[Research on the school of Danxi of the Ming dynasty]

Zhu Danxi, the founder of Danxi School, one of the four major schools of the Jin - Yuan dynasties, was famous for its Yin - nourishing theory. Clinically, it was adept in treating miscellaneous disorders, with the "four - injury theory" as its theory for differentiation of Zheng. The medical thinking of Danxi is quite specific that it exerted its clinical and academic influence mostly in the Ming dynasty, with so many schools followed him. Though research on its origin and evolution, direct followers like Dai Sigong, Wang Lü, Lin Chung et al. not only totally inherited Danxi's medical idea, but also became the receiver of his academic experiences. Indirect followers(study perronally) reached its peak in the Ming dynasty. They inherited Danxi's experience and further developed to supplement his theory. For other physicians partly following Danxi's experience also emerged and applied his academy for further development of medical theory.