Sun Simiao called Sun Zhenren in the world, and later called him the King of Medicine, which became one of Chinese folk beliefs. Sun Simiao was a native of Sunjiayuan in Jingzhao Huayuan (now Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province) in the Tang Dynasty. Born in the first year of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty (58 1) and died in the first year of Yongchun, Tang Gaozong (682) at the age of 10 1.
In the seventh year of the Western Wei Dynasty, Sun Simiao was born in a poor peasant family. He was clever since childhood, and when he grew up, he began to like Taoism and Zhuangzi's theory. In the first year of Emperor Yangdi's reign, Sun Simiao lived in seclusion in Zhong Nanshan, Shaanxi Province, and gradually gained a high reputation.
Sun Simiao attached great importance to the folk medical experience, accumulated interviews and recorded them in time, and finally finished his book "A Thousand Daughters". After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao accepted the invitation of the imperial court and cooperated with it to carry out medical activities. Tang Gaozong celebrated for four years and completed the world's first national pharmacopoeia, Tang Xin Materia Medica.
Refuse to be an official
In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the emperor invited Sun Simiao to be a doctor in Guo Zi, but Sun Simiao didn't want to be an official. He lived in seclusion in Taibai Mountain, studied medical books assiduously and collected herbs for experiments.
It is said that during the reign of Emperor Taizong, the emperor was presented to the court by Sun Simiao. When he met him, he felt that people in their 70s were as incredible as teenagers.
During his stay in Tang Gaozong, Sun Simiao was received by the Emperor Jingshi, hoping that he could become an official, but Sun Simiao refused and recommended his apprentice. Sun Simiao wrote a book all his life and said that he was very old when he lived to 142 years old.