Original Article
The sources of the attached drawings to Tanksuqnameh
Yang Shuting, Gu Man
Published 2022-01-28
Cite as Chin J Med Hist, 2022, 52(1): 12-20. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20211223-00151
Abstract
Tanksuqnameh (Yi Li Han) as the earliest Persian transcription of traditional Chinese medicine for the west, has great value in the history of Sino-Iranian medical cultural exchanges. The eleven drawings attached to Tanksuqnameh concerning meridians and pulse diagnosis were compared to relative paintings attached to some ancient Chinese medical books. It was found that eight of the drawings attached to Tanksuqnameh came from the paintings attached to The Zhuan Tu Ju Jie of the Yellow Emperor Eighty-One Nan Jing by Li Jiong. The sources of the three paintings have not been identified. However, based on the comparison between the three paintings attached to Tanksuqnameh and the paintings in the medical books in the Ming Dynasty in terms of outlines, names and the content, they might come from the same medical book as a reference.
Key words:
Tanksuqnameh; Wang Shuhe sphygmology; Sino-Iranian medical cultural exchange
Contributor Information
Yang Shuting
Institute for History of Medicine and Medical Literature,China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700,China
Gu Man
Institute for History of Medicine and Medical Literature,China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700,China