[A study on Wu Jinshou]

Wu Jinshou()[(1785-1795)-(1844-1851)]once wanted to take the imperial examination, but in late Qing Dynasty, under the depressed situation of economics and politics, he was trapped in countryside as many lower intellectuals, and chose medicine as another way to earn a living. In fact, he was both a doctor and a literatus. He kept friends with scholars, such as Zhang Tingji, Yao Wentian, Lu Changchun, Wei Guangfu, and scholar-physicians like Chen XIshu, Lu zeng and also Xu Jin's family, famous doctors at that time. He changed status Flexibly. To some extent, he represented the basic appearance of the traditional Chinese practitioner. In Daoguang 11 years(1831), Wu Jinshou published Medincal Cases Records of Three physicians(《》), Yi Xiao Mi Chuan(《》), Wen Re Zhui Yan(《》). This naturally have business purpose and was market-oriented. He had influenced on the spread of Wuzhong(the name of Suzhou and its surrounding area in Ming and Qing Dynasty) medical books, and provided some topics to the study of the Wenbing academic history.