Zhubing yuanhou lun (Chinese: 諸病源候論; pinyin: Zhūbìng yuánhòu lùn),[a] also known as Zhubing yuanhou zonglun (Chinese: 諸病源候總論; pinyin: Zhūbìng yuánhòu zǒnglùn)[b][5][6] or Chaoshi bingyuan (Chinese: 巢氏病源; pinyin: Cháoshì bìngyuán),[c][8] is a Chinese monograph comprising fifty volumes. Written during the Sui dynasty (581–618), its authorship has been popularly attributed to court physician Chao Yuanfang, although this is contradicted by some early sources. Discussing some 1739 syndromes and sixty-seven disease categories, the Zhubing yuanhou lun is the oldest extant medical encyclopedia on disease aetiology and symptomatology in traditional Chinese medicine.
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