Edition,Supplement and Academic Contribution of the Ming Dynasty's Gu Jin Yi Jian
Gu Jin Yi Jian,eight volumes,which was edited by Gong Xin in the Ming dynasty and then finished by his son Gong Tingxian in the fourth year of the Ming dynasty Wanli(1576).And it was engraved by Zhou Yuexiao's Wan Juan Lou engraving house in the fifth year of the Wanli(1577).Then Zhou Tinghuai re-printed,eight volumes,renamed it Xin kan Gu Jin Yi Jian.Zhou Sida also asked Wang Kentang to proofread Gu Jin Yi Jian,and reprinted it use the first edition and named it Chong ke Gu Jin Yi Jian,which is also eight volumes.This edition shows the traces of the revision made by Wang Kentang that engraving time is after the first block-printed edition and the Zhou Tinghuai edition,before the sixteen-volume edition of Wang Kentang.Then Wang Kentang revised the Gu Jin Yi Jian comprehensivly and reprinted it into 16 volumes.In the 17th year of the Ming dynasty(1589),Ye Huasheng engraved it,and named it Gu Jin Yi Jian revised and supplemented by Mr.Wang Yutai.There's more,the"Gu Su Wen Tai Shen Gong version"was use the original block-printed and on the basis of the movable-type,It is engraved on the date of the Genwa period of Japanese Emperor(1615-1624).This book expounded more than 100 kinds of diseases and syndromes in various clinical departments,and collected the theories of various ancient and modern schools.It completely saved the effective prescriptions creatived by the father and son and other some come from the government and folk prescription.The book innovatived many ways and made important academic contributions.
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