Chén Wénzhì:introduction about his biography and legends,main books and academic thoughts.
✵陳文治 (Chén Wénzhì):herbalist ever lived during the Ming Dynasty. He ever learns and studies classical medical works on self-effort, and has personally treated the diseases of patients in his area, and achieved considerable results, so he gradually refined his skills, he is the author of the gynecological book Guang Si Quan Jue.
陳文治 (Chén Wénzhì).
Brief Introduction
漢語名 (Chinese Name):
陳文治 (Chén Wénzhì)
Alias:
国章 (Guó Zhāng)
Popular name:
陳文治 (Chén Wénzhì)
English Name:
Chen Wenzhi, or Wenzhi Chen (Given/Family)
Hometown:
Xiushui
Dates:
Unknown,about during 16th century.
Main works:
《廣嗣全訣》(Guang Si Quan Jue),《疡科选粹》(Yang Ke Xuan Cui),《痘疹真诀》(Dou Zhen Zhen Jue),《諸證提綱》(Zhu Zheng Ti Gang),《傷寒集驗》(Shang Han Ji Yan).
Representative works:
《廣嗣全訣》(Guang Si Quan Jue),《疡科选粹》(Yang Ke Xuan Cui).
Biography and legends:
陳文治 (Chén Wénzhì), ever lived during the Ming Dynasty. His alias is 国章 (Guó Zhāng), self-titled 岳谿 (Yuè Xī), native to Xiushui (today's Jiaxing). He was assigned as Duhu of two provinces (the title of the highest administrative commanding officer in border area). He learned and studied classical medical works on self-effort, personally treated the disease of patients, achieved considerable results, so he gradually refined his skills.
Main books and academic thoughts:
Chen Wenzhi explored the crafts of Qi Huang (abbr of Qi Bo and Huang Di, or the Chinese herbal medical science) in-depth, identified mistakes and corrections, compiled more than 100 volumes of medical books on internal and external departments, including Guang Si Quan Jue in 12 volumes (1591 AD, of which the 11th and 12th volumes were combined into Dou Zhen Zhen Jue), Zhu Zheng Ti Gang (the Outline of Syndromes) in ten volumes (1612 AD), Yang Ke Xuan Cui in eight volumes (1628 AD), Shang Han Ji Yan (1633 AD) and so on. The discussions of his works all followed Nei Jing (the Inner Cannon), and the theories of the Jin and Yuan dynasties, the discussions, methods, and prescription establishment are stable and proper. Among these works, the book Guang Si Quan Jue and Yang Ke Xuan Cui are more influential. There are still other works ever known as Chun Tian Yi Lan, Ji Yin Ju Yao, Chong Guang Yao Jue, Xi Yi Gui Fan, while these works seem not survived till today.
The book Guang Si Quan Jue was published in the year 1587 AD. It integrates theory, methods, and prescriptions, combining common diseases in obstetrics and pediatrics, and specifically discussing pregnancy, birth, and childcare. It was compiled in the Wanli 19th year of the Ming Dynasty, or the year 1591 AD. The whole book has 12 volumes. The 1st volume discusses the theory of pregnancy. The 2nd and 3rd volume is about miscarriage prevention, the 4th volume is about health care and syndromes treatment after childbirth, the 5th volume to the 10th volume discuss common pediatric diseases, with illustrations and texts, the 11th to 12th volumes discuss exanthema variolosum with many prescriptions recorded. There are more than 200 articles in the book, with detailed expositions on obstetrics and pediatric diseases, adopting the theories of various schools, many effective prescriptions are attached, with effective methods, and the author's experiences.
References:
1.Chén Wénzhì:introduction about his biography and legends,main books and academic thoughts.
✵陳文治 (Chén Wénzhì):herbalist ever lived during the Ming Dynasty. He ever learns and studies classical medical works on self-effort, and has personally treated the diseases of patients in his area, and achieved considerable results, so he gradually refined his skills, he is the author of the gynecological book Guang Si Quan Jue.
陳文治 (Chén Wénzhì), ever lived during the Ming Dynasty. His alias is 国章 (Guó Zhāng), self-titled 岳谿 (Yuè Xī), native to Xiushui (today's Jiaxing). He was assigned as Duhu of two provinces (the title of the highest administrative commanding officer in border area). He learned and studied classical medical works on self-effort, personally treated the disease of patients, achieved considerable results, so he gradually refined his skills.
