Song Dynasty is an important period in the history of China's scientific and technological development. Mr. Needham pointed out: "Whenever people look up any specific scientific and technological historical materials in China literature, they often find that its main focus is in the Song Dynasty." (History of Science and Technology in China) The emergence of Confucian medicine in the Song Dynasty was by no means accidental. It is closely related to the ideological and cultural background, social and political factors, economic and technological conditions and its own development needs. It is undeniable that some Confucian scholars began to practice medicine before the Song Dynasty and made brilliant achievements. But in the Song Dynasty, it was very different, and the whole society formed a class of Confucianism and medicine. As Vae in Qing Dynasty said in his Edited Song Yaohui, "In the seventh year of Zheng He, the imperial court built a doctor to educate scholars, so that people who studied Confucianism could understand flavomycin and clearly diagnose and treat diseases, which was called Confucian doctor." By the seventh year of the Northern Song Dynasty, the name of Confucian doctor was officially popular. Learning medicine from Confucianism has become a fashion | 12_} "Let doctors without Confucianism understand Confucianism".
Scholars in Song Dynasty were generally familiar with medicine, but not all of them could be called Confucian medicine. Some literati are also officials and doctors, or they changed from Confucianism to medicine. They not only write books, but also participate in medical activities and help the world, so they can be called real "Confucian doctors". For example, Xu, while studying Confucianism, deliberately wrote prescriptions and studied medicine, and still did not forget to practice medicine after becoming an official. He studied Treatise on Febrile Diseases and paid attention to syndrome differentiation in treating diseases, so he was called "Xu". He has written Song of Treatise on Febrile Diseases, Treatise on Febrile Diseases, and Puji Shufang, which have been handed down to this day. Another example is Zhu Jian, who spent three years as a scholar in Yuan Prayer. He served as Feng Ichiro, doctor of medicine, etc., but was dismissed because of the unreasonable decree. He was in adversity, devoted himself to medicine, and wrote a book on the basis of practicing medicine, which was widely circulated and had far-reaching influence. Besides, Goguryeo, Sun Qi, Sun Zhao and Gao Chen were all famous Confucian doctors at that time.
However, most of the literati in the Song Dynasty dabbled in the medical field, were familiar with medicine and health preservation, actively compiled prescriptions, or participated in the revision of medical classics organized by the government, but they did not really take medicine as their profession and had little or no clinical medical activities. They can only be regarded as "knowing Confucianism and doctors", and the "knowledge" here is "knowledge". Such as Su Shi, Shen Kuo, Lu You, Zhu, Ouyang Xiu, Wang Anshi, Fan Zhongyan, Xin Qiji, Sima Guang, Huang Tingjian, Fan Chengda, Su Song, Hong Mai, Cai Xiang, Wen Tianxiang, Guo Si, Zhang Zai, Wen Yanbo, etc., almost reached the point of "no Confucianism and no medicine". These literati not only went to politics from literature, but also studied medicine and health preservation. They have made outstanding achievements as writers and politicians, and also made achievements in the medical field, but their contributions to the cause of traditional Chinese medicine in the motherland are often little known.