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第 3 届中国科技典籍国际会议论文集, Jan 1, 2006
中國中古婦科學發展中文本知識的形成 我在本文中研究中醫史中的一部重要著作中的與婦女相關的部分的編撰，即孫 思邈的《備急千金要方》(約成於 652 年)第 2 至 4 卷。即使粗略瀏覽這些文字也 ... more 中國中古婦科學發展中文本知識的形成 我在本文中研究中醫史中的一部重要著作中的與婦女相關的部分的編撰，即孫 思邈的《備急千金要方》(約成於 652 年)第 2 至 4 卷。即使粗略瀏覽這些文字也 會看到它並不單是作者的個人創造性和醫學專門知識的產物，而更是也存在於其他 許多醫學文獻中醫方的百科全書式的彙集。在唐時期的精神氣氛中，作者明顯的意 圖是想將這基於作者廣泛的書目研究的著作作為一本綜合參考書。因而，孫思邈可 能把他自己看作僅僅是在傳播一堆很多但並無條理、缺乏組織的、常常是重要的醫 方，對它們他做了彙集、重新組織並做了簡短的解釋。這些表現了對婦女身體的複 雜的理解，這基於他的時代的理論醫學文獻如早於他的著作僅幾十年的《諸病源候 論》等中具有的宇宙論的、病原學的、治療的思想。另一方面，與婦女健康相關的 醫方的文本傳統可以一直追溯到馬王堆出土的漢代早期的醫方文獻《方書》。在中 古早期最明顯的代表是日本的手冊《醫心方》(982 年丹波康賴編)中引的片段， 但也表現在敦煌發現的幾件婦科抄本以及象王燾的《外台秘要》(約 752)等傳抄 的文字中。最後，宋代所注《千金方》明確地確定了孫作為這種對特種性別的婦科 醫方共有傳統的宗師和代表地位。由於用基於一種對婦女差異的複雜的醫學定義的 理論結構提供這種醫方文獻，《千金方》成為後世所有婦科著作的基礎。 This paper studies the formation of gynecological literature in medieval China by investigating the compilation of the women-related section of a pivotal work in the history of Chinese medicine, the second through fourth scrolls of Sun Simiao's Beiji qianjin yaofang 1 (Essential Recipes worth a Thousand Pieces of Gold for Every Emergency). Completed around 652 CE, this encyclopedic work of thirty scrolls represents what was apparently the most sophisticated level of medical theory and practice in the early Tang period. It covers over twohundred topics and contains over five-thousand entries in the form of essays and recipes, covering the topics of gynecology, pediatrics, internal medicine, skin disorders, emergency treatments, dietary therapy and macrobiotic hygiene, vessel theory and pulse diagnostics, and acupuncture and moxibustion. The depth of Sun's medical knowledge is most apparent in the theoretical essays, the conceptualization and organization of etiologies, and the complexity of the herbal 1 Abbreviated below as Qianjinfang.
Journal of Chinese Medicine, Jan 1, 2010
Asian Medicine, Jan 1, 2005
Abstract: Early and medieval Chinese medical authors produced, preserved, and transmitted medical... more Abstract: Early and medieval Chinese medical authors produced, preserved, and transmitted medical information on'nurturing the fetus' as an important aspect of literature on'nurturing life'and ensuring the continuation of the family lineage. This article demonstrates the origin ...
... Munich, Germany Sabine Wilms, PhD Sinologist, Translator, and Lecturer Ranchos de Taos New Me... more ... Munich, Germany Sabine Wilms, PhD Sinologist, Translator, and Lecturer Ranchos de Taos New Mexico, USA With contributions by Simon Becker, Young-Ju Becker, Stefan Englert, Kerstin Friol, Walter Geiger, Christian Gnoth, Dagmar Hemm, Annette Jonas, Andrea Kaffka ...
NAN N&# 252;, Jan 1, 2005
Han China, investigating medical theories and practices as reflected in the applied medical liter... more Han China, investigating medical theories and practices as reflected in the applied medical literature of "prescriptions for women." Between the Han and Song periods, this paper argues, the negative association of the female body with the vague category of pathologies "below the girdle," referring most notably to conditions of vaginal discharge, was replaced with a more positive focus on menstruation, which symbolized regular and predictable cycles of generativity and free flow. As male physicians came to recognize the female body as gendered and accepted the need for a specialized treatment of women, menstruation became the window through which they gained access to the hidden processes inside the female body. By "balancing/regulating the menses," they learned to treat and prevent such dreaded chronic conditions as infertility, susceptibility to cold, or general emaciation and weakness, all which were seen as related to the female reproductive processes. Thus, the practice of menstrual regulation ultimately served to ensure female fertility and the continuation of the family line. androgynous view of the human body was elaborated most succinctly in theoretical medical classics like the Huangdi neijing 黃帝內經 (Inner classic of the Yellow Emperor). The tight correlations and parallel functioning of human, cosmic, and political bodies in the theory of systematic correspondences from the Han dynasty on offered, in the abstractions of yin and yang, an evocative metaphor from which to interpret the difference between the sexes. Challenging the gender-neutral view of the human body in the early classics, already in the seventh century, Sun Simiao (孫思邈 581?-682) wrote in a famous collection of prescriptions that "women's disorders are ten times more difficult to treat than men's." 6 In the two main sections of this article, I will compare and contrast the early Han theoretical model of androgyny with a clinically applied discourse on what the authors saw as the lived experience of the female body as it emerged over the following centuries in a technical literature of "prescriptions for women." First, I will analyze the development of female pathology, as it is reflected in the categorizations and etiological interpretations of women's conditions. Second, I will look more closely at the origin of ideas about female Blood 7 and menstruation.
第 3 届中国科技典籍国际会议论文集, Jan 1, 2006
中國中古婦科學發展中文本知識的形成 我在本文中研究中醫史中的一部重要著作中的與婦女相關的部分的編撰，即孫 思邈的《備急千金要方》(約成於 652 年)第 2 至 4 卷。即使粗略瀏覽這些文字也 ... more 中國中古婦科學發展中文本知識的形成 我在本文中研究中醫史中的一部重要著作中的與婦女相關的部分的編撰，即孫 思邈的《備急千金要方》(約成於 652 年)第 2 至 4 卷。即使粗略瀏覽這些文字也 會看到它並不單是作者的個人創造性和醫學專門知識的產物，而更是也存在於其他 許多醫學文獻中醫方的百科全書式的彙集。在唐時期的精神氣氛中，作者明顯的意 圖是想將這基於作者廣泛的書目研究的著作作為一本綜合參考書。因而，孫思邈可 能把他自己看作僅僅是在傳播一堆很多但並無條理、缺乏組織的、常常是重要的醫 方，對它們他做了彙集、重新組織並做了簡短的解釋。這些表現了對婦女身體的複 雜的理解，這基於他的時代的理論醫學文獻如早於他的著作僅幾十年的《諸病源候 論》等中具有的宇宙論的、病原學的、治療的思想。另一方面，與婦女健康相關的 醫方的文本傳統可以一直追溯到馬王堆出土的漢代早期的醫方文獻《方書》。在中 古早期最明顯的代表是日本的手冊《醫心方》(982 年丹波康賴編)中引的片段， 但也表現在敦煌發現的幾件婦科抄本以及象王燾的《外台秘要》(約 752)等傳抄 的文字中。最後，宋代所注《千金方》明確地確定了孫作為這種對特種性別的婦科 醫方共有傳統的宗師和代表地位。由於用基於一種對婦女差異的複雜的醫學定義的 理論結構提供這種醫方文獻，《千金方》成為後世所有婦科著作的基礎。 This paper studies the formation of gynecological literature in medieval China by investigating the compilation of the women-related section of a pivotal work in the history of Chinese medicine, the second through fourth scrolls of Sun Simiao's Beiji qianjin yaofang 1 (Essential Recipes worth a Thousand Pieces of Gold for Every Emergency). Completed around 652 CE, this encyclopedic work of thirty scrolls represents what was apparently the most sophisticated level of medical theory and practice in the early Tang period. It covers over twohundred topics and contains over five-thousand entries in the form of essays and recipes, covering the topics of gynecology, pediatrics, internal medicine, skin disorders, emergency treatments, dietary therapy and macrobiotic hygiene, vessel theory and pulse diagnostics, and acupuncture and moxibustion. The depth of Sun's medical knowledge is most apparent in the theoretical essays, the conceptualization and organization of etiologies, and the complexity of the herbal 1 Abbreviated below as Qianjinfang.
Journal of Chinese Medicine, Jan 1, 2010
Asian Medicine, Jan 1, 2005
Abstract: Early and medieval Chinese medical authors produced, preserved, and transmitted medical... more Abstract: Early and medieval Chinese medical authors produced, preserved, and transmitted medical information on'nurturing the fetus' as an important aspect of literature on'nurturing life'and ensuring the continuation of the family lineage. This article demonstrates the origin ...
... Munich, Germany Sabine Wilms, PhD Sinologist, Translator, and Lecturer Ranchos de Taos New Me... more ... Munich, Germany Sabine Wilms, PhD Sinologist, Translator, and Lecturer Ranchos de Taos New Mexico, USA With contributions by Simon Becker, Young-Ju Becker, Stefan Englert, Kerstin Friol, Walter Geiger, Christian Gnoth, Dagmar Hemm, Annette Jonas, Andrea Kaffka ...
NAN N&# 252;, Jan 1, 2005
Han China, investigating medical theories and practices as reflected in the applied medical liter... more Han China, investigating medical theories and practices as reflected in the applied medical literature of "prescriptions for women." Between the Han and Song periods, this paper argues, the negative association of the female body with the vague category of pathologies "below the girdle," referring most notably to conditions of vaginal discharge, was replaced with a more positive focus on menstruation, which symbolized regular and predictable cycles of generativity and free flow. As male physicians came to recognize the female body as gendered and accepted the need for a specialized treatment of women, menstruation became the window through which they gained access to the hidden processes inside the female body. By "balancing/regulating the menses," they learned to treat and prevent such dreaded chronic conditions as infertility, susceptibility to cold, or general emaciation and weakness, all which were seen as related to the female reproductive processes. Thus, the practice of menstrual regulation ultimately served to ensure female fertility and the continuation of the family line. androgynous view of the human body was elaborated most succinctly in theoretical medical classics like the Huangdi neijing 黃帝內經 (Inner classic of the Yellow Emperor). The tight correlations and parallel functioning of human, cosmic, and political bodies in the theory of systematic correspondences from the Han dynasty on offered, in the abstractions of yin and yang, an evocative metaphor from which to interpret the difference between the sexes. Challenging the gender-neutral view of the human body in the early classics, already in the seventh century, Sun Simiao (孫思邈 581?-682) wrote in a famous collection of prescriptions that "women's disorders are ten times more difficult to treat than men's." 6 In the two main sections of this article, I will compare and contrast the early Han theoretical model of androgyny with a clinically applied discourse on what the authors saw as the lived experience of the female body as it emerged over the following centuries in a technical literature of "prescriptions for women." First, I will analyze the development of female pathology, as it is reflected in the categorizations and etiological interpretations of women's conditions. Second, I will look more closely at the origin of ideas about female Blood 7 and menstruation.