Public information about Liu Mingwu is limited; only one Chinese-language work by this author is known, namely The Sun and Chinese Medicine. Classified under medicine, the book appears to connect the sun as a celestial body with traditional Chinese medical theory and to explore the relationship between the two from a rather distinctive angle. It deals with the links between Chinese medicine and nature, astronomy and calendrical systems, and thus falls at the intersection of Chinese medical culture and traditional Chinese scientific thought. Since the author's biography, nationality, education and research focus cannot be verified, this introduction makes no conjectures; based solely on the known work, Liu Mingwu interprets Chinese medicine through the lens of the sun, writing in a style that combines popular science with cultural explanation, and the book may serve readers interested in the sources of Chinese medical theory and its relation to ancient views of nature.
