元代太医院使群体特点研究

A Study on the Group Traits of the Chief Imperial Doctors throughout Yuan Dynasty

元代太医院是总全国医事管理的最高行政机构,其最高行政长官为"太医院使",也称"太医院大使"或"太医院院使"。作为元代医政的最高管理者,他们直接参与相关医药管理制度的制定与执行。但与历代主持医事管理的官员相比,元代太医院使数量之大、政治地位之高都远远超过历代,他们作为一个特殊的群体形成了许多群体特点。

Imperial Academy of Medicine of Yuan Dynasty was the highest executive organ of national medical affairs management.Its supreme chief executive was officially named ＂the Chief Imperial Doctor＂,or in other terms ＂the Ambassador of Imperial Academy of Medicine＂ and ＂the Chief Imperial Doctor of Imperial Academy of Medicine＂.As the supreme chief executives of medical affairs in different periods of Yuan Dynasty,they were directly involved in the institution and implementation of relevant medical management regulations.But compared with those who were also in charge with medical affairs in other Chinese feudal dynasties,these officials in Yuan Dynasty were a much larger group in population and enjoyed a much higher political status.Being a special group,they came to formulate traits unique to themselves.