Hán Zhīhé:introduction about his biography and legends,main books and academic thoughts.
✵韓祗和 (Hán Zhīhé):famous herbalist who ever lived during the Northern Song Dynasty, studied the theory of Shang Han (the theory on exogenous febrile disease) in fine details and careful research, his applications are flexible can adapt to it or accommodate to circumstances, carried forward the theory of Zhang Zhongjing with his own innovations, author of the book 《傷寒微旨論》(Shang Han Wei Zhi Lun, or the Subtle Meanings of Shang Han).
韓祗和 (Hán Zhīhé).
Brief Introduction
漢語名 (Chinese Name):
韓祗和 (Hán Zhīhé)
Alias:
Unknown
Popular name:
韓祗和 (Hán Zhīhé)
English Name:
Han Zhihe, or Zhihe Han (Given/Family)
Hometown:
Xing Jun or Ci Jun
Dates:
not quite clear, about year 1030~1100 AD.
Main works:
《傷寒微旨論》(Shang Han Wei Zhi Lun, or the Subtle Meanings of Shang Han),year 1086 AD.
Representative works:
《傷寒微旨論》(Shang Han Wei Zhi Lun, or the Subtle Meanings of Shang Han).
Biography and legends:
韓祗和 (Hán Zhīhé), whose years of birth and passing away are unknown, was a famous herbalist who ever lived during the Northern Song Dynasty, approximately lived between year 1030 and 1100 AD. He studied the theory of Shang Han (the theory of exogenous febrile disease) in fine detail and with careful research. He praises highly the essence and key points of Zhang Zhongjing's theory; his applications are flexible; he can adapt to it or accommodate to circumstances; and he has an innovative theory on the pulse identification of Shang Han and the treatment methods of diaphoresis, purgation, and warming. Furthermore, he ever wrote the related works Shang Han Wei Zhi Lun (the Subtle Meanings of Shang Han) in 2 volumes. The book was compiled in 1086 A.D. and analyzed the theory of syndrome differentiation and medication in the book Shang Han Lun (the Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases). The original book has been lost, and now there is a compilation version of it, which was compiled from the ancient book the Yongle Canon. Most herbalists of later generations praised it. According to the medical records of Shang Han Wei Zhi Lun (the Subtle Meanings of Shang Han), Han Zhihe ever works in "two counties, Xing Jun and Ci Jun", and "two counties, Huai Jun and Wei Jun", and "Fuyang Jun", It may be inferred that the Han's family was originally from the border area of today's Hebei and Henan.
Main books and academic thoughts:
Han Zhihe's study on the exogenous febrile disease (Shang Han) is in-depth. He has studied Zhongjing's book Shang Han Lun (the Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases) for more than 30 years. He has studied the theory of Shang Han (the theory on exogenous febrile disease) in fine detail and respected the essence and key points of Zhang Zhongjing's theory. His applications are flexible, and he has an innovative theory on the pulse identification of Shang Han and the treatment methods of diaphoresis, purgation, and warming. He carried forward the theory of Zhang Zhongjing with his own innovations. In the year 1086 AD, he finished the book Shang Han Wei Zhi Lun (the Subtle Meanings of Shang Han) in 2 volumes, with more than 20,000 characters, to differentiate and analyze the theory of syndrome differentiation and medication of the book Shang Han Lun (the Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases). Han advocated cold-pungent diaphoresis (relieving the exterior syndrome with herbs pungent in flavor and cool in property), and the prescriptions mostly used herbs pungent in flavor and cool in property. This not only helped correct mistakes because herbalists customarily used warm herbs for exogenous diseases at the time, but also played an important role in laying the foundation for the science of epidemic febrile disease in traditional Chinese medicine in later generations.
The book Shang Han Wei Zhi Lun (the Subtle Meanings of Shang Han), in 2 volumes, is a book on Shang Han (the theory on exogenous febrile disease). It was compiled in the year 1086 AD, by herbalist Hán Zhīhé of the Song Dynasty. The original book did not survive till today, and the printed edition of later publications is a compilation version of the book the Yongle Canon. There are 15 chapters in the book, from the origin of Shang Han to the Lao Fu (recurrence caused by overexertion). It discusses pulse differentiation, the treatment methods of diaphoresis, purgation, and warming, medication and the treatment of certain diseases and syndromes, together with prescriptions and treatment cases attached. The prescriptions used are not limited to those from Shang Han Lun (the Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases), but mostly self-established prescriptions. The various methods of diaphoresis, purgation, and warming are determined according to the three different stages according to the solar terms, after Lichun and before Qingming, after Qingming and before Mangzhong, and after Mangzhong and before Liqiu. Han has many innovations in elucidating the academic experience of Shang Han Lun (the Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases), reflecting a certain degree of change and development, and his works were attached to importance for later generations. However, later herbalist 王履 (Wáng Lǚ) criticized Han for "using Wenshu syndrome as a treatise on the Cold-induced Diseases" in his book Yi Jing Su Hui Ji (the Trace Back Collection of Medical Classics), which should be paid attention to. The existing version of Shang Han Wei Zhi Lun (the Subtle Meanings of Shang Han) are engraved and lithographed edition of the late Qing dynasty, and the copy version is collected in the Si Ku Quan Shu, etc.
References:
1.Hán Zhīhé:introduction about his biography and legends,main books and academic thoughts.
✵韓祗和 (Hán Zhīhé):famous herbalist who ever lived during the Northern Song Dynasty, studied the theory of Shang Han (the theory on exogenous febrile disease) in fine details and careful research, his applications are flexible can adapt to it or accommodate to circumstances, carried forward the theory of Zhang Zhongjing with his own innovations, author of the book 《傷寒微旨論》(Shang Han Wei Zhi Lun, or the Subtle Meanings of Shang Han).
韓祗和 (Hán Zhīhé), whose years of birth and passing away are unknown, was a famous herbalist who ever lived during the Northern Song Dynasty, approximately lived between year 1030 and 1100 AD. He studied the theory of Shang Han (the theory of exogenous febrile disease) in fine detail and with careful research. He praises highly the essence and key points of Zhang Zhongjing's theory; his applications are flexible; he can adapt to it or accommodate to circumstances; and he has an innovative theory on the pulse identification of Shang Han and the treatment methods of diaphoresis, purgation, and warming. Furthermore, he ever wrote the related works Shang Han Wei Zhi Lun (the Subtle Meanings of Shang Han) in 2 volumes. The book was compiled in 1086 A.D. and analyzed the theory of syndrome differentiation and medication in the book Shang Han Lun (the Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases). The original book has been lost, and now there is a compilation version of it, which was compiled from the ancient book the Yongle Canon. Most herbalists of later generations praised it. According to the medical records of Shang Han Wei Zhi Lun (the Subtle Meanings of Shang Han), Han Zhihe ever works in "two counties, Xing Jun and Ci Jun", and "two counties, Huai Jun and Wei Jun", and "Fuyang Jun", It may be inferred that the Han's family was originally from the border area of today's Hebei and Henan.
