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[The evolution of image of practitioner Xu Shuwei in Song Dynasty]
1China Institute for History of Medicine and Medical Literature, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, 100700, China.
Abstract:
Xu Shuwei studied medicine at very youth age. Since his parents died of diseases, it was that until his adult period he can focused on medicine study. Finally, he became a practitioner, but he still payed attention to imperial examinations. He got Jinshi() at his 54 years old. At that times, there were many folk stories about Xu Shuwei that he once met an immortal at the land of dreams, and got some medicine knowledge from him. From the points of Song Literati's view, where his medical knowledge came from, when he learnt medicine, and the causes he studied medicine were different. They thought that he saved many lives, and he got retribution therefore he passed the imperial examination. His image was viewed as a model at that time.
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