Wú Yíluò:introduction about his biography and legends,main books and academic thoughts.
✵吳儀洛 (Wú Yíluò):He was born into a family of famous herbalists for generations, and his previous generations had a wealth of book collections. He practiced medicine for 40 years and was famous in the township. He is the author of Shang Han Fen Jing (the Separate Channels of the Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases).
吳儀洛 (Wú Yíluò).
Brief Introduction
漢語名 (Chinese Name):
吳儀洛 (Wú Yíluò)
Alias:
遵程 (Zūn Chéng)
Popular name:
吳儀洛 (Wú Yíluò)
English Name:
Wu Yiluo, Yiluo Wu (Given/Family).
Hometown:
Ganpu
Dates:
about 1704~1766 AD.
Main works:
《傷寒分經》(Shang Han Fen Jing),《本草從新》(Ben Cao Cong Xin),《成方切用》(Cheng Fang Qie Yong),《一源必徹》(Yi Yuan Bi Che),《四診須詳》(Si Zhen Xu Xiang),《雜癥條律》(Za Zheng Tiao Lv)、《女科宜今》(Nv Ke Yi Jin),《周易註》(Zhou Yi Zhu),《春秋傳義》(Chun Qiu Chuan Yi).
Representative works:
《傷寒分經》(Shang Han Fen Jing),《本草从新》(Ben Cao Cong Xin),《成方切用》(Cheng Fang Qie Yong).
Biography and legends:
吳儀洛 (Wú Yíluò), his alias is Zūn Chéng, a native person of Shupu, a Xiù Cai (former scholar graduate of first degree). He was born in a family of famous herbalists for generations, and his previous generations had a wealth of book collections. Many books of famous masters were collected, such as collections of poems, classical works, and history, and there were many rare medical books. They were well-known for studying and practicing medicine. He studied as a candidate for the imperial examinations at a young age, read the medical books at leisure, and later changed to study Qí Huáng (the study of Qí Bó and Huáng Dì, or traditional Chinese medicine). He ever traveled to the south and north provinces and other places, stayed in Siming (today's Ningbo) for five years, and entered the Tian Yi chamber to read medical books hardly, his learning turned out to be refined gradually. In his spare time of practicing medicine, he gathered books to read widely and refined his study of syndromes. He practiced medicine for 40 years and was famous in the township.
Main books and academic thoughts:
Wu Yiluo is the author of the books Ben Cao Cong Xin (the New Compilation of Materia Medica), Shang Han Fen Jing (the Separate Channels of the Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases), and Cheng Fang Qie Yong (the prescriptions apt to applications). He ever wrote other books, Yi Yuan Bi Che (the one source of everything), Si Zhen Xu Xiang (the details of four diagnoses), Za Zheng Tiao Lv (the principles and entries of miscellaneous diseases), Nv Ke Yi Jin (the Gynecology apt to today's conditions), Zhou Yi Zhu (the Annotations on the I Ching), Chun Qiu Chuan Yi, etc., but most of these books are scattered and lost.
Ben Cao Cong Xin (the New Compilation of Materia Medica), 18 volumes, the book was compiled by Wu Yiluo, and it was finished in the Qianlong 22nd year (1757 AD), and was published in the same year. The book recorded 721 kinds of herbs, which are 240 kinds more than herbs recorded in Ben Cao Bei Yao (the Essentials of Materia Medica). The book is composed of 6 volumes, each volume is divided into 3 volumes again, for a total of 18 volumes, more than 210 kinds of herbs were attached (including those herbs which are not listed separately). The book is a pharmacological work which was re-edited based on Wang Ang's Ben Cao Bei Yao (the Essentials of Materia Medica), nearly 300 kinds of medicinal herbs have been added. Cordyceps, Radix Pseudoginseng, etc. are firstly collected herbs in this book. At the same time, the authenticity of the herb and the same herb name, with the difference in nature, taste, function, etc., are all recorded one by one. There are quite a few new views about the medicinal properties of herbs. The classification of the book imitates the classification in Ben Cao Gang Mu (the Compendium of Materia Medica), which is more concise and practical. This book has been widely circulated in modern Chinese Materia Medica works and has a certain value for learning and clinical reference.
Cheng Fang Qie Yong (the prescriptions apt to applications), the author extensively collected effective prescriptions from past dynasties, collected more than 1,300 prescriptions from the past and the time, explained the meanings of these prescriptions, detailed additions, and subtractions, the principles of treatment, the theory of prescriptions, and the practical applications, almost all questions related to prescriptions are discussed.
Shang Han Fen Jing (the Separate Channels of the Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases), works on Shang Han Lun (the Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases), its contents are in ten-volumes, it was compiled by Wu Yiluo. The book was finished in the Qianlong 32nd year (1766 AD). Wu Yiluo praised Yu Chang's book Shang Lun Pian, he believed that Yu "subordinated the three hundred and ninety-seven methods into the outlines, it achieved the subtlety of channels separations", so the book was re-edited with the title "Fen Jing" (meaning is channels separations), gets supplemented, and annotated. The book also introduced Yu's "autumn-dryness theory", "theory of sudden death from cold direct attack," which were discussed in Yu Chang's book Yi Men Fa Lv (the Principle and Prohibition for Medical profession). In terms of academic insights, this book lacks new supplements and elaborations. The original engraved copy has survived till today.
References:
1.Wú Yíluò:introduction about his biography and legends,main books and academic thoughts.
✵吳儀洛 (Wú Yíluò):He was born into a family of famous herbalists for generations, and his previous generations had a wealth of book collections. He practiced medicine for 40 years and was famous in the township. He is the author of Shang Han Fen Jing (the Separate Channels of the Treatise on Cold-induced Diseases).
吳儀洛 (Wú Yíluò), his alias is Zūn Chéng, a native person of Shupu, a Xiù Cai (former scholar graduate of first degree). He was born in a family of famous herbalists for generations, and his previous generations had a wealth of book collections. Many books of famous masters were collected, such as collections of poems, classical works, and history, and there were many rare medical books. They were well-known for studying and practicing medicine. He studied as a candidate for the imperial examinations at a young age, read the medical books at leisure, and later changed to study Qí Huáng (the study of Qí Bó and Huáng Dì, or traditional Chinese medicine). He ever traveled to the south and north provinces and other places, stayed in Siming (today's Ningbo) for five years, and entered the Tian Yi chamber to read medical books hardly, his learning turned out to be refined gradually. In his spare time of practicing medicine, he gathered books to read widely and refined his study of syndromes. He practiced medicine for 40 years and was famous in the township.
