Wang Ji

Wang Ji

Wang Ji (1463-1539), the founder of Xin'an medicine, was a native of Pushu in Qimen County, Anhui Province. His family practiced medicine for generations, and his grandfather Wang Lun and father Wang Wei were both famous doctors. When Wang Ji was a young man, he frequently studied the classics and history. Later, because his mother had been ill for a long time, his father's treatment failed in many ways, so he abandoned the heart of imperial examination and learned medicine with his father. He made great efforts to study various medical classics, learned from each other's strong points, and became more proficient in medical skills. Soon he was better than others. He not only cured his mother's headache and vomiting, but also "practiced medicine for decades, and tens of thousands of people lived". He wrote more than ten medical works. Biography of Li Shizhen in Ming Dynasty said: "Zhang Yi of Wu County, Wang Ji of Qimen County, Li Keda of Qi County, and Miao Xiyong of Changshu are all excellent doctors", and he was one of the four famous medical masters in China at that time.

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Wang Ji paid attention to medical ethics and emphasized that human life and death should not be ignored. For critically ill patients, he tried his best to treat them until he forgot to eat and sleep. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty (1522-1566), the county was plagued and died one after another. Wang Ji poured out his money to buy medicine and treated it free of charge. Wang Ji lives a simple life, does not like extravagance, and does not pursue fame and wealth. He is well-known among the local people.

Wang Ji usually pays attention to collecting and sorting the previous works. For example, the book "Chui Qiu Shi Yi" was originally written by Dai Sigong in the early Ming Dynasty, but it is not easy to see later. Wang Ji "saw that it was written in Shexian county and began to record it. Chen Jue of Qimen collated it and published it"; and the book "maijue" was not widely spread. Although Zhu Sheng of Sheren had a copy, it was "regarded as a secret code, not light to show people". After hearing the news, Wang Ji "paid attention to money, not far away from hundreds of miles, and went to worship it." Door, hand record to return ". The book was published after correcting the mistakes, which made it widely spread. It can be said that Wang Ji made a lot of contributions in collecting and spreading ancient medical books.

Wang Ji studied cardiology all his life and wrote medical works. Until he was very young, he still studied it deliberately and kept on writing. His writing attitude is quite cautious, such as "selected records of febrile diseases", which was completed several decades ago, and "principles of medicine" was also completed eight years ago. In addition, there are 13 kinds of his works, which are yunqi Yilan, xusu Wenchao, acupuncture and moxibustion Wendui, maijue publishes wrong collection, deducing the teacher's idea, surgical cases, pox governance debate, materia medica huibian, Yidu and Neijing Buzhu. The most influential one is Shishan medical record. This is a collection of Chen Jue's three volumes, especially the article on Ying Wei, who put forward the fixed Peiyuan theory and laid the theoretical foundation of Xin'an medical school.

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Academically, Wang Ji was not only influenced by Jin and Yuan schools, but also did not stick to one style. The most remarkable feature of his works is that he is good at collecting the theories of various schools, and has unique opinions in elucidating the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine, which also established the position of Wang Ji's generation of famous doctors and the founder of Xin'an medicine. Because of this, after hundreds of years, in 2000, in the "outstanding historical figures of Huizhou in the Millennium", Wang Ji, as a medical master, was selected as one of Huizhou's outstanding historical figures with only 30 people.

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