[The theory of unresponsive pulse by Wang Ji : The historical position of his Yun Qi Yi Lan]. 2023

D H Jiang, and W Tang
College of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei 230038, China.

Wang Ji (1463-1539) was a well-known doctor of the Xin An Medical School in the Ming Dynasty. He and his representative masterpiece Yun Qi Yi Lan are particularly important in the medical history of Yunqi, which refers to the principles of Air (Qi) regulation, influencing almost all life in nature. In terms of the theory "nonresponsive pulse matching the South and the North in the ten Stem years" (Nan Bei Zheng Bu Ying Mai), Wang Ji differentiated and analysed the changes of this theory after the Jin and Yuan Dynasties and traced it back to the classics the Inner canon of Huangdi (Huang Di Nei Jing), based on Su Wen Ru Shi Yun Qi Lun Ao, Huang Di Nei Jing and other relevant reference materials. This paper examined the evolution of the theory of unresponsive pulse in the ancient and modern literature. It was found that after the Song Dynasty, the theory of nonresponsive pulse in the South-North in the ten Stem years was developed into two main schools. One was represented by Cheng Wuji and Liu Wansu, followed with Zhang Jingyue, Li Yanshi, Yao Zhian, Lu Guanquan, Wu Qian, Huang Yuanyu, Xue Fuchen and Zhou Xuehai, who argued that the nonresponsive pulse was determined by the position of Shaoyin. Another was represented by Liu Wenshu, followed with Wang Ji, Li Zhongzi, Zhang Zhicong and Ren Yingqiu, who believed that Shaoyin always stands in the middle, Jueyin and Taiyin are always on the two sides of Shaoyin.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008516 Medicine, Chinese Traditional A system of traditional medicine which is based on the beliefs and practices of the Chinese culture. Chinese Medicine, Traditional,Chung I Hsueh,Traditional Medicine, Chinese,Zhong Yi Xue,Chinese Traditional Medicine,Traditional Chinese Medicine,Traditional Tongue Assessment,Traditional Tongue Diagnosis,Hsueh, Chung I,Tongue Assessment, Traditional,Tongue Diagnoses, Traditional,Tongue Diagnosis, Traditional,Traditional Tongue Assessments,Traditional Tongue Diagnoses
D010820 Physicians Individuals licensed to practice medicine. Physician
D002681 China A country spanning from central Asia to the Pacific Ocean. Inner Mongolia,Manchuria,People's Republic of China,Sinkiang,Mainland China
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012577 Schools, Medical Educational institutions for individuals specializing in the field of medicine. Medical Schools,Medical School,School, Medical
D019413 Qi The vital life force in the body, supposedly able to be regulated by acupuncture. It corresponds roughly to the Greek pneuma, the Latin spiritus, and the ancient Indian prana. The concept of life-breath or vital energy was formulated as an indication of the awareness of man, originally directed externally toward nature or society but later turned inward to the self or life within. (From Comparison between Concepts of Life-Breath in East and West, 15th International Symposium on the Comparative History of Medicine - East and West, August 26-September 3, 1990, Shizuoka, Japan, pp. ix-x) Ch'i,Life-Breath (Philosophy),Vital Energy (Philosophy),Energies, Vital (Philosophy),Energy, Vital (Philosophy),Life Breath (Philosophy)

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