Shǔzhèng fāyuán 暑症發原
Tracing the Origins of Summer-Heat Disorders by 李識候 (Lǐ Shíhòu, 清)
About the work
A late-Qīng monograph dedicated to summer-heat disorder (shǔzhèng 暑症 / shǔbìng 暑病), in 1 juǎn. The text takes its place in the cluster of Qīng wēnbìng-tradition monographs on summer-heat — alongside the earlier base-text 張鳳逵 Zhāng Fèngkuí’s Shāngshǔ quánshū (KR3eg005) and the canonical treatment of shǔwēn in the wēnbìng synthesis (cf. Wēnbìng tiáobiàn, Wēnrè jīngwěi).
Abstract
Summer-heat is one of the four principal warm-disease categories in the Qīng wēnbìng synthesis, alongside fēngwēn 風溫, shīwēn 濕溫, and wēnyì 溫疫. Lǐ Shíhòu’s monograph systematically traces the doctrinal origins of summer-heat back through the canonical Nèijīng loci (Sùwèn “Rèlùn” 熱論 etc.) and provides a syndrome-discriminating clinical apparatus.
Dating and authorial detail are not preserved. The text is conventionally placed in the late Qīng on doctrinal grounds. No CBDB record exists for the author.
Translations and research
- Hanson, Marta. Speaking of Epidemics in Chinese Medicine. Routledge, 2011 — context on summer-heat in the Qīng wēn-bìng taxonomy.
- No substantial dedicated secondary literature located.