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Sun Simiao

Type Figure Region China Time 581–682 Also known as King of Medicine

Famous Tang dynasty physician and longevity expert from Huayuan, Jingzhao; author of Beiji Qianjin Yaofang and Qianjin Yifang, revered as the 'King o…

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  1. 581–652Mount Taibai · ShaanxiLearned in the Hundred Schools from youth; repeatedly summoned but declined office in the late Sui and early Tang, living reclusively in the mountains practicing medicine to aid the world, mastering materia medica and acupuncture and accumulating clinical experience that laid the foundation for later medical writings.
  2. 652–682Huayuan, Jingzhao · ShaanxiComposed the thirty-juan Beiji Qianjin Yaofang, and in later years wrote the Qianjin Yifang, compiling the essence of medicine before the Tang, advocating medical ethics, and offering systematic discussions of materia medica classification and clinical specialties.

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