Abstract
The article highlights the most significant points characterizing the development of blood and organ donation practices in China and traces the relationship between these practices and their portrayal within the literature. Particular attention is paid to the role of traditional Chinese notions of blood and the human body as valuable medicinal potions, as well as the presence of these notions within modern biomedicine, in particular in surgery and transplantation. In order to obtain the necessary conclusions, the authors of this article turn to the analysis of the works of Lu Xin, Zheng Yi and other Chinese writers, as well as a number of Western medical observers, who focus their attention on the development of modern Chinese medicine and their connection with the issues of ethics and politics.
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