The character Huo Jian Hua is portraying, is surnamed Zhu. So it's Ming Dynasty lor.
it's set around 1480s, the 8th ming emperor. all the main background character and the lady are real ppl in history, but this is NOT a historical series. the records on the lady doctor is quite inadequate so there is much space for the producers to create storylines they see fit...
谈允贤 (1461年-1556年) ,明朝江苏无锡人,出生于医学世家,中国古代四位女名医(汉朝义妁、晋朝鲍姑、宋朝张小娘子、明朝谈允贤)之一。
谈允贤生于明朝天顺5年,其祖父谈复、祖母茹氏为当时名医,伯父谈经官至户部主事,父亲谈纲官至南京刑部主事,母钱氏,有一弟谈一凤。谈允贤自小聪慧,祖母就让她学医,就在祖母的教导下学会的精湛的医术,祖母去世前将一生所收集、编写的药方病理都传给了谈允贤。谈允贤后嫁杨姓男子为妻,婚后不久患上气血失调,就自我诊治、试药,后来生了三女和一子杨濂,每当子女有病,她都亲自为他们诊治。直至其祖母去世,她才真正在外行医。
在当时的封建社会中,许多上流社会的妇女因男女之防,不愿请男医生诊治,因此常常发生贻误病情的情况,谈允贤女医的名声使这些妇女纷纷找她治病,在许多成功的案例后,谈允贤的名声也渐渐的传遍各地。
50岁时谈允贤将祖母留下的药方病理,汇集自己多年行医的经验,写成了一部《女医杂言》流传后世。明世宗嘉靖三十五年,谈允贤病逝,享年96岁。
the main character tan yunxian, was basically borned with a golden spoon. her father and uncle were both mid-ranking court officials, grandparents were both famous doctors, her parents' gen drop the profession after they all became court officials. but she was well-trained by her grandmother in the medical profession from young.
the ming dynasty ish sort of like the british victorian era, moral values were rigidly upheld but sleazy literature was rampant... on the surface, separation of males and females in day-to-day business became a big issue, and male doctors are not always appreciated to diagnose female patients. female doctors are therefore in demand esp among rich families with GCP dotters. but female docs in ming dynasty oso suffered bad reputation cos they are generally involved in abortions, when the mainstream society superficially condemns premarital sex and extra-marital affairs...
the show tried to portray that she is the one that established the regulated female doc system in ming, which is a bit far-fetched. but tan yunxian probably had some impact on the female doc system in china at that time.