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Wu Qian (1689~1848), courtesy name Liuji, was born in Shexian County, Anhui Province. He was a famous doctor during the Yongzheng and Qianlong reigns of the Qing Dynasty and served as the judge of Taiyiyuan Right Hospital.

As an imperial physician, Wu Qian often accompanied the emperor. In the early spring of February of the fifth year of Qianlong's reign (1740), Emperor Qianlong suffered from common cold. Wu Qian, Chen Zhijing and other imperial doctors "respectfully treated him with care and were very diligent... and the effect was very fast." Emperor Qianlong soon became ill. Healed. Wu Qian and others were awarded for this. During his service in the court, Wu Qian received such favors many times. Emperor Gaozong Hongli thought highly of him and said to his ministers, "Wu Qian is excellent in both character and knowledge. He is different from ordinary doctors. You should respect him."

In the fourth year of Qianlong's reign (1739 AD), Emperor Qianlong ordered the compilation of medical books and appointed Wu Qian and Liu Yuduo as chief editors. As the chief editor, Wu Qian made important contributions to the completion of Yizong jinjian. Wu Qian believes that medical classics and medical books of various schools in the past dynasties have problems such as "the words are difficult to understand, mistakes are written, some are knowledgeable but not precise, and some are mixed and inconsistent", and they should be "corrected and annotated to distinguish the rights and wrongs of each school." .

Wu Qian advocates Zhongjing's theory. When writing Yizong jinjian, he referred to the writings of more than 20 doctors who studied Shanghan Lun and Jingui Yaolue before the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, and made some comments on these two diseases. The original text of this classic work was annotated one by one, and the interpretations of various annotators were gathered together to compile 17 volumes of "Revised Zhongjing Complete Works‧ Shanghan Lun Annotations" and "Revised Zhongjing Complete Works‧ Jingui Yaolue Notes" 8 volumes, ranked first among the Yizong jinjian books.