Acupuncture has always been the most distinctive treatment method in traditional Chinese medicine in China. At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were also some acupuncture books from a previous life, but they were full of mistakes and easy to mislead. In order to change this situation, the medical officer of Hanlin Medical College was ordered to take medicine for Wang, study the methods of acupuncture, and cast a bronze statue of acupuncture as a guide to acupuncture. Wang was a famous acupuncturist in Song Dynasty. He used to be a medical officer of Hanlin Medical College and worked in the Commercial and Pharmaceutical Bureau. He made in-depth research on acupuncture theory, technology and Tang Ming classics in ancient medical books. After the preface, the human anatomy, acupoints, meridian circulation, acupuncture indications and so on were further studied in detail, and a three-volume "Illustration of Acupuncture and Moxibustion at Tongren Acupoints" was written. After reading it, I think that although the exposition in the book is incisive, learners may still have deviations in execution, so I continue to order Wang to make bronze statues of acupuncture in order to understand acupuncture theory more emotionally. In A.D. 1027, Wang made two bronze statues. These two bronze statues of acupuncture are as tall as adult men. Their shells can be disassembled and their chests and bellies can be opened. You can see the internal organs of the abdomen. Their position, shape and size ratio are basically accurate. Fourteen meridians of the human body are engraved on the surface of the bronze statue, and the acupoint names of each meridian are marked in detail, in strict accordance with the actual proportion of the human body. After the two bronze men were cast, one was kept in Hanlin Academy of Medical Sciences, and the other was kept in Renji Hall of Suoguo Temple. The production of bronze statue of acupuncture and moxibustion makes the teaching of acupoints more standardized, visualized and intuitive, and soon the bronze statue of acupuncture and moxibustion becomes a model of acupuncture and moxibustion teaching, which is very practical for guiding the students of Taiyi Bureau to learn acupuncture and moxibustion meridians and points.
Acupuncture and moxibustion examination of copper binding people
With acupuncture experts, when students take the acupuncture examination, the actual operation can be assessed by acupuncture experts, and the learning level of students can be more truly reflected. Tongren's acupuncture examination method is very scientific. Before the examination, the surface of the bronze man will be coated with a layer of wax to cover the acupuncture points and meridian instructions engraved on the bronze man. Needle holes on acupoints are also blocked by yellow wax, and mercury or water will be injected into colleagues' body cavities. When students take the exam, according to the examiner's questions, they use needles to prick the acupuncture points of Tongren. If the acupuncture position is not accurate, the needle cannot penetrate the bronze man's body; If you choose the right point and just get stuck in the blocked Tongren point, the needle can quickly penetrate into the body cavity, so that after pulling out the needle, mercury or water will be ejected from the pinhole. Students' mastery of acupoints can be clear at a glance, and the standards are unified, which is a great promotion to acupuncture teaching.
After the bronze statue of acupuncture was cast, it attracted people's attention. During the Song and Jin Wars, Jin people used to demand the bronze statue of acupuncture as a condition for peace, which shows the importance of the bronze statue of acupuncture. However, after Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the acupuncture bronze figures have not been preserved, and their whereabouts are still unknown. The Ming Dynasty copied and preserved the acupuncture bronze figures of the Song Dynasty.
After finishing the production of the bronze statue of acupuncture, Wang re-edited the Illustration of Acupuncture and Moxibustion on Acupoints of Newly Cast Copper Statue, which was printed by Hanlin Medical College and promulgated and popularized by the state governments. The diagram of meridians and acupoints in Acupuncture Picture Book of Newly Cast Copper Man is also engraved in the "Acupuncture and Moxibustion Hall" of Renji Hall of Suoguo Temple. Some of these stone carvings have been preserved to this day, and the remains are now displayed in China History Museum, Capital Museum and Beijing Stone Carving Art Museum respectively, which provides valuable material for studying the history of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture.