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Preface for the Shang-han Lun {Compilers:} Prince’s Right Helper Gao Bao-heng
Secretary
Rice
Field
Not-regular
Officer
Sun
Qia Secretary Head of Section Lin Yi, et al Shinjiro's Notes are marked in red numbers and listed at the end.
The
Shang-han
Lun
is
the
book
which
recorded
the
thoughts
of
a
great
saint
and
no
one
has
imitated
its
kind.
Therefore,
Huang
Fu-bi1
wrote
in
his
preface
of
the
Zhen-jiu
Jia-yi
Jing2,
“Yi
Yin3
edited
the
Sheng-nong
Ben-cao
Jing4
with
his
gifted
talent
as
a
saint,
and
created
decoctions.
Zhang
Zhong-jing
of
the
Han
Dynasty
widely
discussed
decoctions
and
wrote
more
than
ten
volumes
of
books,
which
proved
these
books’
vast
effectiveness.
In
recent
years,
the
Chief
Doctor
of
the
West
Jin
Dynasty
court,
Wan
Shu-he5,
edited
Zhong-jing’s
posthumous
manuscripts
in
great
detail.
Everyone
should
use
this
edition.”
This
means,
we
could
say
that
Zhong-jing’s
method
originates
in
Yi
Yin’s
methods,
and
Yi
Yin’s
method
originates
in
Sheng-nong’s
classic.
They
all
wrote
about
the
thoughts
of
the
great
saints.
Zhang
Zhong-jing
was
not
recorded
in
the
Han
Dynasty
Book6.
In
the
Ming-yi
Lu7,
it
is
written;"Born
in
Nan-yang.
His
name
was
Ji.
Zhong-jing
was
his
pseudonym.
Passed
the
Xiao
Lian
examination8
and
worked
as
a
bureaucrat.
Became
a
governor
of
Zhang-sha9.
First
he
learned
medicine
from
Zhang
Bo-zu
of
his
birthplace.
His
contemporaries
said
that
he
surpassed
his
master,
being
delicate
in
the
usage
of
his
knowledge.
When
he
discussed,
his
words
were
in
detail
and
meaningful.
His
methods
were
simple
and
clear,
and
the
person
of
shallow
learning
could
never
reach
his
level."
More
than
eight
hundred
years
have
passed
since
Zhong-jing
lived,
and
only
Wan
Shu-he
could
master
the
Shang-han
Lun
well.
Ge
Hong10,
Tao
Jing11,
Hu
Qia12,
Xu
Zhi-cai13,
Sun
Si-miao14
and
others,
all
knowledgeable
people,
existed
in
these
years.
Each
of
them
was
an
excellent
academician
and
they
did
not
pay
attention
to
Zhong-jing’s
works.
In
the
Kai-bao
era15,
District
Chief
Gao
Ji-chong
once
presented
his
edition
of
the
Shang-han
Lun
to
the
Emperor,
but
the
context
was
mixed
in
confusion,
and
no
one
has
corrected
it
yet.
Even
though
successive
generations
kept
it
in
the
library,
no
one
had
a
chance
of
comparing
it
for
correction.
Hence,
no
one
on
earth
knows
the
Shang-han
Lun’s
treatment
process.
Our
nation
ordered
the
Confucian
vassals
to
proofread
medical
classics,
and
Subject
Qia16
was,
accordingly,
ordered
to
choose
a
book
to
correct.
I
thought
the
illness,
which
needs
the
most
emergent
attention
in
a
hundred
illnesses,
is
the
Shang-han (Harmful
Cold).
Thus,
for
the
time
being,
we
proofread
the
Shang-han
Lun,
ten
volumes
with
twenty-two
chapters,
including
397
patterns
and
diagnoses.
We
omitted
any
overlapping
and
decided
that
it
contains
one
hundred
twelve
formulas.
Please
spread
this
version
now.
Respectfully
presented
by
Prince’s
Right
Helper
Gao
Bao-heng17
Secretary
Rice
Field
Not-regular
Officer
Sun
Qia
Secretary
Head
of
Section
Lin
Yi,
et
al18 Shinjiro's Notes: 1: Huang Fu-bi: or Pu-mi: 214-282: the Wei-Jing Dynasty: Compiled the Zhen-jiu Jia-yi Jing. 2: Zhen-jiu Jia-yi Jing: A and B Classic of Acupuncture and Moxibustion. 3: Yi Yin: A legendary cook and prime minister of King Tang in the Shang Dynasty (-1111 BC). 4: Sheng-nong Ben-cao Jing: Sheng-nong’s Materia Medica. Shen-nong (God-farmer) is a legendary figure, who invented agriculture and medicine. In Japan he is called Shinno and is worshipped as a medical god. 5: Wan Shu-he: The third century: The president of the Imperial Academy of Medicine in the Jing Dynasty (265-316 AD): Compiled the Mai Jing (Pulse Classic), and the Shang-han Lun. 6: Han Dynasty Book: Han Shu: The official records of the Han Dynasty (82 AD?). 7: Ming-yi Lu: Ming-yi Bie-lu: The Separate Records by the Famous Physicians: The end of the Han Dynasty: Lost: Some think Tao Hong-jing compiled it. 8: Xiao Lian examination: A special appointment system of the bureaucrats in the Han Dynasty. 9: Zhang-sha: The capital of the Hu-nan province: Sometimes it means Zhong-jing. 10: Ge Hong: 281-341: A Taoist physician: Wrote the Bao-pu-zi, and Zhou Hou Bei Ji Fang (Handbook of Prescriptions for Emergencies). 11: Tao Jing: Tao Hong-jing: 456-536: Kept a part of the Sheng-nong Ben-cao Jing and the Ming-yi Lu in his Ben-cao Jing Ji-zhu (Variorum of Materia Medica). 12: Hu Qia: Physician of the North Qi Dynasty (550-577): Edited the Bai Bing Fang (Hundred Disease Prescriptions). 13: Xu Zhi-cai: 492-572: Physician of the North Qi Dynasty: Compiled the Yao Dui (Pharmacy and Compatibility). 14: Sun Si-miao: 581-682: Physician in the Tang Dynasty: Wrote Qian-jin Yao-fang (Thousand Gold Important Prescriptions). 15: The Kai-bao era: 968-976: 16: Subject Qia: Secretary Rice Field Not-regular Officer Sun Qia: A low class member of the Bureau of Medical Books: 17: Gao Bao-heng: A court academician in the Imperial College from 1068-1086 in the North Song Dynasty: A high class member of the Bureau of Medical Books: Compiled the Huang-di Nei-jing (Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic), the Mai Jing, the Nan-jing (Difficult Classic), the Shang-han Lun,the Jin-gui Yao-lue (Golden Cabinet Important Synopsis), and others. 18: Lin Yi, et al: Physician of the North Song Dynasty. Emperor Ren Zhong appointed him as a member of the Bureau of Medical Books. See the State Superintendents of Children (Bureau of Education) to find other members’ names.
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