Data Research and Utilization
Bibliometrics analysis of the General Catalogue of Traditional Chinese Medicine Ancient Books
Lin Tong, Hongtao Li, Huamin Zhang
Published 2019-03-30
Cite as Int J Trad Chin Med, 2019, 41(3): 289-293. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4246.2019.03.017
Abstract
ObjectiveTo observe the development of Traditional Chinese Medicine health maintenance books in the past.
MethodBased on the General Catalogue of Traditional Chinese Medicine Ancient Books, the author did a bibliometrics analysis from the year of the ancient literature of the TCM health preservation, the year and type of the version, the distribution of the second class of the health maintenance, the unique books of ancient books in health maintenance, the collection in the series and Collected Taoist Scriptures and other issues.
ResultsOf the 551 kinds of works of health maintenance embodied in the General Catalogue of Traditional Chinese Medicine Ancient Books, 404 kinds were completed before 1911, including 3 in the Han Dynasty, 1 in the Three Kingdoms Period, 2 in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, 1 in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and 23 in the Tang Dynasty, 16 in the Song Dynasty, 20 in the Yuan Dynasty, 155 in the Ming Dynasty, and 183 kinds in the Qing Dynasty. The distribution of edition year was 1 in the Yuan Dynasty, 155 in the Ming Dynasty, 182 in the Qing Dynasty, 155 in the Republic of China, and 47 unknown. The versions were mainly wood-block edition, lithograph, stereotype edition, manuscript, and copied manuscript. There were different types of second class, including 309 kinds of general theory of health-maintenance, 157 kinds of Daoyin and Qigong, and 85 kinds of alchemy. There were 224 kinds of unique books, accounting for 40.65% of the total amount of 551 kinds of books of traditional Chinese medicine, among which 95 kinds were included in the series, and 109 kinds were included in Collected Taoist Scriptures, Quotes of Taoist Canon, Taoist Essence, and Taoist Collection.
ConclusionsThe Health monographs reflect the development of TCM health maintenance level, the ideological culture, and social changes in different historical periods, which is of great value in the history of TCM health maintenance.
Key words:
Medicine pharmacologic literature (TCM); Incunabula as topic (TCMP); Works of health maintenance; General Catalogue of Traditional Chinese Medicine Ancient Books; Academic development; Bibliometrics
Contributor Information
Lin Tong
Doctoral Student of 2015, Institute of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
Hongtao Li
Ancient Book Resource Research Department, Institute of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
Huamin Zhang
Institute of Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
