Modern Chinese Medicine Rare Classics Collection: Pediatrics Volume: Pediatrics Volume

Author: Lu Zheng
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Publishing Date: 2003-01-01
Features: The Collection of Rare Modern Chinese Medicine Classics has the following characteristics:
1. Systematic research across generations. Previous literature research and the compilation of series mostly approached it vertically, spanning dynasties and selecting some better manuscripts to compile. However, this collection emphasizes horizontal research, conducting a comprehensive survey and systematic organization of modern Chinese medical academic works, then compiling them into a volume. This provides a clear overview of modern Chinese medical academia while highlighting the academic characteristics and achievements of that period.
2. Superior manuscript selection. Due to the comprehensive and systematic of materials, the range of selected manuscripts is broad, and all included works are representative works of modern famous physicians, with high academic value, strong characteristics, and strong practicality. For example, Shen Zuming's Interpretation of the Suwen and Ye Lin's Uncertainty in the Golden Cabinet Essentials are representative works of famous physicians, highly valued academically.
3. Excellent version selection. The base texts of all selected manuscripts are the best versions, including original editions, manuscripts, rare copies, and meticulously written copies. For instance, Zhang Qi's Interpretation of the Suwen uses the Wanlin Book House Series from the Daoguang decade as the base text and is collated against the original manuscript. Meanwhile, in selecting collating texts and other reference texts, attention is also paid to the chronological order and quality of the versions, using relatively earlier and higher-quality versions as collating texts and reference texts.
4. Strong characteristics in various specialties. The selected manuscripts place great emphasis on the characteristics of various specialties, particularly on the exploration, organization, and advancement of minor and specialized fields. For example, Tang Zonghai's Discourse on Blood Disorders, Zhang Shanlei's On Apoplexy, Zhao Shuping's Discourse on Liver Diseases, Chen Genru's Essentials of Laryngeal Disorders, Liang Xicheng's Complete Collection of Scrofula, and Jiang Kaoqing's Jiang Family Science of Traumatology all have distinct academic insights and unique experiences, with strong characteristics.
5. Reasonable collation and annotations. All selected manuscripts are carefully collated, with concise annotations, based on the General Principles for Collating and Annotating Ancient Chinese Medical Classics. Methods such as "four collations" are comprehensively used to supplement omissions and correct errors. Nearly 10,000 collation and annotation entries have been produced, correcting over 1,000 errors, thereby improving the quality of the original manuscripts.