Nagoya Geni - Nagoya Geni

A doctor in the early Edo period. Born in Kyoto. Also written as Nagoya Gen'i. His pen name was Eppo or Fujun, and he was known by the names Gishun'an, Tansui-shi, and Tokei. He studied Confucianism under Ushu Sojun, and was skilled in the Book of Changes and divination, but later decided to become a doctor. He read and resonated with "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" by Yu Jiayan (1585-1664) of the Ming Dynasty in China, and advocated the restoration of medicine. He rejected the medical theories of the later school, which were popular at the time, and the medical methods of Li and Zhu, and introduced "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" by Zhang Zhongjing of the Later Han Dynasty, and argued for a return to its empirical spirit. For this reason, he is considered the founder of the ancient school of medicine. He was prone to many illnesses and was always bedridden in his later years, but he treated many patients and wrote many medical books. Some of his well-known works include "Nan Jing Commentary," "Commentary on the Jinki," "Questions on Medical Treatment," "Dan Shui Zi," and "Food Materia Medica."

[Otori Ranzaburo]

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江戸初期の医師。京都の人。名護屋玄医とも書く。字(あざな)は閲甫(えっぽ)または富潤といい、宜春庵(ぎしゅんあん)、丹水子、桐渓と号す。儒学を羽州宗純について学び、周易と占法をよくしたが、のち医学を志した。中国明(みん)の喩嘉言(ゆかげん)（1585―1664ころ）の『傷寒尚論』を読んでこれに共鳴し、医学復古の説を唱え、当時盛んであった後世(ごせい)派の医説、李(り)・朱の医方を排して、後漢(ごかん)の張仲景(ちょうちゅうけい)の『傷寒論』を紹介し、その実証精神に戻ることを主張した。これをもって彼は古医方派の始祖とされる。生来、多病で晩年にはつねに病床にあったが、多くの患者に接し、多数の医書を著した。『難経註疏(ちゅうそ)』『金匱(きんき)註解』『医方問余(もんよ)』『丹水子』『食物本草』などが知られている。

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