Medicine

Song dynasty, 960 –1200

Asaf Goldschmidt

First published 2009

by Routledge

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available

from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Goldschmidt, Asaf Moshe.

The evolution of Chinese medicine : Song dynasty,

960 –1200 / Asaf Goldschmidt.

p. ; cm. – (Needham Research Institute series)

1. Medicine–China–History–To 1500. 2. China–History–Song

dynasty, 960 –1200. I. Title. II. Series.

[DNLM: 1. Medicine, Chinese Traditional–history–China.

2. History, Medieval–China. WZ 70 JC6 G623e 2008]

R601.G65 2008

610.95–dc22

2008008808

ISBN 0-203-94643-X Master e-book ISBN

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