Overview
Fan A was an Acupuncturist.
Life and dates
Age
- over one hundredReckoning Chinese years (寿百余岁)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 197
Attested activity
- AD 150 to AD 220 华佗行医之时（无纪年）Derived from the source · Book of Later Han 93, passages 184, 195, 197
Places and affiliations
- At Pengcheng commandery 彭城 · Relation Native ofDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 184
Learning and skills
- Skill acupuncture 针术 · Level renowned · needled the back one or two cun deep and the great que point five or six cun, against ordinary practice, and cured every caseDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passages 193-194
Events and relationships
- Sought from Hua Tuo a formula that could be ingested for benefit and received the lacquer leaf and green sticky powderDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 195
- studied under Hua TuoDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 184
Source notes
- followed Hua Tuo's words about the powder and lived beyond a hundred yearsRegimen · Source Text 阿從其言，壽百餘歲Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 197
References in the histories
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