Chéng Zhī:introduction about his biography and legends,main books and academic thoughts.
✵程知 (Chéng Zhī):a famous herbalist in the Qing dynasty, the years of his birth and death are unknown. He is the author of 《醫經理解》(Yi Jing Li Jie, or the Medicine Classics and Understandings). Cheng's main academic view is to advocate the theory that the pericardium channel is the life gate.
程知 (Chéng Zhī).
Brief Introduction
漢語名 (Chinese Name):
程知 (Chéng Zhī)
Alias:
扶生 (Fú Shēng)
Popular name:
程知 (Chéng Zhī)
English Name:
Cheng Zhi, or Zhi Cheng (Given/Family).
Hometown:
Hai Yang
Dates:
Unknown,about early to middle of 17th century.
Main works:
《醫經理解》(Yi Jing Li Jie).
Representative works:
《醫經理解》(Yi Jing Li Jie).
Biography and legends:
程知 (Chéng Zhī), whose alias is 扶生(Fú Shēng), was born in Haiyang (today's Chaozhou, Guangdong). He was a famous herbalist in the Qing dynasty. The years of his birth and death are unknown. He is the author of Yi Jing Li Jie (The Medicine Classics and Understandings). Cheng's main academic view is to advocate the theory of the life gate.
Main books and academic thoughts:
The book Yi Jing Li Jie (the Medicine Classics and Understandings) is a traditional Chinese medicine work written by Chéng Zhī of the Qing dynasty. It was compiled and finished till the Shunzhi 10th year (1653 AD). The book integrates the author’s study of the ancient works Nei Jing (the Inner Canon) and lists them into nine categories: Zang Fu Bian (the differentiation explanation of Zang and Fu viscera), Jing Luo Jie (the Explanation of the Meridians and Channels), Xue Ming Ju (the Explanation of the Acupoints), Gu Bu Jie (the Explanation of the Bone department), Mai Xiang Jie (the Explanation of the Pulse manifestations), Mai Li Jie (the Explanation of the Pulse theory), Wang Se Jie (the Explanation of Color and Complexion Inspection), Bing Ming Jie (the Explanation of disease names), Yao Ming Jie (the Explanation of the medicine names). There are eleven illustrations at the beginning part of the book, mainly about the Zang and Fu-viscera, the Triple Energizer, the life gate, the pericardium channel, etc. It gave a detailed discussion of the pulse conditions recorded in the book Nei Jing (the Inner Canon), including the strange pulse, the critical pulse condition (critical pulse manifestation), the pulse of eight extra-channels, the pulse of Yun Qi, the feminine pulse, and the pediatric pulse, analyzing them one by one. Among them, Bing Ming Jie (the Explanation of disease names) discusses the 27 diseases and syndromes which were recorded in the ancient works Nei Jing (the Inner Canon), all of which are discussed with the cause and etiology, etc. in detail; Yao Ming Jie (the Explanation of the medicine names) classified the herbs which were recorded in Nei Jing (the Inner Canon) into nine departments: jade and stone, grass, wood, animals, insects and fish, fruit, rice and grains, vegetables, etc., which are divided into three categories: the top grade, the middle grade, and the low grade. The book is characterized by interpreting scriptures combined with medical theory.
Cheng's main academic view is to advocate his theory of the life gate. His theory of the life gate was recorded in the book Yi Jing Li Jie (The Medicine Classics and Understandings).
References:
1.Chéng Zhī:introduction about his biography and legends,main books and academic thoughts.
✵程知 (Chéng Zhī):a famous herbalist in the Qing dynasty, the years of his birth and death are unknown. He is the author of 《醫經理解》(Yi Jing Li Jie, or the Medicine Classics and Understandings). Cheng's main academic view is to advocate the theory that the pericardium channel is the life gate.
程知 (Chéng Zhī), whose alias is 扶生(Fú Shēng), was born in Haiyang (today's Chaozhou, Guangdong). He was a famous herbalist in the Qing dynasty. The years of his birth and death are unknown. He is the author of Yi Jing Li Jie (The Medicine Classics and Understandings). Cheng's main academic view is to advocate the theory of the life gate.
