Modern Chinese Medicine Rare Classics Collection: Treatise on Cold Damage Volume: Treatise on Cold Damage 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 book. This not only provides a clear overview of modern Chinese medical academia but also highlights the academic characteristics and achievements of that period.
2. High-quality manuscript selection. Due to the comprehensive and systematic of materials, the scope of manuscript selection is broad, so all the selected works are representative works of famous modern Chinese medicine practitioners, with high academic value, strong characteristics, and practicality. For example, Shen Zuming’s Interpretation of the Suwen and Ye Lin’s Uncertainty in the Golden Cabinet Essentials are all representative works of famous practitioners, 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 10th year of the Daoguang era as the base text and compares it with the original manuscript. Meanwhile, in selecting collation and reference texts, attention is also paid to the chronological order and quality of the versions, prioritizing those that are relatively earlier and of higher quality.
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 On Blood Disorders, Zhang Shanlei’s On Apoplexy, Zhao Shuping’s On Liver Diseases, Chen Genru’s Essentials of Laryngeal Disorders, Liang Xizheng’s Complete Works on Scrofula, and Jiang Kaoqing’s Jiang Family’s 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, following the General Principles for Collating and Annotating Ancient Chinese Medical Classics. Methods such as "four collations" are comprehensively used to supplement omissions, correct errors. Nearly 10,000 collation and annotation entries and over 1,000 corrections have been made, thus improving the quality of the original manuscripts.