What is the core of ancient medical ethics in China?

The characteristics of China's ancient ethical tradition are: morality and politics are closely combined to serve the patriarchal hierarchy; Legalization of morality, moralization of law; Pay attention to the unity of medical ethics and medical skills, and combine medical ethics norms with medical ethics practice;

Emphasize the moral cultivation of the subject; Emphasize the unity of man and nature, harmonious interpersonal relationship and pay attention to the golden mean; Confucian ethics is deeply influenced by Confucianism and occupies a dominant position in ancient medical ethics in China.

Treatise on Febrile Diseases, written by Zhang Zhongjing, a physician in the Eastern Han Dynasty, initiated the system of TCM syndrome differentiation and treatment. In the preface, he expounded the purpose of saving the world and saving people, condemned the unhealthy trend of "only fame and fortune is the service" and criticized the wrong tendency of "not paying attention to medicine", which is a medical ethics document with high value for later generations.

Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, emphasized that doctors should have good medical skills and good moral character, and put forward that they should sympathize with patients, treat their peers equally and respect them, and should not use their expertise to seek property.

Great Doctor Sincerity is the most comprehensive and systematic medical ethics monograph in the ancient medical history of China, so Sun Simiao is also known as one of the three major medical ethics thinkers in the ancient world.

Baidu Encyclopedia-China Traditional Medical Ethics