夏有兵

Xia Youbing is a Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion scholar who teaches at Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, where he focuses on acupuncture literature and the history of the discipline. Publicly available information is limited: details of his life, such as his place of origin, education and dates of birth and death, have not been systematically disclosed, and what can be verified is mainly his academic identity and research orientation. Two of his works are held in the collection, dealing respectively with acupuncture in assisted reproduction and with representative schools. His writing therefore combines attention to clinical application with the examination of academic lineages: the former addresses practical issues in the use of acupuncture within assisted reproduction, while the latter organizes the transmission of different schools. Overall, his books are aimed at medical professionals, are grounded in the literature, address specific topics and are written in plain language, reflecting the concerns of a historian of acupuncture who values source materials and the summation of experience. They offer useful Chinese-language references for teaching and research in related fields.