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[Wang Yinglin and his answer to the questions of a Korean physician]. 2000

Y Liang

Department of Basic Theory, Beijing University of TCM, Beijing 100029.

The book named Da Chaoxianyi Wen (Answer to the Questions of a Korean Physician), written in 1624, recorded the written answers of Wang Yinglin, a Chinese official in the Ming dynasty, to the questions of Yin Zhiwei, a Korean official physician. The 24 A&Qs concerned about the therapy of ordinary diseases, channels and the theories of TCM, etc. The study of this book could not only clarify various questions on the exchanges between Wang and Yin, but also learn more information on the development of Korean medicine at that time.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007723	Korea	Former kingdom, located on Korea Peninsula between Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea on east coast of Asia. In 1948, the kingdom ceased and two independent countries were formed, divided by the 38th parallel.
D010686	Philosophy, Medical	The underlying rationale or theoretical basis for the principles of MEDICINE.	Medical Philosophy
D001877	Books	Non-periodical written or printed works consisting of sheets of pages fastened or bound together within covers.	Book Chapter,Book,Book Chapters
D002681	China	A country spanning from central Asia to the Pacific Ocean.	Inner Mongolia,Manchuria,People's Republic of China,Sinkiang,Mainland China
D013812	Therapeutics	Procedures concerned with the remedial treatment or prevention of diseases.	Therapy,Treatment,Therapeutic,Therapies,Treatments
D049670	History, 17th Century	Time period from 1601 through 1700 of the common era.	17th Century History,17th Cent. History (Medicine),17th Cent. History of Medicine,17th Cent. Medicine,Historical Events, 17th Century,History of Medicine, 17th Cent.,History, Seventeenth Century,Medical History, 17th Cent.,Medicine, 17th Cent.,17th Cent. Histories (Medicine),17th Century Histories,Cent. Histories, 17th (Medicine),Century Histories, Seventeenth,Century History, 17th,Century History, Seventeenth,Histories, 17th Cent. (Medicine),Histories, 17th Century,Histories, Seventeenth Century,History, 17th Cent. (Medicine),Seventeenth Century Histories,Seventeenth Century History