Scattered Ink from the Gourd Heaven (3rd Edition)
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Summary
Scattered Ink from the Gourd Heaven is a representative collection of medical essays by the national master of Chinese medicine Qiu Peiran. First published in 1985, it won the Shanghai health system's outstanding book award; the 3rd edition was published by Shanghai Scientific and Technical Publishers in 2011. Written in an essayistic style, the book collects 42 medical essays covering medical theory, prescriptions and drug use, clinical observations, health-preservation research, and medical history. In his preface the author summarizes his aim as "to sift old sayings, analyze doubts, survey past and present, and speak straight to the source of the heart"—that is, he both questions and corrects earlier writings, arguing clearly and analyzing in depth, with many personal views. The book parses the core ideas of classics such as Treatise on Cold Damage, Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, and The Inner Canon, and traces the origins of meridian theory and the pathways of the eight extraordinary vessels; it comments on the doctrines of physicians ancient and modern such as Zhu Danxi, Sun Simiao, and Zhang Zhongjing, and sets out clinical experience such as the "eight methods for treating difficult diseases," repeatedly stressing the diagnostic principle of "not departing from method, yet not bound by method." The 3rd edition adds material to the first edition, including the late-life essay "The Value of Confucianism in the Age of Economic Globalization," giving the book a literary, historical, and philosophical depth beyond medical theory. It is suitable for clinical practitioners of Chinese medicine, teachers and students at Chinese medicine schools, and enthusiasts.
Editor's review
《壶天散墨》不是一部四平八稳的教科书，而是一位行医七十年的大医与古人、与同行、与自己的对话。裘沛然先生精通内科，善治疑难杂病，创制“治疗疑难病八法”；同时他又是博通文史哲的学者和诗人，文字清通可诵，读来没有一般医著的枯涩。全书42篇医论，从《内经》《伤寒论》《千金方》到经络针灸、方药辨析，再到医史人物与中医发展道路，几乎覆盖了中医学术的主要关节，而每一篇都有作者自己的判断，不人云亦云。第3版在旧版基础上增收了若干篇晚年文字，其中《经济全球化时代儒家思想的价值》尤能见其“医道通于儒道”的格局。对临床医生，它提供的是辨证思路与处方胆识；对中医学生，它是课堂之外的一次眼界开拓；对普通读者，它也是一部了解中医如何思考的入门佳构。
Who it's for
A good fit for
- 中医临床医师，尤其是希望拓宽辨证思路、处理疑难病证者
- 中医药院校的本科生、研究生与青年教师，可作为课外学术读物
- 对中医经典、医史和针灸理论有兴趣的中医药爱好者
- 喜欢以散文笔法读学术、兼赏文史哲的普通读者
Not a good fit for
- 希望获得系统教材式知识框架、循序渐进入门的零基础读者
- 只想查方找药、追求速成验方的实用型读者
- 对文言引文和医史考据缺乏兴趣的休闲阅读者
Reading tips
- 可先读《怎样提高中医临床疗效》《治病有法不囿法》等谈临证思路的篇目，再回头读经典与医史考证部分。
- 涉及《伤寒论》《内经》《千金方》的篇章，建议对照原典或教材同读，边读边记下不同意见。
- 不必求一遍读完，按理论、临床、针灸、医史分组，每次读三五篇，留出消化与临证印证的时间。
- 读到作者质疑前人之处，不妨先自行思考再对照其论证，这是本书最见功力的地方。
About the publisher
Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers
China · Founded in 1956
Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers is a publisher known for professional books in the natural sciences, engineering technology, medicine and health, and agricultural technology. Its catalogue of 759 titles covers popular science, examinations, medicine, agriculture and forestry, and social culture. Representative books include several editions of The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard Feynman, Robert Leighton and Matthew Sands; the first and second volumes of Morris Kline's Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times; and the fourth edition of Molecular Pharmacognosy by Huang Luqi. Other representative authors include Feynman, Wei Xian and Zhang Zhibin. The publisher has developed distinctive strengths in classic translated works in physics and mathematics as well as in medical and agricultural professional titles, while also publishing popular science, textbooks and teaching materials, and journals. Its author resources draw on internationally renowned scientists and domestic specialists.
Contents
- A World Medical Treasure That Draws the Eye
- A Cancer Patient's Own Account
- Research on TCM Treatment Methods for Difficult and Complex Diseases
- Supplementary Notes on the Celebrated Deeds of Mr. Cheng Menxue
- How to Improve Clinical Efficacy in TCM: Precision, Ingenuity, Artfulness, and Breadth
- The Toil and Joy of Reading Reckon Like Multiplication and Division
- A Guarantee of Health and Longevity: On Sun Simiao's Methods of Nourishment
- Returning Through Ten Thousand Mountains After Growing Thin: Lessons from Half a Century in Medicine
- Weighing Medicine by Lamplight and Snowshadow: In Memory of Mr. Cheng Menxue
- The Lucky Hit and the Art of Concealment: On Prescriptions of Balance and Harmony
- Nothing Has Ever Been Harder to Know Than This: Also on Zhang Shudi
- Treating Illness with Method Without Being Bound by Method: On Prescriptions Without Fixed Rules
- The Radiant Character of TCM Theory: On the Idea of the Correspondence Between Heaven and Humanity
- The Guiding Thought of TCM Treatment: On Handling the Relation Between Pathogen and Vital Qi
- The Great River Flows On Through All Eternity: An Analysis of the Meaning of "The Physician's Intention"
- The Mutual Influence Between Medical Schools
- An Inquiry into Zhu Danxi's Doctrine
- Studies of the Treatise on Cold Damage
- Differences and Similarities Between the Concepts of Cold Damage and Warm Disease
- The Pioneer of Warm Disease Treatment: Tracing the Ancestry of the Doctrine to Sun Simiao
- Analysis of Several Issues in Cold Damage and Warm Disease
- The Clinical Value of the Meridian Doctrine
- Flickering Flame Rising from the Vitals: Never Forget Moxibustion When Using the Needle
- On the Is-Affected and the Generated Illnesses Among the Twelve Meridian Disease Patterns
- A Study of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels
- A Textual Study of the Courses of the Eight Extraordinary Vessels
- Selected Essentials from Dynastic Acupuncture Literature
- A Formulary Awaiting Discovery: A Thousand Pieces of Gold Hidden in the Thousand Ducat Formulas
- Sweet and Bitter Are Known Only After Trial: A Critique of the Doctrine of Broad and Loose Prescribing
- Mistaken from the Jin-Yuan Period to This Day: Questioning the Function of Cimicifuga
- On Zhongjing's Governance of Changsha
- The Historical Background of the Formation of TCM: Examples of Achievements in Ancient Science and Philosophy
- On Several Questions in the Inner Canon
- Jottings from Medical Reading
- After Hearing Songs of Praise and Curses: Random Thoughts on the Sacred Powder
- A Historian's Curiosity: Starting from Bian Que's Seeing Through a Wall
- Garden of Medical Arts
- On Principle, Method, Formula, and Materia Medica in TCM
- Thoughts on Promoting the Convergence of Chinese and Western Medicine
- The Historical Reasons for the Slow Development of TCM
FAQ
《壶天散墨》第3版和初版有什么区别？
初版于1985年，第3版2011年由上海科学技术出版社出版，全书仍为42篇医论。第3版在旧版基础上有所增补并重新设计了版式，收入作者晚年研究儒家思想的《经济全球化时代儒家思想的价值》等篇。
这本书是讲具体方剂的吗？
不完全是。书中确有处方用药体会和方药辨析，如对升麻功用的质疑、对“广络原野”说的评述，但主体是医论，重点在理论辨析、辨证思路与医史考证，而非方剂手册。
没有中医基础能读懂吗？
可以读，但会有门槛。作者行文多用文言引证和专业术语，零基础读者建议先具备中医基础理论、中药学的大致框架，或与教材对照阅读，收获会更实在。
裘沛然是怎样的一位医家？
裘沛然（1916—2010），浙江慈溪人，著名中医理论家、临床家，上海中医药大学终身教授、博士生导师，曾任《辞海》副主编兼中医学科主编，精研儒学，诗文史哲造诣颇深，著有《人学散墨》等。
书名叫“壶天散墨”是什么意思？
“壶天”典出仙人壶公的壶中天地，中医常以“壶中”喻医道；作者另有《人学散墨》一书，他曾说“医人之病我写《壶天散墨》，治人心灵之病撰《人学散墨》”，可见书名取医道与散论之意。
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