What were the names of ancient doctors in China?

1, doctor

Doctor Taiyi used to be called a doctor, but the official name gradually formed a social atmosphere after the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. In ancient Chinese, "Dai" and "Dave" pronounced with capital letters have become honorifics for doctors.

It should be pointed out that Dai's pronunciation is an old saying of doctor's title, but today's so-called "great rhyme" was put forward many times after the founding of the People's Republic of China when Chinese polyphonic characters were standardized.

The sudden change of Chinese pronunciation in the past 1000 years has made modern people pronounce the word "doctor" as a doctor according to the pronunciation of modern Mandarin, and the word "Dave" should be pronounced like this in folk slang and ancient Chinese.

2. Langzhong

LangZhongBen is the official name, that is, the general name of imperial attendants. Its duties were originally to escort, accompany, advise, prepare consultants and send them at any time. It began in the Warring States and was ruled by Qin and Han Dynasties. Later generations served as assistant ministers, doctors, foreign ministers and other important positions in various ministries.

The name of doctor as a doctor began in the Song Dynasty. Honoring as a doctor is a southern dialect, which is caused by the proliferation of official titles after the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties.

Extended data:

In ancient history, due to the underdevelopment of science and technology, medicine for saving lives was often intertwined with witchcraft, and both medicine and witchcraft were called "witch doctors". During the Tang Dynasty, some doctors who treated the royal family for a long time received extra rewards from the emperor. To show respect, people call a witch doctor with medical skills a doctor or a doctor.

It is worth noting that, like doctor, doctor is an ancient official name. In the pre-Qin vassal States after the Western Zhou Dynasty, there were three levels below the monarch: Qing, doctor and scholar. Doctors are hereditary and have fiefs.

For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Confucius was Lu's doctor. Finally, before the Song Dynasty, the names of doctors were complicated, and they were generally called according to their specialties, such as food doctor, disease doctor, and gold sore doctor. Since the Song Dynasty, doctors used to be called southern doctors and northern doctors.

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