[Objective]To excavate the medical affairs in the letters of ZHAO Mengfu,an artist in the Song and Yuan Dynasties.[Methods]Based on the method of historical literature research and text analysis,this paper sorts the letters according to the chronological order by referring to the existing documents,summarizes the contents of traditional Chinese medicine and analyzes the corresponding causes,prescriptions and curative effects of ZHAO Mengfu's different diseases,as well as the social medical treatment at that time.Through the interpersonal and personal exchanges between ZHAO Mengfu and his relatives and friends recorded in the letters,this paper explores the literates and rulers'views on medicine in the Song and Yuan dynasties.[Results]ZHAO Mengfu had many illnesses during his life,and he had excellent medical quality.He could not only diagnose and prescribe prescriptions by himself according to the symptoms of the disease,but also give medication suggestions to his relatives and friends.In addition,he exchanged prescriptions with his relatives and friends,and gave each other healthy medicine and food.It proved that the people of Song and Yuan Dynasties would prevent and treat diseases through food therapy,and it showed the social custom of the Confucian scholarian-bureaucrats in practicing medicine and the political attitude of the rulers to pay attention to medicine.[Conclusion]ZHAO Mengfu's letters,as real historical materials,provide new insights into the study of traditional Chinese medicine culture.
ZHAO Mengfutraditional Chinese medicine culturescholar-physician of traditional Chinese medicinecorrespondencescholar-officialdiet therapy and health preservation
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