Textual Research on Bian Que's Writings / 中医杂志

ABSTRACT

The authors advocate that Bian Que lived iil the end of Spring - Autumn Period. Although personal writing first appeared in the Warring States; there were medical officials in all the States, the achievements of whom were examined by their the authority based on their own original records. Moreover. Chang Sangjun. Bian Que's tutor, "left all his secret books on recipes to Bian Que". Hence, the likelihood of appearance of medical monographs in Bian Que's age is very high. His discussions on morbid pulse and normal pulse were also inherited and developed.