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KMID : 0644020210340030055
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Journal Of Korean Medical Classics
2021 Volume.34 No. 3 p.55 ~ p.72
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Transmission ritual in the Huangdi Neijing : What effect did the form of knowledge transmission have on medicine?
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Song Seok-Mo
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Abstract
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Objectives : This paper investigates the significance of the transmission ritual (TR) documented in the Huangdi Neijing (HN) and its effects on medicine pursued by HN’s authors (medical bureaucrats).
Methods : Descriptions of knowledge transmission and related ritual were identified from HN texts. They were compared with similar types of actions in ancient China, then historically reconstructed. They were also approached from the perspective of ritual studies.
Results : It appears highly probable that TR in HN had actually been performed by the authors themselves, which shows characteristics of rites of passage. The participants accepted the in-group order based on patrimonial piety. TR consecrates the participants as well as its object, which is medical knowledge.
Conclusions : In the field of TR, the participants shared not only a specific document or knowledge, but also their common experiences of medical perfection and sanctity. They constructed their noble group identity through TR. At the same time, TR inhibited arguments inside the group, in favor of one-way communication.
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KEYWORD
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Huangdineijing, ritual, transmission, history of medicine, Chinese medicine
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