孙思邈

孫思邈
Sūn Sīmiǎo
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Sun Simiao (died 682), physician of the Sui and Tang dynasties, revered as the King of Medicine

Examples

HSK 7-9
Sūn Sīmiǎo bèi hòurén zūnchēng wéi " Yàowáng ".
Later generations honoured Sun Simiao as the 'King of Medicine'.
HSK 7-9
Sūn Sīmiǎo xiě de 《 Qiānjīn yàofāng 》 shōu le wǔqiān duō ge yàofāng.
Sun Simiao's Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold collects more than five thousand prescriptions.

Tips

history
He named the 《千金要方》 for his belief that a human life is worth more than a thousand pieces of gold. His essay 大医精诚, 'The Sincerity of a Great Physician', asks a doctor to treat every patient alike, rich or poor, and Chinese medical students still read it.

Stroke Order

孙 sūn
思 sī
邈 miǎo