Study · 医史
History of Chinese medicine
Six eras, from the Shang oracle bones to contemporary Chinese medicine: context, figures, works and milestones.
Shang to early Han · c. 13th–2nd c. BCE
Antiquity and the Warring States
From oracle bones to the Mawangdui manuscripts
Western and Eastern Han · 206 BCE–220 CEThe Han and the making of the canon
From imperial catalogues to the Shang Han Za Bing Lun
Jin, Northern and Southern dynasties, Sui and Tang · 3rd–10th c.From the Jin to the Tang
Systematization, the state, and the pharmacopoeia
Song, Jin, and Yuan (960–1368)Print, the State, and doctrinal dispute
When the text was fixed and medicine began arguing out loud
Ming and Qing (1368–1912)Encyclopedia, epidemic, and critique
When the tradition sorted itself into catalogues and began correcting itself
From 1840 to the presentAbolition, reinvention, and institutionalization
How a plural tradition came close to being banned and ended up as a system
Accessible summary: a brief history of Chinese medicine.
