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Encourage and Preserve Folk Customs: Construction of Doctor Characters in Local Chronicles

Authors
Jiani Jiang1, *
1School of history, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 1965589262@qq.com
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Jiani Jiang
Available Online 28 March 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_18How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Ming and Qing Dynasties; Local Chronicles; Local Elites; Image of Doctors
Abstract

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the central government and local authorities attached greater importance to the compilation and updating of local chronicles. Given that local chronicles, which serve as historical materials for recording local systems and customs, played a role in propaganda and education, the inclusion of doctors within them showed a recognition of their behaviors and virtues. This paper summarizes the portrayal of doctors and the process by which they were constructed as local elite in local chronicles, from aspects of character, talent, reasons for practicing medicine, medical skills and ethics. However, the image of doctors was “deified” in both medical skills and medical ethics in the description, where they became omnipotent doctors and the good with long-lasting blessings. Meanwhile, the publicity and praise for the doctors also set up a benchmark and constraint on their behaviors. Such deification comes from people’s perception and requirements for doctors, as well as the needs of the education function of local chronicles.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Social Sciences and Educational Development (ICOSSED 2024)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
28 March 2025
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978-2-38476-382-5
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-382-5_18How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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