Xíng Shì:introduction about her biography and legends.
✵邢氏 (Xíng Shì):a famous physician who ever lived during the Shao Xi years of the South Song Dynasty. Her family name is 邢氏 (Xíng Shì), while her given name was unknown, so she was called 邢氏 (Xíng Shì). She is good at taking pulses and predicting disease development.
邢氏 (Xíng Shì).
Brief Introduction
漢語名 (Chinese Name):
邢氏 (Xíng Shì)
Alias:
Unknown.
Popular name:
邢氏 (Xíng Shì)
English Name:
Xing Shi, or Lady Xing.
Hometown:
Unknown.
Dates:
Unknown,during Shaoxi years of South Song, or late of the 12th century.
Main works:
Unknown.
Representative works:
Unknown.
Biography and legends:
邢氏 (Xíng Shì), a famous physician who ever lived during the Shao Xi years of the South Song Dynasty. Her family name is Xíng Shì, while her given name was unknown, so she was called Xíng Shì. There are not many records about her life and years, some of her stories were recorded in an ancient note works known as Qi Dong Ye Yu.
In the ancient note works Qi Dong Ye Yu by its author Zhōu Mì, there is a record of a lady herbalist Xíng Shì who has superb medical skills. She ever lived during the Shaoxi period of the Southern Song Dynasty (Shaoxi is the reign title of Song Guangzong emperor, about the year 1190~1194 AD), so she might have lived during the late 12th century to early 13th century. At that time, the cabinet official Han Pingyuan was ready for a trip and invited her to check his pulse to see if his physical condition could successfully support him to complete the trip. After Xing's pulse diagnosis, she concluded that there was no major problem with his physical condition, but his wife's health condition needed to be worried. As predicted by Xíng Shì, Han's wife passed away a few months later.
At that time, there was also a prime minister named Zhu Shengfei. His daughter-in-law was ill, so he invited Xíng Shì to come for treatment. Xíng Shì gave her a diagnosis and checked; she said it was a minor illness and would recover without taking any herbs, but she couldn't get pregnant, and she would die if she became pregnant. The whole family of Zhu didn't believe in it, thinking that Xing's suggestion was some alarmist talk, and was entirely groundless. But what happened later was the same, as herbalist Xing said, the daughter-in-law also died shortly after she became pregnant. The author Zhōu Mì commented on herbalist Xíng Shì and stated that: "I said that there are many famous herbalists since ancient times until today. While no one knows that his wife will pass away by checking her husband's pulse, knows she will pass away if she becomes pregnant. Oh, how miraculous!"
Main books and academic thoughts:
Herbalist Xíng Shì did not leave any book, which is still knowable till today.
References:
1.Xíng Shì:introduction about her biography and legends.
✵邢氏 (Xíng Shì):a famous physician who ever lived during the Shao Xi years of the South Song Dynasty. Her family name is 邢氏 (Xíng Shì), while her given name was unknown, so she was called 邢氏 (Xíng Shì). She is good at taking pulses and predicting disease development.
邢氏 (Xíng Shì), a famous physician who ever lived during the Shao Xi years of the South Song Dynasty. Her family name is Xíng Shì, while her given name was unknown, so she was called Xíng Shì. There are not many records about her life and years, some of her stories were recorded in an ancient note works known as Qi Dong Ye Yu.
