Eonhaetaesanjibyo(1991-2)

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1088-2

Category

Books & Records

Era

조선 선조41년(1608년)

Designated year

1991

Location

음성군, 충청북도— 충청북도 음성군 대풍산단로 78 (대소면, 대풍지방산업단지)

Coordinates

36.970567, 127.465316Kakao address conversion

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Eonhae Taesan Jipyo is a medical text addressing childbirth symptoms and medicinal formulas, translated into vernacular Korean by imperial physician Heo Jun (1546-1615) under royal command in 1608 (forty-first year of King Seonjo) and published by the Office of Royal Physicians using woodblock printing. Heo Jun passed the medical examination in 1574, becoming an imperial physician the following year. During the Japanese invasions of 1592, he accompanied the king to Uiju in exile, earning recognition for his service, though his promotion was later cancelled due to opposition to elevating someone of his common status. His renowned Donguibogam, completed after sixteen years of research following his retirement from office, stands as an encyclopedic masterpiece of Korean medicine. Heo Jun's accomplishments additionally include numerous translations of Chinese medical texts into Korean. This book begins with methods of conception and addresses various pregnancy symptoms, medicinal formulas, practices required during childbirth and forbidden activities. The book concludes with publication records and contains an imperial donation record on the back cover noting when and to whom the king presented copies, with official presentation seals imprinted on the front. This particular copy was gifted to Kim Ryuk, the chief education officer in 1608, with poor preservation condition requiring mounting on multiple sheets. The Korean Medicine Museum maintains a woodblock edition in good condition, identical in format and content.

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