Rubbing of Xu Zhicai Epitaph
Rubbed in the Qing Dynasty
130×55 cm.XU Zhicai(505-572),a physician of the Northern Qi,was born into a family of hereditary physicians.A precocious child,at the age of 13 he was summoned to become a student at the National University.Famous for his medical learning,he compiled Mnemonic Couplets on Drugs (Yao dui).and formulas for Children (Xiao er fang),both lost.(Collection of Museum for History of Medicine,Shanghai University of TCM)