title: [The research on the imperial medical school of Northern Song Dynasty].
abstract: The imperial medical school was an institution for medical education established specially in the late Northern Song Dynasty. Unlike the imperial medical bureau, the imperial medical school was affiliated to the Imperial College system, belonging to the national regular education system. The imperial medical school implemented the systems of three She for three grades and the local Gong-e system which established the local medical education institution that classified three grades of Lu, State and County. The imperial medical school played an active role in improving the social status and cultural level of doctors and pushing the promotion of medicines.
authors.affiliation: The Museum of Guangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine University, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D049691:History, Medieval; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history*