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Lou Ying (1332～1401), named Gongshuang, courtesy name Quanshan, number Quanzhai, Xiaoshan Tower Tower people. He is a descendant of the general Lou Jin under Wu Yue's Wang Qianliu's command, and is the fifteenth generation grandson of Lou Yanfu, the founder of Xianyan. He was smart and studious since he was a child. He was literate at the age of 4, could read Neijing at the age of 7, learned to write characters at the age of 11, studied ancient precepts and phonology, and was able to talk about the "Four Books" at the age of 12. Lou Ying is not only smart, studious and sensible since childhood, but also a filial son and virtuous grandson. When he was 17 years old, his mother fell ill and he served her carefully. He personally tasted the decoction and never left his mother's bedside. From then on, his filial piety became famous in his hometown.

When his mother was ill, his father invited Dai Yuan, a famous Pujiang doctor and disciple of Zhu Dan-xi, one of "Jinyuan Sidajia" - li went to the tower three times to treat his mother's illness. The medicine cures the disease and restores youth. Lou Ying admired Dai's superb medical skills. From then on, he had the desire to practice medicine to help the world. He often contacted Dai and asked him to He asked for advice on medical skills and principles, and he couldn't take it back. Lou Ying's father Lou Ying does not want his son to go into medicine. He once served as a Confucian scholar in Fuyang. He hopes that his son will be familiar with the "Four Books" and "Five Classics". In Confucianism, Seek fame and honor your ancestors on the road. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, wars broke out all over the place. Lou Ying did not want to follow his father's path of "learning well and becoming an official", so he said to his father: "Isn't practicing medicine, curing diseases and benefiting the people better than being an official?" ” He set his ambition to “be a good doctor rather than a good minister”. In the end, I still insisted on my wish and determined to engage in the noble cause of saving lives and healing the wounded. Since the age of 20, he has been studying medicine while traveling to rural areas to practice medicine, personally picking decoctions and making pills. The practice of medicine involves Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei and other places. Legend from generation to generation in Louta: One day, a pregnant woman in Louta Village died in difficult delivery. When she was attending the funeral, she met Lou Ying when she came home and saw blood flowing out of the coffin. She stopped urgently and opened the coffin for inspection. , after one injection, the baby was born screaming, and the stepmother and child were safe. There were many such cases, and their reputation spread far and wide, reaching the imperial court. In the tenth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1377), when Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang was ill, he summoned a famous folk doctor, 46-year-old Lou Ying, to pass through Linhuai (now Fengyang, Anhui). The county magistrate Meng Ke recommended that he go to Kyoto (Nanjing) to treat Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. After Ming Taizu recovered from his illness, he saw his superb medical skills and appreciated him very much and ordered him to stay. Served in Kyoto Taiyiyuan. However, Lou Ying did not want to socialize with the government, but expressed his gratitude on the grounds that he was old, weak and sick. In August of this year, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty issued an edict to "give him back." Lou Ying After returning to the private sector, he continued to practice medicine and write books.

Lou Ying has 30 years of rich medical experience. In the 29th year of Hongwu (1396), he wrote 40 volumes of Yixue Gangmu. He used simple Chinese classical Philosophy, using the role of "yin-yang five elements, generation and transformation of all things", selected 10 parts including zang-fu organ disease, disease caused by cold, women, children, luck, etc. Each book records the disease syndrome, treatment methods, and prescriptions, each of which is different. It draws on the strengths of various schools and fully embodies the characteristics of different treatments for the same disease. It is proposed that "we must first distinguish the blood and Qi, the upper and lower surfaces, the inside and outside, The diagnosis principle of zang -fuorgan is to know the location of the disease, and then examine the evils of deficiency, excess, cold, and heat to treat them." This book has an outline and purpose. It is a first and an unprecedented masterpiece in the history of medicine in the motherland. More than two hundred years later, when Li Shi-zhen, a famous medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, compiled Bencao Gangmu, he listed Yixue Gangmu as the main reference book. It can be seen that this book is so important and authoritative in medical research. Therefore, Lou Ying is known as a prodigy from eastern Zhejiang who "does it if you don't hear it; if you don't learn it, you will succeed."

Lou Ying It is a one-stop process to go to the mountains to collect herbs, grow herbs and make medicines. He carried forward the spirit of saving lives and healing the wounded, and humanitarian treatment, and did not accept any money from poor patients. Healing does not distinguish between high and low, ranging from the royal family to the poor and common people. He is truly a leading figure in the medical field, with good moral character, the essence of a sage, and the demeanor of a generation. At that time, people respectfully called Lou Ying the "Fairy Grand Duke". According to relevant records, from Lou Ying to Lou Bangyuan, Lou Wangdao, Lou Qiting, Lou Quan and Lou who are practicing medicine. Experienced eras from the Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, to the Qing Dynasty. He has been practicing medicine for a long time, has high medical skills, and has an unprecedented range of medical disciplines. The doctor surnamed Lou has excellent medical skills. He has gathered a large amount of precious medical information from the documents of previous dynasties before the Ming Dynasty. He has made a major contribution to mankind and is indispensable. At the foot of the hillside of "Overturning the Medicine Bottle" in Louyi Village, Louta Town, lies the miracle doctor Lou Ying and his wife Zhang's Anren. There is a Quanshan Memorial Hall built in my hometown. There is a couplet in the hall that says: "Know the essence of astronomy, yin-yang, Zhanghuangqi, and understand the geography, calendar, and the essence of the Book of Changes." Another couplet says: " Linhuai's wise eyes recommended the genius of Xiaoshan, and the immortal rock and grass built the imperial capital of Hongwu. The merits last forever.

Lou Ying Epitaph

Lou Gongying also known as Gongshuang, courtesy name Quan Shan, number Quanzhai. The fifteenth generation grandson of Yanfu, the founder of Xianyan. He was born on March 15th in the third year of Zhishun in the Yuan Dynasty (1332) and died on November 19th in the third year of Jianwen in the Ming Dynasty (1401).

The Duke came from a family of Confucian doctors and a rich family. He is extremely intelligent, has an excellent official career, and has a medical record. When he was 20 years old, he started to have a diagnosis, and all the medicines and stones he gave were tested. He was flooded with people seeking treatment, and he helped people in need. His reputation quickly spread to both the government and the public. During the reign of Emperor Hongwu, an imperial edict was issued to treat Taizu's illness and he was intended to be appointed as the imperial medical officer. However, he was indifferent to wealth and salary and refused to accept the offer, so he was granted the title of "return to his hometown".

At the age of thirty-one, he set up a school to teach students, extensively studied the classics and biographies, studied the Book of Changes, searched hundreds of prescription books, and obtained the secret biography of Danxi. - yang zang-fu organ classification, disease analysis method, diligently writing for thirty-five years, in the 29th year of Hongwu (1397), Yixue Gangmu was completed, which is very impressive. The forty volumes of this part are books like Kuangqian. Many people rushed to copy it, and it was published in the 44th year of Jiajing reign. Later Li Shi-zhen Bencao Gangmu had many quotations. Gong and Li, the Medical Outline and the Pharmaceutical Outline, are like two giant stars, shining brightly in the apricot forest, bringing prosperity to future generations and establishing a monument of Chinese medicine.

The public is a leader in the medical field, a handsome scholar, a virtuous person, a leader in the style of his generation, and a sage whose legacy will last through the ages. Later generations honored him as the "Fairy Grand Duke". The tombstone was re-erected in the 60th year of Kangxi (1721). In the 7th year of the Republic of China, the statue was unveiled in the lower ancestral hall. In 1986, it was named "Lou Ying Memorial Hall" and in 1989 it was immortalized. People repaired tombs and built pavilions. For six hundred years, Burmese sacrifices have continued.

At this prosperous time, in order to protect the health of the people, promote medical skills, and promote medical ethics, on the occasion of the 665th anniversary of his birth, a monument was erected to commemorate the occasion.

Lou Ying Descendant Yue Zhong Written in March 1997

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