[A preliminary study of (), a Chinese version of Hippocratic Oath].

(), also called ('), published in the Fifty-seventh Year of Qianlong Reign (1792) of the Qing Dynasty in the (), the earliest medical periodicals in China, was the earliest Doctor's Oath ever seen since doctors inherited the traditional medical ethics, that is, a Chinese version of Hippocratic Oath. Sun Simiao's () was a superb essay of medical ethics without using the style of oath, while was a complete model of "Oath Statement" from its title to the contents. It inherited the contents from and enriched its connotation of "forbearance to humiliation and enduring poverty" . What's more, its systematization and stylization of oath mark that China's medical ethics as a norm, a creed and a normative expression starts to sprout and germinate, and becomes one of the signs of the gradual maturity of profession of traditional Chinese medicine.