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Wang Zhi-zhong, courtesy name Shuquan, was born in Dongjia, Zhejiang (now Ruian City) during the period of Emperor Gaozong to Emperor Ningzong of the Southern Song Dynasty. In the fifth year of Qiandao (1169 AD), he became a Jinshi, served as a political minister, became a general, and became a professor in Lizhou (now Changde, Hunan) and Xiazhou (now Yichang, Hubei). He is a Confucian scholar who is well versed in medicine and well-read. He has studied acupuncture and moxibustion documents before the Song Dynasty, filled in gaps and corrected errors, and combined with long-term clinical experience. He has written seven volumes of Zhenjiu Zishengjing, one volume of "Ji Xiaofang" and "Records after Studying" (the last two books have been lost).

Zhizhong, who is often sick in his middle age, devotes himself to his career and also studies medicine. He treats any physical illness by himself, and he can humbly pay attention to the effective folk treatments. As long as he tries out their effectiveness, that is, local methods and herbal medicines. Record it, be able to take in everything, and accumulate a wealth of experience. When it comes to the treatment of diseases, he advocates not abandoning acupuncture and medicine, emphasizing that "acupuncture without moxibustion, moxibustion without acupuncture, is not a good doctor. Acupuncture and moxibustion without medicine, medicine without acupuncture and moxibustion, is also not a good doctor." Therefore, , refer to Jiayi Jing, Qianjin Fang, Waitai Miyao, "Bronze Man acupoint acupuncture and moxibustion Illustrated Book", Mingtang Jing I> etc., compiled into Zhenjiu Zishengjing, and many effective acupoints are also added in the book.

The "body cun" method of acupuncture and moxibustion has been said differently since ancient times. Wang was the first to make a final conclusion. He said: "The "Xia Jing" says: Qibo is divided into eight parts and one inch is divided into eight parts, which means that people have different lengths, fatness and infertility. Different, the acupoint selection is inaccurate; Bian Que uses the first section of the middle finger as one inch, because people have long body and short hands, short body and long hands, so the acupoint selection is also inaccurate; Sun Zhenren uses the horizontal stripe of the thumb joint as one inch, and there are also differences. . Now take the two horizontal lines on the second section of the middle finger Neiting (ST44) of the male left and the female right, and the distance between them is one cun; if the finger is bent, take the middle section of the finger side, and the upper and lower lines are one cun apart. "It has remained unchanged for eight hundred years and has been the standard for acupuncture and moxibustion.

Another key point of this book is the detailed method of moxibustion. Wang summarized Wen Ren Qi Nian Beiji Jiufa, Xixizi's "Nose Moxibustion", Zhuang Jiyu's "蓓腧moxibustion", etc., absorbed the strengths of each school, and became a culmination of moxibustion before the Song Dynasty. Later, " "Ju Ying" and "Dacheng" both refer to this. This book was spread to Japan and Korea during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and was included in the "Sikuquanshu" during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, which shows its academic value.