Huang Zhongli: Biographical introduction and legendary stories, major works and academic contributions
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✵Huang Zhongli: A herbalist in the Ming Dynasty, he studied Shang Han Lun (the Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases) since childhood. He lived from the late 14th to early 15th century and is the author of the 10-volume book 《傷寒類證》(Shang Han Lei Zheng, or the Classified Syndromes of Shang Han.), which collects his studies on Shang Han Lun (the Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases).
- 黃仲理 (Huáng Zhònglǐ).
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Brief Introduction Chinese Name: 黃仲理 (Huáng Zhònglǐ) Alias: Unknown. Popular name: 黃仲理 (Huáng Zhònglǐ) English Name: Huang Zhongli, or Zhongli Huang (Given/Family) Hometown: Xiāng Xī Dates: unknown, about late of the 14th century to early of 15th century. Main works: 《傷寒類證》(Shang Han Lei Zheng, or the Classified Syndromes of Shang Han.). Representative works: Shang Han Lei Zheng (the Classified Syndromes of Shang Han.). Biographical introduction and legendary stories
Huang Zhongli, a herbalist from the Ming Dynasty. He was from Ma'anshan in Xiangxi, and little is known about his life. He lived from the late 14th to early 15th century. He studied Shang Han Lun (The Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases) from a young age.
Major works and academic contributions
In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu era (1393 AD, Hongwu is the reign title of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty), herbalist Huang Zhongli used Cheng Wuji's book Zhu Jie Shang Han Lun (The Treatise on Exogenous Febrile Diseases with Notes) as a blueprint. Combining his own studies and more than twenty years of experience, he compiled the ten-volume book Shang Han Lei Zheng (Classified Syndromes of Shang Han). The book is divided into categories, as is each volume. He classified the contents, arranging those with fine pulse methods and both discussions and prescriptions as an inner chapter; those with fine discussions, but not very fine discussions, as an external chapter; and those without syndromes or prescriptions as a miscellaneous chapter. He also referred to discussions he had heard from his masters and friends in the past. Some of these discussions reveal subtle applications of Zhongjing or things that the ancients did not say. He collected these discussions and attached them to the right part with the categorized syndromes. The book is edited in the order of syndromes with discussions and numbers with entries, and there is no repeated content. This way, scholars do not need to examine the book, and the categorization is clear at a glance. Later, it was re-edited and adapted by Lo Yangong (陸彥功Lù Yángōng) in the 12th year of the Hongzhi era (1499 CE), and the new edition was divided into twelve volumes.
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