Overview
Guo Yu was an Imperial Physician.
Life and dates
Death
- Circumstance died in office in old age · Source Text 年老卒官Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 132
Attested activity
- AD 88 to AD 105 和帝时Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 112
Career and standing
- physician 医Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passages 112, 120
- Assistant Director of the Imperial Physicians 太医丞AD 88 to AD 105 和帝时 · HeldDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 112
Places and affiliations
- At Luo, Guanghan commandery 广汉雒 · Relation Native ofDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 106
Learning and skills
- StudiedLife Stage youth · Teacher Person Id Cheng Gao (程高) · Subjects pulse diagnosis and the six subtleties 方诊六微之技, the yin-yang arts of hidden signs 阴阳隐侧之术Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 111
Works and attributed material
- AD 88 to AD 105 和帝时Discourse · Speaker · With Emperor He (和帝) · Quoted · Summary the four difficulties of treating the noble: that the word for physician means mindfulness, that skill must follow the qi within a hair's breadth, and that fear of the exalted patient prevents the physician's intention from being fully realizedDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passages 120-130
- AD 88 to AD 105 和帝时Speech · Speaker · With Emperor He (和帝) · Quoted · Summary the left pulse was yang and the right yin, as though they belonged to different persons, and he suspected the reasonDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passages 114-115
Events and relationships
- The emperor had a great lady dress in shabby clothes and change her station, and one needle cured herAD 88 to AD 105 和帝时 · Medical · Physician tested · With Emperor He (和帝) · Outcome He was summoned and closely questioned about itDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passages 118-119
- The emperor hid a favourite with beautiful wrists among women behind a curtain and had him diagnose one hand eachAD 88 to AD 105 和帝时 · Medical · Physician tested · With Emperor He (和帝) · Outcome He reported that the left pulse was male and the right female and suspected a trickDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passages 113-115
- in his youth studied under Cheng GaoDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 111
Assessments and attributes
- AD 88 to AD 105 和帝时Assessment his treatments produced effective results in many cases (多有效应) · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 112
- AD 88 to AD 105 和帝时Assessment the emperor approved his reply · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Emperor He (和帝)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 131
- AD 88 to AD 105 和帝时Assessment the emperor sighed and praised him as masterful · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Emperor He (和帝)Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 116
- humane and loving and never condescending: he exhausted mind and strength for the poor and lowly, yet sometimes failed to cure great men of rankCharacter · Source Text 玉仁爱不矜，虽贫贱厮养，必尽其心力，而医疗贵人，时或不愈Directly stated · Book of Later Han 93, passage 117
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