Chunyu Yi

Chunyu Yi
Bornc. 205–215 BC
Other namesCanggong (倉公)
Occupation(s)Physician, granary official
Chunyu Yi
Chinese淳於意
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChúnyú Yì
IPA[ʈʂʰwə̌n.y̌ î]

Chunyu Yi (Chinese: 淳於意)[a] was a Chinese physician and bureaucrat active during the Western Han dynasty. A minor official in charge of a granary in Qi, he became renowned as a healer. He is noted as an early source of case histories.

  1. ^ Furth 2007, p. 126.
  2. ^ Lo 2000, p. 15.
  3. ^ Goldin 2018, p. 655.


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