西学东渐的历史明证——《红楼梦》中的西洋药考释

The Historical Proof of Western Learning's Influence on China——Make Philological Studies to the Western Medicine in A Dream of Red Mansions

被誉为中国封建社会生活百科全书的《红楼梦》,在描写皇亲侯门的宁荣府奢侈的衣食住行生活时,所记述的舶来的外域用品约50余种,涉及到陈设、服饰、饮食、器物、动物等多个方面。笔者试从医学史和中医文献学的角度,对《红楼梦》中所载的西洋药物进行考释,可为从清代科学文化的大背景下,解读这部中华民族的传统文化巨著提供医药学的索引。

A Dream of Red Mansions is called the encyclopaedia of China feudal society. About fifty imports include decorations, clothing, food, article, animals, etc. were recorded in the novel as CAO Xueqin described the luxurious life in Ning Mansion and Rong Mansion. Make philological studies to the western medicine in the novel can provides medicine index to help us to understand the famous works, which from angles of medical science and document, and take Qing dynasty science and culture as the background .