Sun Simiao

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Sun Simiao ( Chinese  孫思邈 , Pinyin Sūn Sīmiǎo also: Sun Si-Miao, Sun Si Miao and Sun Ssu-Miao ; * 581 ; † 682 ) was born in County Yao (nowadays the city of Tongchuan ), the Chinese province of Shanxi . During his lifetime he was a famous doctor and religious scholar (era of the Tang Dynasty ), whose works have been handed down to this day and are reprinted.

It is described that at the age of seven he was able to memorize texts with thousands of words every day; later he studied Buddhism , Confucianism and partly also Daoism . According to tradition, he should not have interrupted his studies of medicine and religion despite several offers of a high position at the imperial court. His competence and his medical work with the common people earned him the nickname "King of Medicine" ( 药王 , Yàowáng ). His openness in dealing with other cultures set him apart from the Chinese doctors of that time; study visits to Korea , Japan and India have been handed down. Its 13 points for the treatment of mental illnesses are still used today.

Works

  • Qiān Jīn Yāo Fāng Chinese 千金 要 方 (“Prescriptions that are worth a thousand gold pieces”) - 652 AD. In this work with 30 chapters, he probably also dealt with the sexuality of his time
    • and Qiān Jīn Yì Fāng Chinese 千金 翼 方 (“More recipes worth a thousand times gold”), a 30-chapter supplement to the previous “essential recipes”.
  • Also Yin Hǎi Jing Wei Chinese 银海精微 (dt. Essential subtleties on the silver sea) - is attributed to him. A comprehensive work on the ophthalmology of this time in China, including a medical history part that goes back to the 2nd millennium BC. The book has now been fully translated into English.
  • Yang Zhen Zhong Fang (Eng. Maintaining and building methods of cohabitation)
  • Tai Qing Dan Jing Jao ​​Jue (German: important knowledge about the classic of the great truth)
  • Lao Zi Zhu (German remarks on Lao Zi)

Even in later years, other authors published under his name in the hope that it would gain greater acceptance for their work.

Medical innovations

Sun Si Miao catheterized with the stem of a shallot (Allium ascalonium)

literature

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  1. ↑ a b Inconsistent sources in the English-language literature- 1) Subhuti Dharmananda: Sun Si-Miao. Portland, Oregon 2001, OCLC 256168050 , last accessed March 20, 2008 and 2) Cheng-Tsai Liu, Liu Zheng-cai, Ka Hua: A Study of Daoist Acupuncture & Moxibustion. 1999, ISBN 1-891845-08-X , pp. 20-21.
  2. ↑ a b c d Cheng-Tsai Liu, Liu Zheng-cai, Ka Hua: A Study of Daoist Acupuncture & Moxibustion. 1999, ISBN 1-891845-08-X , pp. 20-21.
  3. ^ R. Dale, Y. Cheng: Sun Si-Miao's Ode to 13 Ghost Acupoints for the Treatment of Mental Disorders. In: American Journal of Acupuncture. Vol. 20, No. 3, 1992, pp. 267-268.
  4. ↑ TAOISM AND SEX. Publication by the Humboldt University of Berlin, last viewed on March 20, 2008.
  5. ↑ Jürgen Kovacs, Paul U. Innschuld : Essential Subtleties on the Silver Sea: The Yin-hai jing-wei: A Chinese Classic on Ophthalmology. In: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Volume 63, No. 1. University of London, 2000, pp. 141-143; last accessed on March 19, 2008.
  6. ↑ Essential Subtleties on the Silver Sea. 1998, ISBN 0-520-08058-0 , last accessed on March 19, 2008.
  7. ↑ Wang Zhenguo, Chen Ping, Hsieh Pʻei-pʻing: History and Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 1999, ISBN 7-03-006567-0 , p. 118.
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Sun is the family name here, Simiao is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Sun, Simiao
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 孫思邈 (traditional Chinese); Sūn, Sīmiǎo (pinyin); Sun, Si-Miao; Sun, Si Miao; Sun, Ssu-Miao
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese doctor and religious scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 581
DATE OF DEATH 682