The Qing Dynasty the last emperors and the struggle for the soul of TCM
The Qing Dynasty as China's last imperial dynasty and the immense pressure this period placed on TCM.
Read moreDynasties and medical development
The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
The Ming Dynasty marks the culmination of classical TCM through major medical syntheses, long stability, and influential works such as the Bencao Gangmu and the Zhenjiu Dacheng.
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The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
The Yuan Dynasty brought Mongol rule, international exchange, and important theoretical enrichment to TCM.
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The Song Dynasty (960-1279)
The Song Dynasty was a golden age for TCM, marked by institutional flourishing, medical standardization, and wide dissemination of knowledge.
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Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (907-960)
A period of political fragmentation that also gave new impulses to the spread and development of medical knowledge within TCM.
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The Tang Dynasty (618-908)
The Tang dynasty was China's golden age and a flourishing period of systematization, education, and medical knowledge within TCM.
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The Sui Dynasty (581-618)
The Sui dynasty briefly reunified China and laid a crucial foundation for the further development of TCM.
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Jin-dynastie (265-420)
De Jin-dynastie bracht tijdelijke eenheid en belangrijke medische ontwikkelingen in de TCM.
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The period of the Three Kingdoms (220-280)
The period of the Three Kingdoms was an era of division, warfare, and medical innovation, in which Hua Tuo emerged as a legendary physician and surgeon in the history of TCM.
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The Xin Dynasty (9-23 AD)
The Xin dynasty was a brief interruption between the Western and Eastern Han, marked by Wang Mang's reform ambitions, political instability, and the reminder that medicine depends on social stability.
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The Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
The Han dynasty is regarded as the golden age of Traditional Chinese Medicine, in which the great classical works were compiled and the theory of Qi, Yin-Yang, and the Five Elements received its definitive systematic form.
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The Qin Dynasty (221 BC-208 AD)
The Qin dynasty unified China for the first time under a single central authority and, through standardization, centralization, and imperial rule, created the conditions for the later development of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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