The Study Of Li Wen’s Wide Note Of Synopsis Of Prescription Of Golden Chamber

Li Wen is a famous doctor who lived in the early Qing Dynasty. His literature which namedWide Note of Synopsis of Prescription of Golden Chamber finished before3years ofemperor Kang xi and published in21years of emperor Kang xi. It was the first annotatedbook of Synopsis of Prescription of Golden Chamber in Qing Dynasty. And it was the firstoverall annotated book of Synopsis of Prescription of Golden Chamber in the history ofChina. Li Wen noted Synopsis of Prescription of Golden Chamber with perfect mode. Hisdiscussion and analysis was penetrating and widely collected the strong points of every otherscholar. Because of the detailed note and perfect mode, after Wide Note of Synopsis ofPrescription of Golden Chamber was finished, the content of it was quoted by followeddoctors. But it is unfortunately that the book published a few because of various reasons andspread not widely. So majority followed doctors didn’t know the whole view of this book.Because the original book is rarely seen, academic circles lack systematic research of thisbook and its writer. In-depth study of Li Wen’s Wide Note of Synopsis of Prescription ofGolden Chamber, including compile, notes feature, spread case and the life story informationof Li Wen, is contribute to know the study level of the doctors in the early Qing Dynasty withSynopsis of Prescription of Golden Chamber and the contribution of Wide Note ofSynopsis of Prescription of Golden Chamber in medical history.