Ye's Selected Medical Judgments

叶桂Qunyan Publishing House · ChinaOct 2020

3.5

Word count: 63K words
Chapters: 86

Summary

A treatise on medical theory in two juan, attributed to Ye Gui of the Qing dynasty. The work collects over seventy essays by physicians of successive dynasties on disease, pulse and treatment, most of them concise and lucid, reflecting the academic characteristics of different eras and different physicians.

Editor's review

Attributed to Ye Gui of the Qing dynasty, Ye Xuan Yi Heng is a two-juan compilation of medical essays drawing over seventy pieces by physicians of successive dynasties on disease, pulse and treatment, most of them concise in style. Its value lies in presenting, in anthology form, the academic positions of different eras and different physicians, so that readers may encounter, within a single volume, multiple angles of argument on the same kind of question and sense the evolution and divergence of medical views. As a selection rather than a personal monograph, it should be read with attention to the source and argumentative context of each piece; the whole book should not be taken as a unified statement of Ye's own doctrine. It suits readers who already have a grounding in basic TCM theory and wish to broaden their view of medical essays, serving as a supplementary reader alongside classroom textbooks and lending itself to browsing and comparison by the three themes of disease, pulse and treatment.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who have studied basic TCM theory and wish to broaden their view of medical essays
Learners who need to compare physicians' views on disease and pulse across dynasties
Students and enthusiasts of TCM literature and anthologies of medical essays
Clinicians seeking theoretical review and points of reference for their thinking

Not a good fit for

Readers with no foundation who seek a systematic introduction to TCM
Readers expecting a personal monograph or case records by Ye Gui
Readers needing modern clinical guidelines and evidence-based material

Reading tips

Read in three groups—disease, pulse and treatment—to build a thematic framework first
Note the original author and era of each piece, watching for differences and lines of inheritance
For the same disease or sign, read several physicians' discussions side by side and compare their angles
Keep brief notes after reading, recording verifiable sources of the arguments

About the publisher

Qunyan Publishing House China · Founded in 1989

Founded in 1989, Qunyan Publishing House has long been committed to publishing academic and educational books for mid- and high-level readers, and has built up a certain presence in Eastern philosophy, classical literature, and classic works. Representative titles available in the database include Records of the Grand Historian, Dream of the Red Chamber, Selections of Refined Literature, Complete Song Ci, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Record of Daily Knowledge, Taiping Huimin Hejiju Fang, and The Collected Works of Wang Yangming, covering common categories such as ancient poetry, medicine, and examinations. Its author resources include Sima Qian, Cao Xueqin, Xiao Tong, Li Shan, Pu Songling, and Gu Yanwu. The press also offers distinctive series such as the Biographical Series of the China Democratic League and the Historical Documents Series of the China Democratic League, and publishes research on historical documents, biographies, memoirs, and textbooks and academic works by League members. Public information is limited, and its overall publishing scale and complete catalogue require further verification.

版权信息
曹序
柳序
缪序
金序
顾序
自序
卷上
养身论
运气说
奇经八脉大旨
六脉纲领
血营气卫论
君臣佐使逆从反正说
吐汗下该尽治法论
补泻当分缓急有无说
推《内经》不宜主旺气说
阳有余阴不足论
病有真假辨
虚损宜分阴阳施治论
因病似虚因虚致病论
中风五派异同论
中风证治论
酒人多中风说
痹证析微论
痿论
风痹痿论
厥论
风厥辨
伤寒约法
论六经无再传
论寒证无传经
讹称阴证辨
释六经七日病愈
温病热病解
辨正风温温疟温毒温疫
温疫论
中暑中热论
附伤暑脉证论
湿论
霍乱证治论
疟疾证治论
痢疾证治论
泄泻九法论
脚气论
卷下
燥论
火论
痰论
咳嗽要论
虚劳论
吐血三要论
诸血病论
内伤余议
五郁六郁解
诸气不当作寒治论
肿胀引经别证辨
腹胀禁用攻泻论
喘胀标本论
喘哮短气气逆息贲辨
哕逆咳逆干呕呕吐五证辨
噎膈反胃本于阴枯阳结论
三消证治论
三消从火断论
消渴亦有属寒辨
首论
心胸胃脘胁腹诸痛辨
心痛解
痛无补法辨
癖等七种释名论
治积按国中末法论
虫积论
黄胆证毋拘五证宜别三焦论
阴黄说
七疝解
淋闭证治论
精浊论
精滑便浊分别辨
遗精白浊皆由心肾两虚辨
老年人耳聋与少年人异治法论
自汗盗汗论
癫痫狂辨
惊悸恐辨
惊风论
七情考
寝食说

FAQ

Was this book written by Ye Gui himself?

It is attributed to Ye Gui as selector; it is an anthology of medical essays drawing over seventy pieces by physicians of successive dynasties on disease, pulse and treatment, not a personal monograph by Ye. Each piece should be read as the discussion of a physician of a particular era, not as a unified statement of Ye's own doctrine.

What background is needed to read it?

Most of the essays are concise, but they still involve technical terms of disease, pulse and treatment; a grounding in basic TCM theory is recommended. Readers with no foundation should study a textbook first and use this book for broader comparison.

How can I best see the differences among the various physicians?

Read several pieces on the same disease or pulse side by side; first clarify each one's premises, then compare their choices. With authors and eras noted, the differences and the evolution become clearer.

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About the author

叶桂 Author

Ye Gui's dates, birthplace, and native place are not well documented in publicly available sources. Four of his works are held in the collection, all classed under medicine. Judging from the transmitted titles, his writings center on warm-heat disorders: Wenre Lun Shire Lun and Wenwen Lun Wenre Lun both bring together discussions of warm disease, damp-heat, and epidemic warm disease, showing his attention to pattern identification and treatment methods for externally contracted heat illnesses. Meishou Tang Fang'an Xuancun consists mainly of medical cases and formulas and leans toward records of clinical practice, while Ye Xuan Yiheng gathers medical discourses and reflects his commentary on and selection of medical theory. His writing tends to alternate discussions, cases, and formulas, in a concise style that stresses the reasoning of pattern identification and the rules of prescribing rather than elaborate exposition. These works are frequently cited in later literature on warm disease studies and have had some influence on the pattern-identification system and clinical approach to warm-heat disorders. Owing to limited historical sources, details of his life, scholarly lineage, and medical career cannot be reliably established and are not conjectured here.