What is a Jianben book?

Jianben Books: Books published in Jianyang, Fujian Province are Jianben Books.

Abstract: Jianben Books and Medical Communication: Books published in Jianyang, Fujian, namely Jianben Books, have had a glorious history in the process of traditional cultural dissemination and exchange, both in the domestic medical community and in the medical sciences of China's neighboring countries.

fields, and play a very important role.

Medicine is a type of natural science. It is a system of scientific knowledge and practical activities that maintain and enhance people's health, prevent and treat diseases.

Chinese medicine has a history of thousands of years. It is inseparable from the socio-economic culture of the time. The development of traditional Chinese medicine from small to large, from local to large-scale across regions is extremely closely related to the development of various communication methods and communication carriers.

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From a historical perspective, the wars in China's Five Dynasties, Song and Yuan dynasties and the backward customs brought about by the Liao, Jin and Yuan rule have hindered and destroyed social production. However, southern China has suffered less from war and has developed more.

It has gradually become the economic center of the country in terms of agriculture, handicrafts and commerce.

During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the papermaking industry experienced widespread development, and high-quality paper was produced in Sichuan, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places.

Since the invention of woodblock printing between the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was used to engrave Confucian classics in the Five Dynasties. Bi Sheng in the Northern Song Dynasty invented movable type printing, which greatly improved printing technology. Therefore, the Song Dynasty was an era of maturity and development of woodblock printing technology.

Among them, the engravings in Lin'an, Zhejiang, are the best, and those in Fujian and Sichuan are also good. They have many and excellent books, some of which are still very valuable to this day [1].

The Fujian engraving mentioned in history books mostly refers to northern Fujian, especially Jianyang. Historically, the books published in Jianyang are called Jianben, and the printing industry of Masha and Chonghua (now Bookstore) in Jianyang originated from the Tang Dynasty.

A large number of literati from the Central Plains migrated southward and developed during the Five Dynasties period.

Since the Northern Song Dynasty, the woodblock printing industry in Masa and Chonghua, Jianyang has flourished, and it was in its heyday during the Southern Song Dynasty. The Yue, Ming and Qing dynasties experienced ups and downs. After more than 700 years, the woodblock printing industry in Masa and Chonghua in Jianyang has developed and is known as the book

Zhifu, historically as famous as Zhejiang Edition and Shu Edition, is one of the three major book publishing centers.

This is not only related to the cultural people at that time who fled the chaos and settled in northern Fujian, but also to the southward shift of the economic and cultural center of gravity, to the rich local bamboo and wood resources, and to Jianyang's geographical location and convenient transportation.

Handmade papermaking in northern Fujian originated in the Tang Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty began to use local tender bamboo to make paper.

Due to abundant resources and low prices of raw materials, papermaking has become one of the main handicraft industries in various counties.

The quality of bamboo paper in Jianyang, Shunchang and other counties is quite high and the output is quite large. Bamboo paper has become an important raw material for book printing [2].

According to book records, during the Southern Song Dynasty, the editions of books published in Jianyang were widely used in all directions.

There is a poem that says: "A businessman from Jiangxi comes to Jianyang without carrying orchids or medicinal materials. It's really nice to decorate the mountains and rivers, and he sells books in the masha square."

There is also "the book market is full of houses, everyone is selling books, and there are merchants from all over the world, and the sellers are like weavers."

These all truly describe the scene of foreign merchants selling books in Jianyang [3].

During their heyday, the population of Masha and Chonghua increased dramatically, and engraving books became a handicraft industry for residents' families. The publication of a large number of books made a huge contribution to the dissemination, preservation and development of the motherland's culture. Among them, medical books were also widely

Spread.

Jianben books are not only circulated in China, but also some are exported to North Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia.

In the foreign trade activities of the Song Dynasty, there are records of ships carrying books from Quanzhou, Fujian, in exchange for ginseng and cloth from Silla.

Yu Zhi'an (1275-1348), a native of Jianyang in the Yuan Dynasty, once engraved 10 volumes of "Taiping Huimin Hejiju Prescription" in the Jiachen year of Dade, and in the third year of Tianli, he engraved "Xinkan Wang's Pulse Classic" and Song Ci's

His "Collected Records of the Punishment of the Song Dynasty" is very popular in China.

During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, cultural exchanges between China, North Korea, and Japan were very close. Chinese medicine had an influence on North Korea in the Tang Dynasty.

During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Chinese medical books were continuously imported into North Korea, and some medical works, including Song Ci's "Resolution of Wrongs", were also exported to Japan. At the same time, they continued to be introduced into Persia and Arabia.

The Jianben book "The Bronze Man's Acupoint Acupuncture Illustrations" was printed by Yu Zhian of Jianyang in the Yuan Dynasty and spread to North Korea, where it was reprinted twice.

In the Yuan Dynasty, North Korea and Japan not only marketed Jianben books, but also sent people to Masa to recruit engravers. More than 50 people, including Yu Liangfu of the Yu Family Bookstore, applied for the job and went to Japan to engage in the book engraving industry.

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Yu Xiangdou of Jianyang engraved the book "Dahe Surgery" written by the Japanese Dahe Wangquan. After the current copy spread to Japan, it was also copied by the Japanese in 1848 [4].

The person who made the greatest contribution to the publication of medical books was Xiong Zongli.

There were more medical books published in Chonghua, Jianyang, in the Ming Dynasty than in previous generations, covering all categories of internal medicine, surgery, acupuncture, gynecology, pediatrics, materia medica, etc. Among them, Xiong Zongli was not only a doctor, but also involved in engraving and printing, and was very involved in the publication of medical books.

, spread and played a major role.

From Zhengtong Dingsi (1437) to Chenghua Jiawu (1474), Xiong Zongli has been engaged in medical research for 37 years. He has edited and edited more than 20 kinds of traditional Chinese medicine works. He is the person with the most self-edited and self-engraved medical books in Fujian history.

Some works are easy to understand with pictures and texts, and contain many unique insights.