The Path of Qihuang
Legendary Physician of High Antiquity — Shaoshi
Shaoshi was a legendary medical minister to the Yellow Emperor in high antiquity, renowned for his expertise in human constitutional theory. In answering the Yellow Emperor's questions about yin and yang in the human body, he stated: “Within heaven and earth, within the six directions, nothing departs from the five; humans likewise correspond to them.” He provided detailed descriptions of the constitutional types, personalities, and behavioral characteristics of five kinds of people. Shaoshi's constitutional theory was later developed by Korean medical scholars into “Sasang (Four-Image) Constitutional Medicine,” making him one of the early founders of constitutional classification in Chinese medicine.
Shaoshi was a legendary medical master of high antiquity and a minister to the Yellow Emperor. He was renowned and handed down through the ages for his expertise in the theory of human body constitutions. When answering the Yellow Emperor's questions concerning the yin and yang aspects of human beings, Shaoshi pointed out: “Within heaven and earth, within the six directions, nothing departs from the five; humans likewise correspond to them.” Shaoshi provided relatively concrete descriptions of the constitutional types, personalities, and behavioral characteristics of five kinds of people. In modern times, Shaoshi's theoretical insights were developed by Korean medical scholars into “Four-Image Constitutional Medicine” (Sasang Medicine).