- Sun Simiao
Sun Simiao (zh-tspw|t=孫思邈|s=孙思邈|p=Sūn Sīmiǎo|w=Sun Szumiao,
581 –682 ) was a famoustraditional Chinese medicine doctor of theSui andTang dynasty . He was titled asChina 's King of Medicine (药王, Yaowang) for his significant contributions toChinese medicine and tremendous care to his patients.Sun wrote two books - "Beiji Qian Jin Yao Fang" ("Essential Formulas for Emergencies [Worth] a Thousand Pieces of Gold") and "Qian Jin Yi Fang" ("Supplement to the Formulas of a Thousand Gold Worth") - that were both milestones in the history of Chinese medicine. He is also known for the text "On the Absolute Sincerity of Great Physicians," often called "the Chinese
Hippocratic Oath ," which is still required reading for Chinese physicians:A Great Physician should not pay attention to status, wealth orage; neither should he question whether the particular personis attractive or unattractive, whether he is an enemy or friend,whether he is a Chinese or a foreigner, or finally, whether he isuneducated or educated. He should meet everyone on equalgrounds. He should always act as if he were thinking of hisclose relatives. [Citation| first=Hans-Martin |last=Sass|title=Emergency Management in Public Health Ethics: Triage, Epidemics, Biomedical Terror and Warfare|periodical=Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 15 |date=September 2005|url=http://www.unescobkk.org/fileadmin/user_upload/shs/EJAIB/EJ92005b.pdf]
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List of Chinese physicians References
External links
* [http://www.itmonline.org/arts/sunsimiao.htm Sun Simiao: Author of the Earliest Chinese Encyclopedia for Clinical Practice] — Subhuti Dharmananda
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