According to historical records, the word "sitting doctor" originated from Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in Han Dynasty. At that time, Zhang Zhongjing often sat in a drugstore in Changsha to treat people. His story has been passed down through the ages and has become a much-told story in the medical field. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this statement gradually became popular, and many famous doctors such as Li Shizhen were called "sitting doctors".

Zhang Zhongjing (about 150 ~ 154—— about 2 15 ~ 2 19) was born in Nieyang County, Nanyang (now Zhangzhai Village, Gedong Town, dengzhou city City, Henan Province). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a medical scientist, one of the three doctors of Jian 'an, was honored as a "medical sage" by later generations.

Zhang Zhongjing extensively collected medical prescriptions and wrote the masterpiece Treatise on Febrile Diseases handed down from ancient times. The principle of "syndrome differentiation and treatment" established by him is the basic principle of TCM clinic and the soul of TCM.

Character life:

Zhang Zhongjing was born in a declining bureaucratic family. His father Zhang was a scholar and an official of the imperial court. Due to the special conditions of his family, he was exposed to many classics since he was a child.

He is also studious, well-read and loves medicine. He saw the story of Bian Que visiting the Duke of Qi Huan from the history books and admired Bian Que's superb medical skills. From then on, he became interested in medicine, which laid the foundation for him to become a generation of medical masters.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, people were divided, political affairs were uneasy and epidemics prevailed. Many people are dead, but the government is busy, fighting for power and profit and waging war. This made Zhang Zhongjing hate officialdom, despise official career and pity the people since he was a child, and he sprouted the desire to study medicine to save the country. Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty spent four years (A.D. 16 1). At the age of about 10, he studied medicine under Zhang Bozu, a doctor from the same county.

Zhang Bozu was a famous physician at that time. He has a calm personality, a simple life and studies medicine hard. Every time I see a patient and prescribe a prescription, I am very careful and thoughtful.

Zhang Zhongjing studied medicine with him very attentively. Whether going out for medical treatment, copying prescriptions and taking medicines, or going up the mountain to collect medicines and go home for processing, he is not afraid of suffering and fatigue. Zhang Bozu liked this student very much and taught him his rich experience of practicing medicine all his life without reservation.

During his study, Zhang Zhongjing read a large number of medical books, extensively absorbed the experience of various physicians for clinical diagnosis, advocated "diligently pursuing ancient teachings", and earnestly studied and summarized the theoretical experience of predecessors.

After decades of research, sixteen volumes of Treatise on Febrile Diseases were written in 2 10 AD. After writing this book, Zhang Zhongjing still devoted himself to studying medicine until his death. In 285 A.D., after Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, unified the whole country, Zhang Zhongjing's body was transported back to his hometown for burial by later generations, and the medical shrine and Zhongjing's tomb were built in Nanyang.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhang Zhongjing