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Wang Wei-yi, also known as 伟德, lived from about 987 to 1067, and there is no trace of it. He once served as Hanlin medical officer, imperial minister of medicine, and taught medicine at the Imperial Medical Bureau. Wang Wei-yi is good at acupuncture and moxibustion, Song History·Yiwenzhi Contains 3 volumes of Wang's Mingtang Jing, but unfortunately it has not been handed down to the world. In the fourth year of Tiansheng (1026), the Song government once again collected and revised medical books. Wang Wei-yi was ordered to I devoted myself to reviewing the works of acupuncture and moxibustion.

Renzong believed that "the ancient scriptures are extremely refined in their training, but scholars make many mistakes in holding the title. Transmitting the heart is not as good as understanding the eyes, and the words are not as good as the form of the case. He ordered the creation of bronzes and artificial styles." (Wang Wei-yi Bronze figure acupoint acupuncture and moxibustion Illustration Sutra - Preface to Xia Song Photocopy of China Bookstore, 1987), so Wang Wei-yi was responsible for the design, and the government organized craftsmen to In the fifth year of Tiansheng's reign (1927), two human body models were cast from fine bronze. Wang's new book on acupuncture and moxibustion was named Bronze Figures on Acupuncture and Moxibustion.) , the book was promulgated by the government and distributed throughout the country, complementing the acupuncture and moxibustion bronze figures.

The Bronze Man acupuncture and Moxibustion Illustrated Book, published as an official document, provides a systematic summary of the Acupuncture and Moxibustion achievements before the Song Dynasty, and provides a comprehensive review of the Song Dynasty and later generations. The development of Acupuncture and Moxibustion plays an important role in promoting. The design and manufacture of acupuncture and moxibustion bronze figures is a major innovation in the history of medicine. As the earliest human models and visual teaching aids for acupuncture and moxibustion, the two bronze figures are of great significance in the history of medicine. Wang Wei-yi’s contribution to this is indelible.