We are no strangers to the miracle doctor Bian Que, but one thing is quite surprising. That is why Bian Que’s medical books were unearthed in archeology, but Bian Que was kicked out of the textbooks. According to the general Logically speaking, wouldn't this just be enough to use underground materials to confirm the historical figure Bian Que?
(1) Bian Que’s Medical Books
In 2013, during the construction of Chengdu Metro Line 3 in Sichuan, a group of ancient tombs from the Han Dynasty were unearthed. These tombs are collectively called "Chengdu Laoguan" There are more than 920 slips and slips unearthed in Shanhan Tomb, including about 20,000 words of text. They can be divided into nine medical books, all of which have no titles except "Five Color Pulse Diagnosis".
Archaeologists named them based on the contents of the bamboo slips. Among them, the most exciting ones for scholars are the lacquered human figures with meridian points and nine medical bamboo slips, which are extremely precious because these nine works are likely to be long-lost classics of the Bian Que school of traditional Chinese medicine.
For traditional Chinese medicine, Zhang Zhongjing’s "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" has always been considered a symbol of the establishment of the clinical syndrome differentiation system of traditional Chinese medicine. However, the Han bamboo slips unearthed from the Han tomb in Laoguanshan, Chengdu, actually rewritten it to some extent. This shows that at the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, a mature treatment system had already appeared in China, and the establishment of the clinical system of traditional Chinese medicine can basically be pushed forward to the Spring and Autumn Period.
(2) Bian Que
Our understanding of Bian Que started from a middle school text, that is, "Bian Que meets Duke Huan of Cai". We learned that "disease should be avoided and treatment should be avoided". ? This word, but what happened to Bian Que is definitely a legend, because according to the records in "Historical Records", the time span of the three people Bian Que treated was 300 years, which is staggering, even though No matter how good Chinese medicine can be in maintaining health, Bian Que cannot live for more than 300 years like Peng Zu, right?
So, after research by experts and scholars, such a miraculous thing was discovered, and this is one of the reasons why the miracle doctor Bian Que was kicked out of the textbook.
It turns out that the so-called "Bian Que" actually does not represent a person, but an ancient honorific for "miraculous doctor". The real name of "Bian Que" as we know it now is from the Qinyue people during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but there are still many people named "Bian Que" in history. For example, in "Historical Records of Bian Que", there is another innkeeper named "Bian Que" who used a special potion to help Long Sangjun cure his eyes. Therefore, for the sake of accuracy, Bian Que was deleted from the textbook. After all, Bian Que does not exist alone as a person.
In addition, the "Bian Que Medical Book" unearthed from the Han Tomb in Laoguanshan, Sichuan is seriously damaged. It will take a long time to study and understand the entire content in detail, so whether the medical book left by "Bian Que" is complete It's impossible to be sure, so for the sake of rigor, experts also suggest that textbooks remove him first and then move him back when there is evidence. ?
In fact, we can understand that perhaps the earliest Bian Que relied on this complete set of medical theories to establish or create a sect. Because his medical skills are so magical and have been spread for a long time, Later, the disciples were collectively called Bian Que by the world, which caused our current confusion.