img

Submit An Obituary

Honor a Life. Preserve a Legacy.

SACRED LEGACY ARCHIVES™

Zhang Zhongjing

0150-00-00 – 0219-00-00

Portrait of Zhang Zhongjing
One of a series of woodcuts of illustrious physicians and legendary founders of Chinese medicine from an edition of Bencao mengquan (Introduction to the Pharmacopoeia), engraved in the Wanli reign period of the Ming dynasty (1573-1620) -- Volume preface, 'Lidai mingyi hua xingshi' (Portraits and names of famous doctors through history). The images are attributed to a Tang (618-907) creator, Gan Bozong.The account in 'Portraits and Names of Famous Doctors through History' states: Zhang Ji, styled Zhang Zhongjing, a native of Nanyang, was Prefect of Changsha under the Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE). Building on the foundations of Shen Nong Bencao jing(The Divine Farmer's (The Divine Farmer' s Canon of Materia Medica) and other pre-Han medical works, he wrote Shanghan zabing lun (Treatise on Cold Damage and Various Illnesses), establishing the school of medical theory later known as Zhongjing xueshuo(the Zhongjing school). Though this work no longer exists in its original form, it has been transmitted as edited and reworked by Wang Shuhe in the Jin period (265-420). It came to be regarded as the foundation of the theory of prescribing in Chinese medicine.Woodcut By: Gan Bozong (Tang period, 618-907)Credit: Gan Bozong (Tang period, 618-907)

Life & Legacy

Zhang Zhongjing (Chinese: 張仲景; 150–219), formal name Zhang Ji (張機), was a Chinese pharmacologist, physician, inventor, and writer of the Eastern Han dynasty and one of the most eminent Chinese physicians during the later years of the Han dynasty. He established medication principles and summed up the medicinal experience until that time, thus making a considerable contribution to the development of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Occupation & Career

physician, herbalist, harii, pharmacologist

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Shang Han Lun; Jinkui Yaolue

Legacy Highlights

Notable Work

Jinkui Yaolue · Shang Han Lun

Verified Legacy Record

Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q197350 — wikidata View source

Are you related to Zhang Zhongjing?

Family members can contribute records, photographs and stories or request stewardship of this legacy.

Claim this legacy or contribute family history

Sacred Legacy Memorial Concierge © 2026 All Rights Reserved

View Family Tree