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Anatomy in ancient China: The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon of Medicine and Wang Qingren's Correcting the Errors in the Forest of Medicine
Author(s) -
Loukas Marios,
Ferrauiola Julie,
Shoja Mohammadali M.,
Tubbs R. Shane,
CohenGadol Aaron A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.20979
Subject(s) - emperor , china , medicine , civilization , mysticism , anatomy , classics , worship , traditional chinese medicine , ancient history , literature , philosophy , theology , art , history , archaeology , pathology , alternative medicine
Although clouded by mysticism and ancestral worship, early Chinese civilization did make many important and often overlooked contributions to our current understanding of human anatomy. This article reviews these early contributions and focuses on the landmark writings of two of the most influential Chinese texts, the Huang Di Nei Jing ( The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon of Medicine ) attributed to Huang di, and Wang Qingren's Yi Lin Gai Cuo ( Correcting the Errors in the Forest of Medicine ). These sources made significant contributions to the Chinese understanding of anatomy and served to promote the study of human anatomy both in early China and in regional countries like Japan. Clin. Anat. 23:364–369, 2010. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.