Introduction of Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang:the Invaluable Prescriptions for Emergencies.
✵Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang (The Invaluable Prescriptions for Emergencies), or Qian Jin Yao Fang (The Invaluable Prescriptions) was compiled by the herbalist Sūn Sīmiǎo at the end of the 7th century. It is a 30-volume book containing a general introduction and prescriptions from various branches, diet, pulse-taking, and acupuncture. It was known as the first famous encyclopedia in China.
Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang (The Invaluable Prescriptions for Emergencies)
Brief Introduction
Chinese Name:
《备急千金要方》(Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang)
English Name:
the Invaluable Prescriptions for Emergencies
Author(or Authors):
☯孫思邈(Sūn Sīmiǎo)
Edition age:
about year 652 A.D.
Introduction of Shang Han Za Bing Lun.
The book Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang (The Invaluable Prescriptions for Emergencies), or Qian Jin Yao Fang (The Invaluable Prescriptions), abbreviated as Qian Jin Fang, is a 30-volume encyclopedia of medicine compiled by the herbalist Sun Simiao at the end of the 7th century. It contains a general introduction, prescriptions of various branches, diet, pulse-taking, acupuncture, and more. It is known as the first famous clinical medicine encyclopedia in China.
The well-known work Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang (The Invaluable Prescriptions for Emergencies) summarized the achievements of the period after the Six Dynasties (the Northern and Southern dynasties) and the Tang Dynasty. Rich in content, it was a well-known, classical herbal literature with coordinated properties in the history of China, and has a significant influence on later generations.
The well-known book Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang, or The Invaluable Prescriptions for Emergencies, was edited by the herbalist Sun Simiao and finally finished around the year 652 A.D. The author wrote, "I feel the pain of those with short lives, early deaths, and falling in difficult situations. I pity the stupid and muddlehead of those degraded in knowledge." Thus, he "collected widely from well-known works, compiled them, and deleted the multifarious, and made the work easy and simple." He believed that "human life is most important, expensive than a thousand pieces of gold, and a recipe to help, morality over than it." Thus, the book was named Qian Jin (a thousand pieces of gold). It contains rich literature from the Han dynasty, Wei dynasty, Jin dynasty, and the Six Dynasties, as well as the Sui and Tang dynasties. The literature is classified into different categories and listed in a reasonable order. With his supplements and theories, the book is rich in contents and a representative classical work of the Tang Dynasty. It had far-reaching and in-depth influences on later developments.
The currently available carving copies or block-printed editions of Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang (The Invaluable Prescriptions for Emergencies), are known to include the revised Northern Song Dynasty edition, the block-printed Song Dynasty edition, the transcript or hand-copied book of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and the edition collected in the Tao Tsang (Taoist Scriptures), etc.
References:
1.Introduction of Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang:the Invaluable Prescriptions for Emergencies.
2.Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang: The Invaluable Prescriptions for Emergencies, by Sun Simiao.
✵Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang (The Invaluable Prescriptions for Emergencies), or Qian Jin Yao Fang (The Invaluable Prescriptions) was compiled by the herbalist Sūn Sīmiǎo at the end of the 7th century. It is a 30-volume book containing a general introduction and prescriptions from various branches, diet, pulse-taking, and acupuncture. It was known as the first famous encyclopedia in China.
The book Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang (The Invaluable Prescriptions for Emergencies), or Qian Jin Yao Fang (The Invaluable Prescriptions), abbreviated as Qian Jin Fang, is a 30-volume encyclopedia of medicine compiled by the herbalist Sun Simiao at the end of the 7th century. It contains a general introduction, prescriptions of various branches, diet, pulse-taking, acupuncture, and more. It is known as the first famous clinical medicine encyclopedia in China.
The well-known book Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang, or The Invaluable Prescriptions for Emergencies, was edited by the herbalist Sun Simiao and finally finished around the year 652 A.D. The author wrote, "I feel the pain of those with short lives, early deaths, and falling in difficult situations. I pity the stupid and muddlehead of those degraded in knowledge." Thus, he "collected widely from well-known works, compiled them, and deleted the multifarious, and made the work easy and simple." He believed that "human life is most important, expensive than a thousand pieces of gold, and a recipe to help, morality over than it." Thus, the book was named Qian Jin (a thousand pieces of gold). It contains rich literature from the Han dynasty, Wei dynasty, Jin dynasty, and the Six Dynasties, as well as the Sui and Tang dynasties. The literature is classified into different categories and listed in a reasonable order. With his supplements and theories, the book is rich in contents and a representative classical work of the Tang Dynasty. It had far-reaching and in-depth influences on later developments.
