Medical Welfare System in Song Dynasty
by Du Jing
About This Novel
The medical welfare system is one of the important manifestations of the Song Dynasty government's benevolent governance ideology. The development and integration of traditional Chinese culture such as Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism in the Song Dynasty were the ideological roots of its emergence. It was gradually established and implemented under the background that the ruling class attached great importance to medicine. It was led by government actions and provided different medical benefits to different objects such as the royal family and officials, soldiers and civilians. Under the tenet of "medicine is a benevolent skill" that embodies benevolent government, with the purpose of implementing medical welfare and stabilizing social order, it is gradually implemented mainly through the submissions of ministers, the emperor's edicts and decisions, and the establishment of medical administration agencies, etc., Forming a top-down medical welfare system guarantee system from the central to local governments. The whole book mainly discusses it from six aspects: its ideological origin, proposal, edict and decision-making, medical and political establishment, implementation group, and historical reference.
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