Codification And Relative Studies On Directory Of Traditional Chinese Medicine In Guangdong Area In Minguo Period

Lingnan medicine is Chinese medicine which possesses intense endemial feature, It originated from ancient and developed to the peak in Minguo period after more than two thousand years. With development of economy and culture in Minguo period, academic communication of Chinese medicine in Guangdong area became so openly and frequently that many famous medical experts and Chinese medical books appearanced. As the bulk of Lingnan medicine, medical experts who made versatile contributions to the development of Chinese medicine in Guangdong area possessed important position in history of development on traditional Chinese medicine. Minguo period was the period which Chinese medicine in Guangdong area developed quickly and resisted to the hostile force. It was not so long from now that had more exist historical documents which is worth being referred. Therefore, we consider these documents in Minguo period as a part of historical documents of Lingnan medical experts in successive dynasties and codificate them.The research has been done by assembling relative documents of medical experts in Guangdong area in Minguo period extensively through clues such as local chronicles, relative contributions, historical datas, periodicals, modern reseach articles and so on. , , , are the main reference books. Referring to a few extant directories of Chinese medicine, the documents of medical experts are summed up and arranged in order.The article chiefly reseaches relative analysis of documents, including statistics and estimates on common characters of medical experts in Guangdong area in Minguo period. The statistics include four aspects: source of datas, medical experts' native place, medical experts' subjects and system, medical experts' contributions and medical records. The estimates include medical experts' academic thingings and their influence to the latters. In this way, the developping overwiew of Chinese medicine science in Guangdong area is outlined. Some problems are also solved. For example, some faults are retrieved, some datas are added. Thus, the medical experts' documents are more integritier, intimater and accurater.The conditions of Chinese medicine in Guangdong area are compared in length wise in order to comprehend the fatures of Chinese medicine in Guangdong area in Minguo period more clearly. I. e., Minguo period is compared with other periods on figures, contributions, medical records, academic, ect.In a word, Chinese medicine in Guangdong area in Minguo period developed rapidly and appeared many medical experts. They represented the force of Chinese medicine group in Guangdong area and made great contributions to the development of Chinese medicine in Guangdong area.The article records four hundred and eighteen medical experts in Guangdong area in Minguo period in summary. But only a few part of them are arrayed for the length of writing. The excel of the medical experts' wrtings is set at the last of the article.