Zhu J
China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700.
Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 1999 Oct;29(4):220-2.
Living in a period when the Buddhism was quite flourishing, Sun had a close contact with the monk Dao Xuan, the founder of Nanshan Sect Buddhism. Sun's Quian jin fang adopted all schools including Buddhism, evidenced by the following 3 aspects: 1) Direct Buddhist influence, mainly on medical morality; 2) Indian medicine coming together with Buddhism, including the theory of "four - element theory", the conception of all matters are medicines, pills of all disorders, recipes, and keep - fit art. Buddhism acts as a carrier here; 3) the achievements of treatment for beriberi by monks. However, Buddhist influence was far inferior to Taoism as far as Sun's work is concerned.
生活在佛教颇为兴盛的时期，孙思邈与南山宗佛教的创始人道宣和尚交往密切。孙思邈的《千金方》兼收包括佛教在内的各家学说，体现在以下三个方面：1）佛教的直接影响，主要体现在医学道德方面；2）印度医学与佛教一同传入，包括“四元素说”理论、万物皆药的观念、万病丸、方剂以及养生术。佛教在这里起到了载体的作用；3）和尚治疗脚气病的成果。然而，就孙思邈的著作而言，佛教的影响远不及道教。
