Divine craftsmanship(shén shèng gōng qiǎo)

Divine craftsmanship

Shenshenggongqiao is an idiom, pronounced sh é NSH è NGG ō nqi ǎ o, which means another name for the four methods of looking, smelling, asking and cutting in traditional Chinese medicine.

source

According to the book of difficulties, Shensheng Gongqiao: "to know by looking is called" Shen ", to know by hearing is called" Sheng ", to know by asking is called" Gong ", and to know by touching is called" Qiao "

Examples

"Xingshihengyan · Taoist Li walks alone in Yunmen": "if you doubt that I have never seen the pulse, you should take medicine. I don't know that in the way of medicine, it's holy and skillful to look at, hear, ask and see. It can be seen that pulse seeing is the fourth class of doctors, not the first class. " In addition, those who cure patients with drugs are called holy, while those who cure patients with acupuncture are called skillful. For example, in Su Wen Zhi Zhen Yao Da Lun: "if I want to make the important way go, I will go with my heart beating. I'm still picking up the snow. I'm skillful and holy. Can I hear it?" Wang Bing notes: "the needle is skillful, the medicine is sacred."

usage

It can be used as subject, object and attribute.

Chinese PinYin : shén shèng gōng qiǎo