Forum and Contention
A study on the pedigree of the academic inheritance of Li Shicai
WANG Xin, JIN Qingjiang, JIN Qinglei, SUN Wei, ZHOU Yiqun, TANG Xiaolong, YIN Hao
Published 2019-01-28
Cite as Chin J Med Hist, 2019, 49(1): 55-60. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0255-7053.2019.01.010
Abstract
Li Shicai, a famous physician of Ming Dynasty had a large number of students. Shen Langzhong, who was a student of Li Shicai, was the teacher of Ma Yuanyi, and one of Ma’s student was You Zaijing. This inheritance pedigree was called "Li Shicai School" in academic communities. There were little of study on its later physicians after You Zaijing. This paper collated the medical works, genealogy, local chronicles and medical records of Li Shicai and doctors of different generations. We clarified the academic inheritance genealogy of the past four hundred years. Up to now, there have been twelve generations totally.
Key words:
Li Shicai; inheritance; pedigree study
Contributor Information
WANG Xin
The First School of Clinical Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China
Shicai School Inherited Studio, Suzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Suzhou 215101, China
JIN Qingjiang
Shicai School Inherited Studio, Suzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Suzhou 215101, China
JIN Qinglei
Shicai School Inherited Studio, Suzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Suzhou 215101, China
SUN Wei
Nephrology Department, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
ZHOU Yiqun
Shicai School Inherited Studio, Suzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Suzhou 215101, China
TANG Xiaolong
Shicai School Inherited Studio, Suzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Suzhou 215101, China
YIN Hao
Shicai School Inherited Studio, Suzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Suzhou 215101, China