Medical Sages · Great Physicians Dialogue with the great physicians of antiquity about the classics.
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Yellow Emperor Cultural Ancestor · Ancient Times
According to legend, the earliest cultural ancestor of the Chinese nation. The work attributed to him, *Huangdi Neijing* (Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic), is the foremost classic of Chinese medicine: it established the basic theories of yin-yang and the five phases, the viscera and meridians, and the causes and mechanisms of disease, and is the foundational work of Chinese medical theory.
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Bian Que Divine Physician · Spring and Autumn and Warring States
A celebrated physician of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, traditionally credited with first establishing the four combined diagnostic methods of observation, listening, inquiry and pulse-taking, and revered by later generations as the Divine Physician. The Classic of Difficult Issues handed down under his name is a foundational text of Chinese medicine that expounds pulse theory and the meridians.
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Hua Tuo Master Surgeon · Eastern Han
A physician of the late Eastern Han dynasty, skilled in surgery and acupuncture; traditionally credited with creating the Mafeisan anesthetic for surgical operations and the Five Animal Frolics guided exercise for health cultivation, exerting a profound influence on later health preservation culture.
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Zhang Zhongjing Medical Sage · Eastern Han Dynasty
A famous physician of the late Eastern Han dynasty, honored as the Sage of Medicine. He wrote Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases, establishing the six-channel pattern identification and treatment system, a foundational work of Chinese medicine.
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Sun Simiao King of Medicine · Tang Dynasty
A renowned physician and pharmacologist of the Tang Dynasty, honored as the King of Medicine. He wrote the Qian Jin Yao Fang and the Qian Jin Yi Fang, which synthesized medical knowledge from before the Tang and was the first to advocate the medical ethic of the Great Physician's Sincerity, leaving a profound influence on later generations.
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Li Shizhen Sage of Medicine · Ming Dynasty
A celebrated Ming-dynasty physician and pharmacologist honored as the Sage of Materia Medica; his fifty-two-volume Compendium of Materia Medica records 1,892 medicines with 11,096 appended prescriptions, a culminating masterpiece of ancient Chinese materia medica.
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Wang Qingren Corrections of Errors in Medical Circles · Qing Dynasty
A Qing dynasty physician and author of Corrections of Errors in the Forest of Medicine, who personally dissected corpses to correct mistaken records of the internal organs in ancient medical texts and devised formulas for invigorating blood and dispelling stasis, leaving a deep influence on the later development of Chinese medicine.
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Ni Haixia Master of Classical Formulas · Modern
A renowned contemporary practitioner of classical Chinese medicine formulas who transmitted the classics of Chinese medicine through his Ren Ji lecture series, giving equal weight to acupuncture and classical formulas and exerting a far-reaching academic influence. This virtual character is reconstructed from his publicly available academic materials and classical Chinese medical texts.
