Corrigendum for the completion date of Zhanshan Medical Records

Abstract

Ren Zhanshan, the author of Zhanshan Medical Records published in 1924. The date of his birth was unknown or incorrect according to the local chronicles of the Qing Dynasty and a variety of modern bibliographic and medical books. The time, when Zhanshan Medical Records was completed, was not clearly recorded or was claimed in Bingchen (1736), to be dated the first year of QianLong in the Qing dynasty. Based on the genealogy collected by descendants of the Ren family, it was found that he was born in the fifteenth year of Qianlong (1751) and died in the eighth year of Daoguang (1828). Additionally, according to the date of his medical experience recorded in the preface of the Zhanshan Medical Records, the writing date of this book was roughly between 1814 and 1823.