PMID: 11619316Sep 1, 1996Paper

A study on "Kyō gige" or "Jing Yijie" mentioned in the Ishinpō

Nihon ishigaku zasshi. [Journal of Japanese history of medicine]
M Mayanagi, S Shen

Abstract

The Ishinpō written in 984 is the oldest extant medical work in Japan. In this work a unique sequence of characters, [Japanese characters] (Kyō gige in Japanese, Jing Yijie in Chinese) followed by the character [Japanese character], which usually indicates a citation, can be found only once in vol. 25 of the Nakarai-MA [Japanese character]. That is why it has been regarded as a cited book title until now. However, there were no books with the title [Japanese characters] before the time of the Ishinpō. The authors therefore tried to make a historical investigation into this phrase. The following results could be found: (1) The phrase in question has to be seen as one unit together with the last character of the former line [Japanese character] and should be read as [Japanese characters] (Myakukyō Gige in Japanese, Maijing Yijie in Chinese). (2) There are no books extant with the title [Japanese characters], and we see no possibility that such a book might have been written before the time of the Ishinpō. (3) The most possible reason why the phrase [Japanese characters], which is not a book title is given only here is miscopy and mispagination. Originally, there must have been two separate citations, one from [Japanese characters...Continue Reading

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