Bian Que Temple

The Bian Que temple at Neiqiu stands on the edge of the hills west of Xingtai, at a site that also includes a tomb attributed to the physician. Bian Que is a semi-legendary figure of the Warring States period, credited in the Records of the Grand Historian with founding the pulse diagnosis and with a set of famous cases. The temple keeps a local cult that treats him as a healing ancestor, and the site is a provincial-level protected place.

The statue of Bian Que in the Hall of Medicine King at Lingsheng Temple, Neiqiu.
The statue of Bian Que in the Hall of Medicine King at Lingsheng Temple, Neiqiu.

Bian Que Temple

The statue of Bian Que in the Hall of Medicine King at Lingsheng Temple, Neiqiu.

Bian Que and the temple at Neiqiu built for a physician

The Bian Que temple stands at Shentou, west of Neiqiu in Hebei, and is first recorded in 497. Its steles trace a cult that gave a Warring States physician the rank of a king, while the biography behind the name rests on the stories in the Records of the Grand Historian.

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