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Development of Figures of Viscera and Anatomy

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Medical scientists in ancient China attached great importance to human anatomy and conducted researches on it. According to rich data found in Internal Canon of the Yellow Emperor (Huang Di Nei Jing) and Classic of Questioning (Nan Jing), the researches on anatomy by using corpses had began in as early as Warring States Period. Anthropotomy reached an all-time development during Northern Song Dynasty, when two large-scale autopsy practices were carried out successively and a lot more knowledge about autopsy was accumulated. Thus there emerged two collections of illustrations on anthropotomy – The Five Internal Organs of Ou Xifan (Ou Xifan Wuzang Tu) and Truth-retaining Illustrations (Cun Zhen Tu).

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Truth-retaining Illustrations

Truth-retaining Illustrations

It was finished during 1041 to 1048, when 56 rebels including Ou Xifan were executed under the order of the local government of Guangxi. The criminal prison official Wu Jian in Yizhou was ordered...
Truth-retaining Illustrations

Truth-retaining Illustrations

It was arranged and painted according to dissection on executed prisoners in Sizhou during 1102 to 1106 by doctor Yang Jie. The work was elaborately and minutely painted covering the full figure of...