Confucian physician; scholar-doctor
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
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Confucian physician; a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner from a scholar-literati background
archaicHistorical term for physicians in imperial China who combined medical practice with Confucian scholarly training and ethics. The concept emphasizes that medical knowledge should be grounded in classical Confucian learning.
Tā他
shì是
yī一
wèi位
dé德
gāo高
wàng望
zhòng重
de的
rú儒
yī医
。
He is a Confucian physician of high moral standing and prestige.
Rú儒
yī医
qiáng强
diào调
yī医
shù术
yǔ与
rú儒
xué学
xiū修
yǎng养
bìng并
zhòng重
。
Confucian physicians emphasized the equal importance of medical skills and Confucian cultivation.
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Zài在
míng明
qīng清
shí时
qī期
，
xǔ许
duō多
rú儒
yī医
lái来
zì自
shū书
xiāng香
mén门
dì第
。
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, many Confucian physicians came from scholarly families.