Jin Shiyuan

01-0207Traditional Herbal Processing TechniquesTraditional MedicineZhongguozhongyaoxiehuiBatch 1 (2007)

Lineage & School of Heritage

During his apprenticeship, Jin Shiyuan studied the various processing techniques under Zhao Junting, and over the course of five years he became skilled in the operations of materia medica processing. In 1940 Jin Shiyuan attended the Beijing Institute for the Study of Chinese Materia Medica, where he studied under such eminent physicians of Chinese medicine as Wang Fengchun and Zhao Shuping, systematically acquiring the fundamental theory of Chinese medicine and materia medica, studying and researching the historical literature and basic theory of materia medica processing, inheriting the essence of traditional processing techniques, and researching improvements in processing operations.

Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire

A man of Han ethnicity, he was born in 1926 in Beijing. He traveled to medicinal material markets throughout China, honing a set of skills for distinguishing genuine from counterfeit medicinal materials. In 1990 he was selected as one of the mentors in the first national cohort of 500 famous veteran physicians of Chinese medicine who took on apprentices; across two successive cohorts he took a total of four students, all of whom have completed their apprenticeships. He is the author of The Rational Use of Chinese Patent Medicines (Zhongchengyao de Heli Shiyong) and the editor of Studies in the Processing of Chinese Materia Medica (Zhongyao Paozhi Xue), among other works, and has published more than sixty professional papers.

Honors & Recognition

He is a national representative bearer of Traditional Herbal Processing Techniques, a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project, a chief pharmacist of Chinese materia medica at the Beijing Health School, a visiting professor at the School of Chinese Medicine of Capital Medical University, and he enjoys a special government allowance from the State Council. At the same time, in order to strengthen the training of personnel in Chinese materia medica, in 1961 the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau decided to establish a specialty in Chinese materia medica at the Beijing Health School; Jin Shiyuan taught at the school for more than thirty years, training 1,200 professionals in Chinese materia medica.

References & Archival Sources

Jin Shiyuan · National Representative Bearer Archive

Representative Items of This Bearer

Profile

Representative item: Traditional Herbal Processing Techniques
Item code: Ⅸ-3
Category: Traditional Medicine
Region: Zhongguozhongyaoxiehui
Born: 1926.12
Batch: Batch 1 (2007)

This static English edition is rendered at the edge for search engines, AI crawlers and readers without JavaScript. Compiled from official national representative bearer archival records, organized by topic and translated into English. 阅读中文版。