Sun Simiao (Traditional Chinese: å«æ€é‚ˆ; Simplified Chinese: å™æ€é‚ˆ; Hanyu Pinyin: SÅ«n SÄ«miÇŽo; Wade-Giles: Sun Szumiao, 581–682) was a famous traditional Chinese medicine doctor of the Sui and Tang dynasty. He was titled as China’s King of Medicine (è¯çŽ‹, Yaowang) for his significant contributions to Chinese medicine and tremendous care to his patients.
Sun wrote two books – Beiji Qian Jin Yao Fang (“Essential Formulas for Emergencies [Worth] a Thousand Pieces of Gold”) and Qian Jin Yi Fang (“Supplement to the Formulas of a Thousand Gold Worth”) – that were both milestones in the history of Chinese medicine. He is also known for the text “On the Absolute Sincerity of Great Physicians,” often called “the Chinese Hippocratic Oath,” which is still required reading for Chinese physicians: (more…)