Differentiation of WANG Shuhe's Native Place——Investigation Centered on Local Chronicles
WANG Shuhe,a famous medical scientist in the Western Jin Dynasty,had no biography in the official history.According to the Treatise on Health Preservation by GAO Zhan of Northern Qi Dynasty and the Biography of Famous Physicians by GAN Bozong of Tang Dynasty,it was well known that he lived in the Wei and Jin Dynasties,and his native place was Gaoping.However,there are different opinions on the exact location of the ancient Gaoping.Although many scholars have carried out the textual research,there are still debates about Gaoping in Shandong Province or Gaoping in Shanxi Province.On the basis of previous research,this paper deeply excavated the relevant literature about WANG Shuhe's native place and life in the local Chronicles,and confirmed with conclusive evidence that WANG Shuhe's native place was Gaoping in Shandong Province instead of Gaoping in Shanxi Province.He once lived and was buried in Xiangyang of Hubei Province,and WANG Shuhe's homeland was identified as Weishan County in Shandong Province.
WANG Shuhenative placelocal chroniclestextual researchShanyang GaopingShandong ProvinceShanxi ProvinceHubei Province