Gōng Jūzhōng:introduction about his biography and legends,main books and academic thoughts.
✵龔居中 (Gōng Jūzhōng):ever lived during the 16th to 17th centuries, a herbalist of the Ming Dynasty. He has refined study with medical skills, good at internal, external, gynecology, and pediatrics, he is the author of the gynecological book Nv Ke Bai Xiao Quan Shu (the Efficacious Complete Book of Gynaecology).
龔居中 (Gōng Jūzhōng).
Brief Introduction
漢語名 (Chinese Name):
龔居中 (Gōng Jūzhōng)
Alias:
应圆 (Yīng Yuán)
Popular name:
龔居中 (Gōng Jūzhōng)
English Name:
Gong Juzhong, or Juzhong Gong (Given/Family)
Hometown:
Jinxi
Dates:
Unknown, during 16th~17th century.
Main works:
《痰火點雪》(Tan Huo Dian Xue),《外科活人定本》(Wai Ke Huo Ren Ding Ben),《外科百效全書》(Wai Ke Bai Xiao Quan Shu),《幼科百效全書》(You Ke Bai Xiao Quan Shu),《女科百效全書》(Nv Ke Bai Xiao Quan Shu),《小儿痘疹医镜》(Xiao Er Dou Zhen Yi Jing),《福壽丹書》(Fu Shou Dan Shu).
Representative works:
《痰火點雪》(Tan Huo Dian Xue),《外科活人定本》(Wai Ke Huo Ren Ding Ben).
Biography and legends:
龔居中 (Gōng Jūzhōng), alias 应圆 (Yīng Yuán), self-title 如虚子 (Rú Xūzǐ), native to Jinxi of Jiangxi. His date of birth and death is unknown in detail, ever lived during the 16th to 17th centuries. According to literature identification, the year of his passing away is about 1646 AD. A herbalist of the Ming Dynasty. He has refined study with medical skills, good at internal, external, gynecology, and pediatrics.
Main books and academic thoughts:
Gong Juzhong's works mainly are Tan Huo Dian Xue (Snow Flakes of Phlegm Fire) in 4 volumes, its other name is Hong Lu Dian Xue (Snow Flakes of Red Furnace), finished in the year 1630 AD, which discusses the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in details. Other books are Wai Ke Huo Ren Ding Ben, in 4 volumes, finished in the year 1630 AD, Wai Ke Bai Xiao Quan Shu(A Hundred Effectiveness Complete Book of External Medicine) in four volumes (1630 AD), You Ke Bai Xiao Quan Shu, Nv Ke Bai Xiao Quan Shu, Xiao Er Dou Zhen Yi Jing, Fu Shou Dan Shu, and so on.
The book Nv Ke Bai Xiao Quan Shu (the Efficacious Complete Book of Gynaecology) is a traditional Chinese medicine book compiled by Gong Juzhong in the Ming Dynasty, a gynecology book, 4 volumes, it was compiled in the Chongzhen 3rd year of the Ming Dynasty (1630 AD). The clinical syndromes and treatments of the gynecology department, menstruation, morbid leukorrhea, pregnancy, and childbirth are introduced in detail. This book is based on the book Jiao Zhu Fu Ren Liang Fang (collating and annotating on good prescriptions of Women's disease) as a blue book, other medical texts are supplemented and compiled too, the book Jiao Zhu Fu Ren Liang Fang is a collating and annotating version by Xue Ji about a previous book Fu Ren Da Quan Liang Fang, which was compiled by Chen Ziming, a herbalist of the Song Dynasty. The other parts of the compilation are extracted from other books including Qian Jin Yao Fang (the Invaluable Prescriptions), Yin Chan Quan Shu, Nv Ke Zheng Zhi Zhun Shen (the Standards of Diagnosis and Treatment about Gynecology), Yi Xue Zheng Chuan, Pu Ji Fang (the Prescriptions for Universal Relief), etc. It is composed of 4 volumes and the content is classified into 6 categories: diseases, menstruation regulation, heir seeking, fetal symptom, antenatal, and childbirth.
References:
1.Gōng Jūzhōng:introduction about his biography and legends,main books and academic thoughts.
✵龔居中 (Gōng Jūzhōng):ever lived during the 16th to 17th centuries, a herbalist of the Ming Dynasty. He has refined study with medical skills, good at internal, external, gynecology, and pediatrics, he is the author of the gynecological book Nv Ke Bai Xiao Quan Shu (the Efficacious Complete Book of Gynaecology).
龔居中 (Gōng Jūzhōng), alias 应圆 (Yīng Yuán), self-title 如虚子 (Rú Xūzǐ), native to Jinxi of Jiangxi. His date of birth and death is unknown in detail, ever lived during the 16th to 17th centuries. According to literature identification, the year of his passing away is about 1646 AD. A herbalist of the Ming Dynasty. He has refined study with medical skills, good at internal, external, gynecology, and pediatrics.
