Stylistic Characteristics of Biographies of Medical Professionals in the Ming Dynasty
The stylistic characteristics of biographies of medical professionals in the Ming Dynasty are directly related to the purpose for which they were written.The biographies of medical profession-als aimed at preserving history follow the writing tradition of the Records of the Grand Historian,while those biographies of medical professionals presenting each other with gifts have a writing style similar to Zengxu(essays for a parting friend),showing a phenomenon of mutual infiltration of liter-ary styles.Both are full of details in writing,winning the trust of people by realism.Their deficiencies lie in the simple stacking of events and the lack of careful arrangement.The biographies of medical professionals in the Ming Dynasty basically covered medical personnel from various social classes at that time,and the description of the imperial doctors emphasized their court experience,especially the deeds of serving the monarch.The content of these biographies pays attention not only to the protago-nist's superb professional and technical level,but also to the protagonist's generous moral cultivation,which reflects the Confucian values dominated biographical thinking during that period.
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