Xie Liye — public information about him is limited. What can be confirmed is that he is a Chinese compiler of medical literature, known for one surviving work, A Collated and Annotated Edition of the Treatise on Cold Damage (Shanghan Lun Jiao Shu). The Treatise on Cold Damage, attributed to Zhang Zhongjing of the Eastern Han, is a foundational classic of Chinese medicine; over the centuries it has attracted numerous commentators and many works of collation and explication. Xie Liye's book centers on two tasks: collation and explication. On the one hand, it compares textual variants across editions to establish a reliable text; on the other, it clarifies the meaning of the passages, explaining their medical reasoning and formula patterns to help readers understand the original. Such work looks plain but demands solid philological training and professional knowledge of Chinese medicine, requiring the author to weigh editions, textual criticism and clinical practice against one another. The book belongs to the tradition of organizing and studying Chinese medical classics, and is intended for teachers and students at Chinese medicine institutions and for clinicians and enthusiasts of medical literature. Because biographical details are lacking, nothing is known of his birthplace, education, teachers or clinical career, and this note makes no conjectures, confining itself to the work.
