Shānghán zhì lì 傷寒治例
Standards for the Treatment of Cold Damage by 劉純 (Liú Chún, zì Zōnghòu 宗厚, fl. early Míng, 明)
About the work
A one-juan early-Míng Shānghán clinical handbook by 劉純 Liú Chún (字 Zōnghòu 宗厚), the Xiánníng 咸寧 (Shǎnxī) physician most famous for his Yùjī wēiyì 玉機微義 (KR3e0068) and Yī jīng xiǎo xué 醫經小學. The work — preserved with a preface by 蕭謙 Xiāo Qiān (hào Yì’ān jūshì 易庵居士, dated Chénghuà jǐhài = 1479) — is a clinically-organized treatment manual that “sù Sùwèn zhī yuán, cuō Zhòngjǐng zhī zhǐ” (traces back to the Sùwèn source and abstracts the essentials of Zhòngjǐng), organized by symptom category (發熱, 解表, 解肌) rather than by canonical chapter.
Abstract
Composition window 1370–1412 is bracketed by Liú Chún’s productive early-Míng period (he was a student of Zhū Dānxī’s circle through his father 劉橘泉 Liú Júquán, who studied directly with 朱震亨 Zhū Dānxī) and the conventional Míng Hóngwǔ / Yǒnglè dating of his medical writings. The first printing was by 蕭謙 Xiāo Qiān in 1479 (Chénghuà 15), nearly seventy years after Liú’s productive period — Xiāo’s preface records that he sought out Liú’s descendants (“企慕而訪求翁後”) and printed the work to honor Liú’s medical legacy. Xiāo also notes Liú’s other works Yī jīng xiǎo xué and Yùjī wēiyì as transmitted to the world.
The text presents Shānghán therapeutics under operational categories: when to fā hàn (induce sweat), when to jiě jī (release flesh), when to use Máhuáng tāng vs. Guìzhī tāng, the differential diagnosis of biǎofārè vs. lǐfārè, etc. The clinical-categorical organization is one of the principal early-Míng departures from the Sòng commentary mainstream and a precursor of the Qīng fānglèi arrangements (see KR3ef064 for Xú Dàchūn’s mature instance of this approach).
Translations and research
- Goldschmidt-style studies of Sòng-Yuán-Míng Shānghán transition.
- No substantial English-language translation located.
Other points of interest
Liú Chún’s transmission line — 朱震亨 Zhū Dānxī → 劉橘泉 Liú Júquán (Liú’s father) → 劉純 Liú Chún — places him in the principal Yuán–Míng jīnyuán synthesis lineage, making his Shānghán zhì lì one of the few extant Shānghán clinical handbooks in the Dānxī tradition.
Links
- See KR3e0068 (Liú’s expanded Yùjī wēiyì).
- See KR3ef001 (parent Shānghán lùn).
- 傷寒治例 jicheng.tw
- Kanseki DB