Zīshēng jí 資生集
Life-Nourishing Collection by 董熿 Dǒng Huáng (輯) and 張萬選 Zhāng Wànxuǎn (校刻)
About the work
A four-juan Qīng gynecology compilation, compiled by 董熿 Dǒng Huáng and edited / printed by 張萬選 Zhāng Wànxuǎn (with the title “Zīshēng jí” deliberately echoing 王執中 Wáng Zhízhōng’s Zhēnjiǔ zīshēng jīng KR3ee020). The work focuses specifically on the menstrual-and-gynecology applications of acupuncture and moxibustion in conjunction with formulary therapy. The opening Tiáojīng mén 調經門 chapter develops the standard Nèijīng doctrine of female-physiological cycles: “the Classic says: at age seven a woman’s kidney qi reaches its prime, her teeth change and her hair grows; at fourteen the Tiānguǐ arrives” (天，謂天真之氣；癸，謂壬癸之水) — followed by long expositions on the Chōng and Rèn vessels as the foundations of menstrual flow, citing 王冰 Wáng Tàipú (Wáng Bīng) and the entire Sùwèn-gynecology tradition. Subsequent chapters cover irregular menstruation, bēnglòu (uterine hemorrhage), pregnancy disorders, post-partum care, and breast pathology, each with acupoint indications and formulary prescriptions.
Abstract
The Zīshēng jí is one of the principal Qīng gynecology-with-acupuncture monographs and belongs to the broader Qīng fùkē 婦科 tradition culminating in the Yīzōng jīnjiàn gynecology section. Dǒng Huáng and Zhāng Wànxuǎn are otherwise undocumented in standard biographical sources; the work survives in a Kāngxī-period block-print and is registered in the Zhōngguó zhōngyī gǔjí zǒngmù. The composition window 1644–1722 followed here is the conservative Qīng terminus ad quem for an early-Qīng gynecology compilation of this character. The catalog meta dynasty 清 is followed.
Translations and research
- Charlotte Furth, A Flourishing Yin (1999), for the broader Qīng gynecology-and-acupuncture tradition.
- 嚴世芸 Yán Shìyún, Zhōngyī rénwù cídiǎn, “Dǒng Huáng” entry.
Links
- Zhōngguó zhōngyī gǔjí zǒngmù, fùkē section.
- 資生集 jicheng.tw
- Kanseki DB