Zhang Zhongjing's case of performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was recorded in Volume 23 Miscellaneous Prescriptions of Synopsis of the Golden Chamber, which began with cardiac arrest caused by hanging. Zhang Zhongjing (formerly known as Zhang Ji) was born in Nieyang County (now Zhangzhai Village, Gedong Town, dengzhou city City, Henan Province) in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was a famous doctor in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and was honored as a medical sage. He is one of the most outstanding doctors in the history of China.
Zhang Zhongjing yearned for medicine because of his reverence for Bian Que, and studied under Zhang Bozu. He hates officialdom and sympathizes with people suffering from epidemic diseases. He traveled all over the world to practice medicine, carefully studied the symptoms of typhoid fever and read many books. After decades of collection and research, he wrote the masterpiece Treatise on Febrile Diseases handed down from ancient times, and established the treatment based on syndrome differentiation of six meridians, which became an essential classic for future generations to learn Chinese medicine.
Zhang Zhongjing
Zhang Zhongjing's medical theory has made great contributions to the development of ancient medicine in China and the health of ordinary people. At the same time, Zhang Zhongjing's medical theory has made great contributions to modern medical research. But also has a great influence on Southeast Asian countries. Later generations studied his medical theory and admired his medical skills and ethics, calling him a "medical sage". In Nanyang City, Henan Province, a "medical shrine" was built for him. After liberation, the "medical shrine" was renovated and the "Zhang Zhongjing Memorial Hall" was built to commemorate this medical scientist who laid the foundation of TCM therapeutics in China.