Fu Shan, a celebrated physician and cultural figure crowned with eternal glory

摘要

Fu Shan (1607e1684), originally named Fu Dingchen (courtesy name: Fu Qingzhu), was from Yangqu County, Taiyuan Prefecture (present Taiyuan, Shanxi Province). His assumed name was Scarlet Taoist or Songqiao Old Man. Fu was a famous scholar in the period of the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties and he was a diligent student of Confucianism, religion, calligraphy, painting and medi- cine. He was highly esteemed in the history of Chinese culture and thought.