Research on Ancient Chinese Medical Education and Examination System

Author: Wang Zhenquan
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book focuses on the ancient Chinese medical education and examination system before the Xinhai Revolution. Using a diachronic research method, it examines the historical stages of the Xia, Shang, Zhou dynasties, the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the Three Kingdoms and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Sui and Tang Five Dynasties, the Northern and Southern Song dynasties, the Yuan, Ming, and Qing periods. It systematically organizes and verifies relevant materials, striving to uncover the characteristics, significance, and developmental and evolutionary patterns of ancient Chinese medical education and examination systems in different eras.
This research centers on the study of medical education and examination systems, covering aspects such as the schools, administrative institutions, management systems, personnel arrangements, structure, forms, faculty, curricula, and examinations of medical education in different eras. It includes the categories and subjects of medical talent examinations, the qualifications and procedures for applicants, the form and content of exam papers, the supervision, anti-cheating measures, punishments, and methods for selecting and appointing talent. Post-appointment aspects such as salaries, treatment, evaluations, promotions, rewards and punishments, registration, qualification exams, management, responsibilities, and obligations of medical practitioners are also discussed. Additionally, it explores the historical background, characteristics, and examination, selection, and appointment requirements of shamans, Confucian physicians, Taoist physicians, as well as military, forensic, prison, and veterinary physicians. The book also examines the historical changes, mutual influences, and continuous improvements of medical education and examination systems in different eras, as well as the impact of the introduction of Western medicine on traditional Chinese medical education and examination systems.