魏晋南北朝“医”身份辨析

The Identity of Yi(Physician)in Wei,Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties

在讲究社会身份上良贱和士庶等区别的魏晋南北朝,医者却保留着身份的特殊性,不仅没有堕入贱户之列,还有机会升至社会的上层。这是由于医道具有业务上的特殊性和普遍性,使从业的医者能够跨越当时社会的不同阶级,也使他们成为促进社会阶层上下流通的特殊群体,有助于减轻这一时期社会的封闭性。

Not only did yi(physicians)maintain their special identity and successfully prevent themselves from falling into lower social classes but they also had opportunity to move upwards to higher classes in this historical period known for its strict social hierarchy.The reason lay in the special nature and universal significance of medical work,which was particularly conducive to reducing social closedness and maintain upward social mobility.