Week 1 - Historical Periods - Dates

Question 1

Shang Dynasty 1766 – 1122 BC

Answer 1

Oracle bone findings (written on bones and tortoise shells)

Question 2

Zhou Dynasty 122 – 221 BC

Answer 2

• Confucius (Kong Zi) 551 – 479 BC
• Lao Tzu (Lao Zi) 6th Century BC

Question 3

Han Dynasty 206 BC – 220 AD

Answer 3

Wu Shi Er Bing Fang (Prescriptions for Fifty-Two Ailments) Part of the silk texts enclosed into a tomb (Mawangdui) in the 2nd Century BC
* Huang di Nei Jing (Yellow Emperor’s Medicine Classic) – numerous authors Su Wen – late Spring / Autumn and Warring States Period
Ling Shu – 2nd century BC through Han Dynasty
* Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Divine Husbandman’s Classic of the Material Medica) Numerous authors; published in 2nd Century A.D.
* Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Discourse on Fevers and Miscellaneous Illnesses) Written by Zhang Zhong Jing (150 – 219 AD) and later divided into 2 books

Question 4

Tang Dynasty 618 – 907 AD

Answer 4

Both written by Sun Si Miao (581 – 682)
o Qian Jin Yao Fang (Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold for Emergencies or Precious Prescriptions for Emergencies)
o Qian Jin Yi Fang (A Supplement to the Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold or Supplement to Precious Prescriptions)
* Tang Ben Cao
Author is Su Jing and 23 others, issued by Tang government (657-659 AD)

Question 5

Ming Dynasty 1368 – 1644 AD

Answer 5

• Ben Cao Gang Mu (Material Medica or Great Pharmacopeia) Written by Li Shi-Zhen; published 1596 A.D.
• Wen Bing Xue (Ming/Qing Dynasties)

Question 6

Shen Nong n (2720 BC)

Answer 6

Chinese Emperor & physician

Question 7

Huang Di (2689 BC)

Answer 7

the Yellow Emperor