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| Analysis of SUN Yikui’s theory of celestial and human ministerial fire |
| Hits 368 Download times 179 Received:February 03, 2025 |
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| DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1673-9043.2025.07.02 |
| Key Words
ministerial fire;life-gate;unity of heaven and man;mysterious female;SUN Yikui |
| Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | | YUAN Yuan | School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China | | | LIU Wuyang | School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China | | | DU Xiaohang | School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China | | | ZHOU Bo | School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China | | | JIN Hua | School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China | | | XU Lusi | School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China | | | YUAN Weiling | School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 301617, China | yweiling_000@163.com |
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| SUN Yikui，a renowned physician of the Ming Dynasty and author of Yizhi Xuyu and Chishui Xuanzhu，was profoundly influenced by the Hejian School’s heat theory from the Jin-Yuan period. As a Taoist-trained physician during the Taoism-prevalent Ming era，SUN integrated LIU Wansu’s heat theory and ZHU Zhenheng’s ministerial fire theory with Taoist concepts of “unity of heaven and man” and “mysterious female”. His unique framework interpreted ministerial fire through six climatic rhythms and triple-energizer life-gate theories，emphasizing both seasonal influences and life-gate warming supplementation to counter prevailing cold-medication abuses. SUN’s ministerial fire theory not only bridged Jin-Yuan heat theories but also laid the foundation for later life-gate doctrines，serving as a pivotal transition from cold-cool to sweet-warm therapies. This significantly advanced the Xin’an School’s root-fortifying principles and Jiang-Zhe warming-tonifying approaches. |
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