But who invented the miracle of traditional Chinese medicine "acupuncture bronze man", and what kind of historical story is hidden behind it? It is estimated that few people know.
0 1 The "Tiansheng Copper Man" who shocked the world came from the Northern Song Dynasty and laid the foundation for the development of traditional Chinese medicine.
Speaking of the bronze statue of acupuncture, we have to mention Bian Que, an imperial doctor in China. On that day, the king of Guo suddenly collapsed and his life was dying. Bian Que saved him with acupuncture. Since then, Bian Que has become the first person to use acupuncture in the history of China.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, after Zhao Zhen of Song Renzong ruled the country, he decided to spread the acupuncture method used by Bian Que as a national treasure. In order to further study this method, he also appointed King Tai Yi to study and compile a book to make teaching specimens.
At that time, the representative of epoch-making innovation "Acupuncture Copper Man" was invented by Wang, and was also called "Tiansheng Copper Man" at that time. This bronze statue of human body divides the acupoints of human body incisively and vividly, and Wang also cast two bronze statues of acupuncture, which played an important role in China's research on clinical acupoint selection of traditional Chinese medicine in later generations.
There are 354 acupoints on this sacred bronze man, and each acupoint is engraved with a small hole. The internal organs and bones of bronze men are all carved with wood.
After the casting of this bronze man was completed, the imperial doctors regarded it as a necessary operation artifact for the exam. If the examinee correctly pricks each acupoint with a needle, mercury will flow out of the acupoint.
On the contrary, if the system is wrong, the mercury will not flow out. The 354 acupoints on the bronze man need to be tied correctly to qualify.
It can be said that in the whole education of acupuncture and moxibustion in Song Dynasty, the acupuncture bronze man was not only the standard answer for candidates to "choose and locate points", but also an intuitive teaching aid for teachers to teach acupuncture and moxibustion courses at that time.
After Tiansheng Copper Man became the national treasure of the Northern Song Dynasty, even neighboring countries regarded it as a rare treasure. It is understood that at that time, these two bronze statues of acupuncture were placed in the Northern Song Dynasty Medical Officer's Hospital, which was specially for doctors to observe and practice medicine; Another statue was placed in today's Kaifeng, Henan Province, and displayed in Renji Hall, which was also called Suoguo Temple in Tokyo at that time.
Wars broke out one after another, and Tiansheng copper people experienced multiple hardships.
In the years with the changes of this dynasty and history, Tiansheng Copper Man spread from the Northern Song Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty. The country perished, and the Minister of Song Dynasty handed it over to the Mongolian court. Kublai Khan saw that Tiansheng Copper Man was seriously damaged and demanded that it be completely repaired at all costs.
By the Ming Dynasty, the acupoints of Tiansheng Tongren were blurred and could not be used as teaching AIDS. Zhu Qizhen also spent a lot of money to restore Tongren. After the demise of the Ming Dynasty, the Tong people fell into the Qing court.
When Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, the bronze statue of the national treasure was captured by the Russian army and lost overseas, and the whereabouts of another bronze statue was unknown.
It is gratifying, however, that in the 1990s, during the archaeological research in Beijing, the staff discovered the six sides of the stone in Song Tiansheng's "The Acupoint Map of the Newly Cast Copper Man". This great historical discovery has attracted the attention of the acupuncture field of traditional Chinese medicine, and also provided a basis for the reappearance of Song Tiansheng's Acupuncture Copper Man.
Until 1985, after in-depth excavation and textual research by archaeologists, through multiple processes such as argumentation, careful design, shaping and positioning, the acupuncture bronze man was finally rebuilt all over the world.
Nowadays, not only acupuncture is included in China's intangible cultural heritage, but also the bronze statue of acupuncture, which shows its indelible role in traditional Chinese medicine.