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Symbolic image of the kidneys: Chinese/Korean/Japanese
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Symbolic image of the kidneys: Chinese/Korean/Japanese
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Symbolic illustration of the kidneys. One of a set of five illustrations of internal organs fromUibang-yuchwi(Classified Collection of Medical Recipes), section on the Five Viscera.Uibang-yuchwi is a compendium Yifang leiju-- or Chinese,Yifang leiju-- is a compendium of Chinese medical remedy literature compiled in C.15 Korea by Kim Rye-mong (1406-1469), Yu Seong-won (?- 1456) et al., under the auspices of King Sejong of Korea (r. 1418-1450). It originally comprised 365 juan (volumes), and contained over 50,000 precriptions drawn from 150 medical works ranging from the Qin period (221-206 BCE) to the early Ming (1368-1644). The original text is no longer extant. This image comes from a Japanese facsimile made in 1861 (1st year of the Bunkyu era), which unfortunately lacks juan 155, 156, 09 and 220.The text says: Kidney: Qi ofkan(Water), essence of Water. Its colour is black. It looks like a suspended stone. Its spirit has the form of a white deer. On both sides it engenderszhiknowledge, which is transformed into a Jade Child. It is 1chitall (1chi[Chinese foot] = c. 1/3 m). It goes in and out of the treasure-house of the kidney.
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Keywords: Chinese Medicine, Internal visualisation, Spirits of the organs, TCM, Medicine, Chinese Traditional, Viscera
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  • Library reference: External Reference Wang Shumin II 324, External Reference Si 5/1445 Qiu 324 and External Reference Vivienne Lo
  • Photo number: L0039623
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