马王堆出土医书与《黄帝内经》成书上限

Discussed on the Unearthed Medical Books from Ma Wang Dui Tomb of the Han Dynasty and the Times of Huang Di Nei Jing Compiled

学者们普遍认为马王堆医书是《黄帝内经》的雏形,从而把《黄帝内经》的成书时代推迟到西汉中晚期。文章探悉了马王堆医书和《黄帝内经》的内容,以及《史记》所载的马王堆墓主人生活时代的医学状况,证明马王堆医书与《黄帝内经》之间不存在前后关系,可能比《黄帝内经》更晚,不足以成为《黄帝内经》成书之上限。

According to the unearthed medical books from Ma Wang Dui Tomb of the Han Dynasty, Scholars universally consider it is the one of the source of Huang Di Nei Jing and suspend the compiled times of Huang Di Nei Jing to the middle and late of Western Han Dynasty. This paper argues there is no fore and after relation between the unearthed medical books from Ma Wang Dui Tomb and Huang Di Nei Jing on the basis of the contents from the unearthed medical books and Huang Di Nei Jing, and the social and medical condition of the owner Ma Wang Dui Tomb on Sima Qian＇s Shiji. The compiled times of the unearthed medical books from Ma Wang Dui Tomb is not capable to become the upper limit times of Huang Di Nei Jing compiled because it may be late to Huang Di Nei Jing.