[Huxianweng(The Old man of Bottle Immortal) is not a famous doctor in the Eastern Han Dynasty].
The nameHuxianwengappeared in theMing yi lei an(Classified Medical Records of Famous Physicians) did not live in the Eastern Han. Moreover, all medical cases it collected were not belonged to him alone but the accumulation of many people in several periods. By textual investigation, the prototype ofHuxianwengis Yin Fu who lived in Yizheng County, Jiangsu Province in the end of the Ming Dynasty. He had expertise in medical skills and high medical ethics, and was therefore loved by the residents deeply. Besides, people alleged many mysterious cases to be cured by him which actually is not true.
Department of History, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
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Huxianweng; Ming yi lei an (Classified Medical Records of Famous Physicians); Yin Fu