The Journal of Korean Medical History (한국의사학회지)

Korean Society of the Medical History (한국의사학회)
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A Study on the Figures of Viscera (臟腑圖) in Sancaituhui (《三才圖會》 encyclopaedia illustrations about the all things in nature) by Wang Qi (王圻) of Ming-Dynasty

명대(明代) 왕기(王圻)의 《삼재도회(三才圖會)》 장부도(臟腑圖)에 대한 고찰(考察)

  • Lee, Myeong-Cheol (Dept. of Oriental Medicine Graduate school of Wonkwang University) ;
  • Park, Kyoung Nam (Dept. of Oriental Medicine Graduate school of Wonkwang University) ;
  • Maeng, Woong Jae (Dept. of Oriental Medicine Graduate school of Wonkwang University)
  • 이명철 (원광대학교 한의과대학 의사학교실) ;
  • 박경남 (원광대학교 한의과대학 의사학교실) ;
  • 맹웅재 (원광대학교 한의과대학 의사학교실)
  • Published : 2007.12.30
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Abstract

This study compared the figures of viscera (臟腑圖) in the seventh volume titled "Body" of Sancaituhui (三才圖會), the illustrated Encyclopedia published in the Ming Dynasty (明代), and the figures of viscera in Leijingtuyi (類經圖翼). One hundred and six volume Sancaituhui was compiled by Wang Qi (王圻) and his son Wang Siyi (王思義) in the Ming Dynasty. It was first published in 1607 and republished in 1609. Sancaituhui is somewhat different from other existing medical books in terms of form and content. Thus, this study examined the difference. Another comprehensive medical book, Leijingtuyi, was written by Zhang Jing-yue (張景岳) in 1624. Both Sancaituhui and Leijingtuyi were published in China before Terrenz's Taixirenshenshuogai (泰西人身說槪), the book which first introduced Western anatomy. Therefore, this study accessed the two medical books to examine the development of figures of viscera before the instruction of Western medicine.

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