Fu Shan

Fu Shan (1607–1684), courtesy name Qingzhu, was a native of Yangqu, Shanxi, and a prominent thinker, calligrapher, physician, and man of letters of the late Ming and early Qing. He was well versed in classical and historical studies, the various philosophical schools, Buddhism and Daoism, calligraphy and painting, epigraphy, and medicine. His calligraphy was honored by contemporaries as the finest of the early Qing, and he was ranked with Gu Yanwu and others as one of the "Six Great Masters of the Early Qing." In medicine, Fu Shan was especially known for diagnosing and treating gynecological and andrological disorders. The works by him in this collection include Fu Qingzhu's Gynecology, Versified Summary of Fu Qingzhu's Gynecology, and A Reedited and Annotated Edition of Fu Qingzhu's Andrology. These works mainly discuss pattern identification and formulas for women's and men's conditions, with versified summaries to aid memorization, reflecting a style that values both medical theory and literary expression and exerting a lasting influence on later Chinese medical practice and textual scholarship. His Shuanghongkan Collection also survives, showing his accomplishments in both poetry and scholarship.