Li Shoushan

Author: Li Shoushan
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Publish Date: 2002-06-01
Features: Li Shoushan (1922--), male, styled Yuedong. His ancestral home is Pingdu City, Shandong Province. His grandfather, Mr. Li Fang, was well-versed in literature and medicine, inheriting and promoting the empirical prescriptions of his predecessors, becoming a renowned rural physician. His father, Mr. Li Jiantang, was knowledgeable in both literature and history, particularly skilled in medical theory. From a young age, he was exceptionally intelligent, thoroughly studying traditional Chinese medical classics, diligently seeking ancient teachings, broadly absorbing the strengths of others, and compiling clinical experience to write "The ABC of Hundred Diseases" as a practical guide for clinical practice, which has been passed down to this day and remains a reference for physicians in clinical practice. He was kind-hearted and charitable in treating patients, saving countless lives and earning praise from both patients and peers. The Li family grew up in a traditional Chinese medical family, with three generations passing down the practice, and Li Shoushan was particularly favored by his elders. From a young age, he was nurtured by family education and vowed to pursue the career of traditional Chinese medicine without stopping. At the age of 7, he entered a private school, studying the Four Books and Classics, as well as "The Three-Character Classic" and "The Thousand-Character Classic" as textbooks, diligently reading and memorizing them to lay a solid cultural foundation. At the age of 12, he began reading the family-compiled "The ABC of Hundred Diseases," followed by studying "The Three-Character Classic of Medicine," "The Pharmacopeia," "The Rhyming Lyrics of Decoctions," and the diagnostic principles of "The Golden Mirror of Medicine." He also learned the essential techniques of four diagnostic methods, Shanghan syndrome, miscellaneous diseases, gynecology, pediatrics, acupuncture, and other core knowledge, as well as "The Supplementary and Corrected Annotations on Famous Physicians' Formulas." Some of the content became so familiar to him that he could recite it effortlessly, earning praise from his parents.