Huangfu Mi
Huangfu Mi (c. 215 – 282), courtesy name Shi'an (Chinese: 士安), was a Chinese scholar, historian, physician, and writer of the Cao Wei and Western Jin periods.
Born~Died 215 ~ 282Last edited Oct 15, 2026, 2:29 PM
Details
- Born ~ Died
- 215 ~ 282
- Traditional Chinese
- 皇甫謐
- Simplified Chinese
- 皇甫谧
- Hanyu Pinyin
- Huángfǔ Mì
- Wade–Giles
- Huangfu Mi
- Yale Romanization
- Wòhng-pou Maht
- Jyutping
- Wong4-pou2 Mat6
- Hokkien POJ
- Hông-hú Bi̍t
- Middle Chinese
- Hwang-pjú Mjit
- Baxter–Sagart (2014)
- *ɢʷˤang-p(r)aʔ Mit
Huangfu Mi (c. 215 – 2821), courtesy name Shi'an (Chinese: 士安), was a Chinese scholar, historian, physician, and writer of the Cao Wei and Western Jin periods. He was born in a poor farming family in present-day Sanli village, Chaona, Pingliang,2 despite being a great-grandson of the famous Eastern Han general Huangfu Song, via Song's son Huangfu Shuxian.3
Notable works
Between 256 and 260, toward the end of the state of Cao Wei, he compiled the Canon of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (simplified Chinese: 针灸甲乙经; traditional Chinese: 針灸甲乙經; pinyin: Zhēnjiǔ jiǎyǐ jīng; Wade–Giles: Chen1-chiu3 chia3-i3 ching1), a collection of various texts on acupuncture written in earlier periods. This book in 12 volumes further divided into 128 chapters was one of the earliest systematic works on acupuncture and moxibustion, and it proved to be one of the most influential.4
Huangfu Mi also compiled Chronicle of Emperors and Kings (Chinese: 帝王世紀; pinyin: Dìwáng shìjì) in ten volumes (Chinese: 卷; pinyin: juǎn), a historical work concerning the rulers and genealogical traditions of early China. He was also the coauthor of Biographies of Exemplary Women (: 列女傳; : ) and the author of (:高士傳; : ).
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