The affinity between Le family of Tong Ren Tang and acu-moxibustion as viewed from Mian xue tang zhen jiu ji cheng (Mian Xuetang's Synthetic Work of Acu-moxibustion)

Abstract

This compilation process of Mian xue tang zhen jiu ji cheng(Mian Xuetang's Synthetic Work of Acu-moxibustion)was quite mysterious, the book's advent coincidentally met with several major historical events which made its value of decoding its historical functions far beyond its academic value. The editor of this book is Le Xianyang, the founder of Tong Ren Tang. While compiling this book, he also made a replica of Ming-Dynasty's Zhengtong bronze statue. More than 200 years later, Le Jingyu, the 12th generation of the Le family revised Ming Tang Tuinherited from his ancestors and engraved Ming Tang Tuon the stone for its standardization. This great achievement of Le family was no less than the recasting of the Tiansheng bronze statue and the reengraving Tong ren shu xue zhen jiu tu jing(Illustrated Manual of Acupuncture Points of the Bronze Figure) by support of state power for building the Beijing Imperial Hospital in the eighth year of the Zhengtong reign (1443).