Book/Printed Material Xin kan Ming mu liang fang : er juan Preface/Table of Contents

Title

• Xin kan Ming mu liang fang : er juan

Other Title

• 新刊明目良方 : 二卷
• Ming mu liang fang
• Ming mu fang
• Title on title page: Ke tai yi yuan zeng bu gu ben ming mu liang fang
• Ke tai yi yuan zeng bu gu ben ming mu liang fang

Summary

• The original author of Xin kan Ming mu liang fang (New edition of the book "Best remedies for bright eyes"), in two juan and in one volume, is unknown. The origin of the work is described in the preface to this edition, dated 1600, by Rao Duo, an assistant prefect of Huangzhou. Rao suffered eye troubles, attributed to his excessive reading, for which he was unable to find a cure. One of his forefathers had been given a book by an old soldier, who was known for being skilled in treating eye diseases. After reading the book three times, Rao reproduced the medications prescribed in it, took them, and regained his good sight. He thus decided to finance the reprint of the book for the benefit of other people. The work probably was printed in Huangzhou (in present-day Hubei Province), where Rao Duo was posted. Presented here is a Wanli edition (1573-1620), reprinted by the Shudetang printing workshop, the name of which appears on the cover. It has seal impressions and annotations written in red by a Japanese author, based on Yan mu shen yan fang (Miraculous recipes for eye cures), a much earlier medical work by an unknown author. Rao Duo might have used that book as the basis of his own work, with a new title. The work has an introductory juan with an overall survey of various eye diseases, and it considers the relation between eyes and organs of the human body, the so-called "five wheels and eight regions" theory, and the causes and symptoms of eye diseases. Juan 1 lists recipes and remedies, each given a name and description. Juan two discusses, in detail, the "five wheels and eight regions," with an illustration of the main disease, 36 illustrations of diagnoses, and illustrations of 72 eye diseases. The work offers more than 190 recipes and over 200 medications, both for taking internally and as ointments. The book also has an appendix containing a brief guide to the use of the medications for various diseases. Some texts are written in seven-character verses. World Digital Library.
• Two chapters; preface, written by Yao Duo in the year 1600, notes that he suffered from eye disease when he was young; an old military surgeon in Liaoyang gave him a prescription and it proved to cure the ailment; therefore, Yao recorded this prescription into his book; the locality might be Huangzhou because Yao was a judge in Huangzhou during this period. The text includes annotations in red, based on "shen yang fang", added by a Japanese reader.

Names

• Yao, Duo, active 16th century-17th century, xu
• Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• [China : s.n., Ming Wanli 28 nian, 1600]

Notes

• -  In case.
• -  Title from caption.
• -  Also available in digital form.
• -  十行二十四字. Ten lines, with twenty-four characters per line.
• -  原書不著撰人姓氏. Author unknown.
• -  原書不著撰人姓氏。卷端有饒鐸序云:「愚自早歲，觀書過度，患目旬月，遍求之醫，弗能愈。一日，先人樂志翁謂不肖曰:昔有一老軍，以眼科名世，還自遼陽，曾惠書一帙，寶藏久矣。不肖於是展誦三復，遂令醫者按方用藥，倏覺雙目，瞭然復初。先人又喜而謂之曰是書捷效如此，不可私於一己，異日倘得一官，當捐俸鏤板，以廣其傳，亦濟人利物之一端也。嗚呼!先人用心仁矣!今不肖幸而述，錄而鋟，亦不忘先人之命乎?」時鐸官黃州府通判，則原當於黃州。此本封回題:「刻太醫院增補古本明目良方，樹德堂梓行」，則應是樹德堂翻饒本，太醫院云云，亦樹德堂所託也。卷內有:「三友亭藏書」，「上住藏書」印記，又有日本人據神驗方朱校，知全書均與神驗方相同。按醫藏目錄載無名氏眼目神驗方一卷，疑即其書，饒鐸特改題為明目良方耳。饒鐸(序)萬曆二十八年 (1600).

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• 1 v.

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2012402209

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