On Puxue in Qing Dynasty and Study of Canon of Medicine

As the leading academic thought,Puxue exerted wide influence on all aspects of academic studies in the Qing Dynasty,and as a result people pursued their study of Canon of Medicine in different ways from those in previous dynasties.First,they used the research methods in Puxue to carry out textual studies of Canon of Medicine;secondly,since Puxue scholars tried to sort out various kinds of literature,this promoted the printing,distribution and passing down of Canon of Medicine;and thirdly,the disease names and medical terms were analyzed,corrected and differentiated.