Tales from the Medical World

Name: Tales from the Medical World
ISBN: 9787530651001

Jin Dongchen / 孙朝宗Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House2009

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Word count: 145K words
Chapters: 7
ISBN: 9787530651001

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Summary

Medical Lore in the Forest of Medicine is a cultural reader on traditional Chinese medicine co-authored by Jin Dongchen and Sun Chaozong and published by Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House in 2009. The book is divided into twelve sections—including Medical Ethics, Medical Models, Medical Sayings, Medical Insights, Medical Anecdotes, and Medical Lessons—and collects more than one hundred and ten anecdotes related to medical ethics and professional conduct as well as medical and pharmacological knowledge. These anecdotes are drawn from medical texts of successive dynasties as well as from classical works, historical records, and miscellaneous collections. They include widely circulated medical lore such as “Great Physicians Are Sincere and Honest,” “Tigers Guard the Apricot Grove,” “Hanging the Gourd,” and “The Orange Well,” as well as accounts of physicians’ deeds such as Zhang Zigang reviving the dying, Yu Jiayan saving two lives with a single needle, and Xu Lingtai’s deep compassion for the suffering. The book also touches on learning anecdotes such as Ye Tianshi seeking masters and Wang Zhongguang secretly copying books, along with several stories about proven remedies and diagnostic methods. Each anecdote begins with the original classical Chinese text, with textual errors corrected, and is accompanied by annotations and explanatory notes so that today’s readers can understand it; at the end of each section, editorial remarks point out the compilers’ views and extensions. The authors come from a family of renowned physicians, and their purpose in compiling this book is to inherit the cultural legacy of traditional Chinese medicine, advocate fine traditions in the medical world, and strengthen traditional medical ethics. Though modest in length, the book links physicians’ integrity, diagnostic ingenuity, basic knowledge of prescriptions and medicinals, and classical allusions into a coherent whole, making it suitable both as an introductory reader in the literature and history of traditional Chinese medicine and as reference material for medical ethics education for medical students.

Editor's review

中医的“典故”往往不只是故事，而是医家操守、诊疗思路与方药经验的浓缩。这本书难能可贵的地方在于体例清爽：原文照录，先校正脱误，再作注释释义，最后用按语讲出自己的体会，读起来不像读古文那样吃力，也不至于被白话转述抽掉了原味。十二篇的编排大体沿着“医德—医范—医言—医意—医方—医术”推进，前半讲医者如何立身，后半落到具体的诊治与方药，主题清楚。篇中既有“大医精诚”“虎守杏林”“悬壶”“橘井”这些耳熟能详的医林故实，也有张子刚、喻嘉言、徐灵胎、叶天士等医家的行事记录，篇幅短小，一则可在一盏茶的时间里读完。全书仅二百二十二页、十四万余字，适合放在案头随手翻阅，也适合作为医学生医德教育的辅助读物。若你读中医古籍常被生僻字与用典绊住，这本书可以当作一把入门的小钥匙。需提醒的是，此书是文史掌故读物，不作临床指导之用。

Who it's for

A good fit for

中医专业在校生，对医德教育与医史典故有学习需求
喜爱中医传统文化的普通读者，希望从故事入手了解中医
基层医务工作者，想借医家掌故涵养职业操守
文言阅读基础一般，需要注释与按语辅助的读者

Not a good fit for

希望获取可临床照搬的方剂剂量与诊疗方案的读者
寻找系统中医理论教材或应试辅导书的考生
期待严谨史学考证与详尽出处的专业研究者

Reading tips

按篇顺序读：先读“医德”“医范”两篇立心，再读“医意”“医术”体会诊治思路。
每则读完合书复述原文大意，再对照注释检验自己是否读懂关键字词。
把“医言”篇中的成语（如悬壶、杏林、病入膏肓）抄成小卡片，兼作文化常识积累。
涉及方药与针法的条目只作史料了解，切勿据此自行尝试用药或施针。

About the publisher

Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House China · Founded in 1958

Founded in August 1958 and restructured into Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. in 2009, Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House is known for publishing essays and fiction, and it hosts the journals Fiction Monthly and Essays. Its 757 titles in the library span classic works, culture, folk literature, essays and miscellaneous writings, foreign literature, and general biography. They include Lao She's Camel Xiangzi, Zhu Ziqing's selected essays and Classic Essays, Fu Lei's Twenty Lectures on Masterpieces of World Art, and a Chinese translation of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's Rashōmon, as well as cultural and performing-arts titles such as the illustrated Biography of Liang Qichao and A Dictionary of Crosstalk. Its authors include Lao She, Zhu Ziqing, Wu Qichang, Fu Lei, Xue Baokun, Gao Yucong, Wei Zhiqiang, and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.

Medical Ethics: 1. Great Physicians Are Sincere and Honest 2. The Good Physician Saves Lives 3. Noble Medical Ethics 4. Zhang Zigang Raises the Dead 5. Yu Jiayan Saves Two Lives with One Needle 6. Xu Lingtai's Compassionate Heart 7. Fan Ziqian Keeps the True Character of a Physician 8. He Yuanchang's Commendable Ethics 9. Mr. Rhubarb 10. The Brahmin Monk Practices Medicine 11. Chen Guangyuan's Four Gold-Tablet Characters 12. Duke Di Liang Treats a Wart at a Gallop
Medical Models: 13. Liang Xin Recommends Zhao E 14. The Demeanor of a Good Physician 15. Qian Yi Is Granted Purple Robe and Gold Fish 16. Anecdotes of Liu and Zhang 17. The Friendship of Zhu and Ge 18. Dongyuan's Bundle Repaid at Sizhou 19. The Good Physician of Wuling 20. The Folk Doctor Chen Jiansan
Medical Sayings: 21. Hanging the Gourd 22. Dragon-Coiled Tangerine Well 23. Tigers Guard the Apricot Grove 24. Hiding Illness from the Doctor 25. The Disease Has Reached the Vital Organs 26. Han Kang Sells Medicine 27. Bian Que Rebukes the King of Qin 28. Tiying's Petition 29. The Illness of the Noble Is Hard to Treat 30. Hua Tuo Defies Cao Cao 31. The Alchemist Offers a Formula to Atone 32. Sun Simiao Righteously Obtains the Dragon Palace Formula 33. Liu Wenzhi Preserves the Dignity of Medicine
Paths of Medicine: 34. Zhou Shenzhai Finds Enlightenment Under the Moon 35. Wang Zhongguang Steals Books 36. Ye Tianshi Takes a Master
Medical Insight: 37. Lord Jing Cleverly Administers the Snake-Slaying Pill 38. A Needle Hidden in the Writing Brush 39. Ge Kejiu Strikes the Table to Hasten Childbirth 40. Hua Boren Uses a Paulownia Leaf to Induce Labor 41. Han Feixia Revives the Living with Ink Talismans 42. Zhang Dairen Strikes Wood to Cure Fright 43. Wu Qiu Cleverly Cures a Suspected Illness 44. Late Bloomer
Medical Formulas: 45. Zhang Baozang Cures Emperor Taizong's Qi Dysentery 46. The Medicine Seller Righteously Bestows Dai-Ge Powder 47. A Strange Guest Bestows a Snail to Free Both Bowels 48. Qin Pi Treats Yellow-Flower Spider Poison 49. Taro Stalk Treats Bee Sting 50. Posting Formulas at the Crossroads 51. Goose Blood Treats Dysphagia 52. Crab Cleverly Neutralizes Lacquer Poison 53. Songluo Tea Antidotes Pork Head Poison
Medical Skill: 54. Zhongjing's Diagnostic Observation of the Attendant 55. Hua Tuo's Two Finger Admonitions 56. Wu Zetian Bows in Thanks to the Physician 57. Zhang Zhihe's One Diagnosis Worth a Hundred Gold 58. Draining the Liver and Slackening the Spleen Extends Life Three Days 59. Pang Anshi Needles an Infant Through the Abdomen 60. Sun Zhao Determines Wind Dizziness at the Celestial Office 61. Wang Jixian Decides Palace Affairs by Pulse 62. Shi Zaizhi Uses Zi Wan to Break Intestinal Blockage 63. Song Daofang Uses Elixir to Delay Death 64. The Imperial Bestowal of the Golden Pestle 65. Yang Jilao Cures Throat Abscess with Fresh Ginger 66. Steward Zhang's Miraculous Needle Skill 67. Lu Yan Steams Medicine to Revive the Living 68. Lü Cangzhou Corrects the Gallbladder and Restores Double Vision

FAQ

《医林典故》的作者和出版社是哪里的？

该书由金东辰、孙朝宗合著，百花文艺出版社2009年6月出版，ISBN 9787530651001，全书222页、约14.5万字。部分资料仅列金东辰为作者，完整署名应为两人合著。

这本书是讲方剂和临床技术的吗？

不是。它是一部中医文史掌故读物，收录一百一十余则有关医德医风与医药知识的典故，每则附注释、释义和按语。书中虽涉方药与诊法故事，但属史料性质，不能作为临床用药或施治依据。

文言基础不好能读吗？

可以。每则先录原文，随后附有注释和释义，篇末还有编者按语，相当于自带“讲解”，文言基础一般也能通读；但仍建议准备字典，遇到药材名与古病名时查证。

全书一共分几篇？

全书分为十二篇，包括医德、医范、医言、医径、医意、医方、医术，以及医趣、医鉴等，篇下按序编号收录典故，共一百一十余则。

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About the author

孙朝宗 Author

Sun Chaozong is an author known for his work on the collation of classical Chinese medical texts and on the study of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians. Public information about him is limited, and his life, native place, and medical training are not reliably documented. What can be confirmed is that he has published two medical works: An Annotated Edition of the Investigation of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and Sun Chaozong's Collected Academic and Clinical Experience with the Eight Extraordinary Meridians (2 volumes). The former offers annotations on Li Shizhen's Ming-dynasty Investigation of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and belongs to the tradition of collating and commenting on ancient texts; the latter gathers his own clinical insights and scholarly work on these meridians. Together they show an author who values close reading of the classics and seeks to test meridian theory against clinical practice. His writing is严谨 and plain, centered on textual scholarship and documented experience, and is suited to researchers of Chinese medical literature and to clinicians.