《银元时代生活史》内容简介

　　作为20世纪二三十年代上海名医，陈存仁以个人亲身经历为线索，从细微处着笔，生动记述了上海由清末至第二次世界大战前近半个世纪的经济、金融、贸易、医药、民情、风俗，描摹了他所接触的三教九流的遗闻轶事，上至文化界、商界、政界风云人物——章太炎、于右任、吴稚晖、黄金荣、张啸林等，揭开这些名流普通生活的一面；下至底层小民——小伙计、妓女、里弄瘪三、贩夫走卒，娓娓道来的笔下是大时代里小人物的命运浮沉。

　　陈存仁从一个市民的生活视角出发，以银元流通为线索，串起老上海的经济变迁；通过有趣的掌故，细致刻画了民国的人事风物，呈现一个时代的悲欢离合；此外，作为一位儒医，作者更在书中记叙了传统教育浸润下的处世哲学、心理健康、人际关系、理财方法，对今日年轻的读者不失为一种亲切的启发与鼓励。

　　书内还收录有120多张黑白老照片，带你回到历史现场，重返那个洋溢着明亮色彩的银元时代。

　　作者简介

　　陈存仁（1908—1990），20世纪三四十年代上海名医。原名陈承沅，出生于上海老城厢。师从丁甘仁、丁仲英父子。1928年，创办国内第一份医药卫生常识方面的报刊《康健报》；1929年自设诊所，独立行医；同年，被中医界推选为五个代表之一，赴南京抗议“废止中医案”；1935年，主编三百余万字《中国药学大辞典》；1937年，东渡日本，收集汉医书籍四百多种，整理出版《皇汉医学丛书》；1949年，赴港行医；1964年，获韩国庆熙大学名誉博士衔，同年编撰出版《中国医学史》；1979年，应“讲谈社”之邀，编撰《中国药学大典》；1990年9月，逝于美国洛杉矶寓所。代表作有《银元时代生活史》《抗战时代生活史》《我的医务生涯》《津津有味谭》等。

Brief introduction to Life history of Silver Dollar Era

As a famous doctor in Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s, Chen Cunren wrote a vivid account of Shanghai's economy, finance, trade, medicine, people's feelings and customs from the end of the Qing Dynasty to nearly half a century before the Second World War, using his personal experience as a guide. To the cultural, business, political figures - Zhang Taiyan, Yu Youren, Wu Zhihui, Jingrong, Zhang Xiaolin and so on, uncover the ordinary life of these celebrities; Down to the bottom of the small people - the little boy, the prostitute, the gangster, the peddler, the story is the fate of the little people in the big times.

From the perspective of a citizen's life, Chen Cunren takes the circulation of silver dollars as a clue to string together the economic changes of old Shanghai; Through interesting stories, it describes the people and things of the Republic of China in detail, presenting the joys and sorrows of an era; In addition, as a Confucian doctor, the author describes the philosophy of life, mental health, interpersonal relations, and financial management under the influence of traditional education, which is a kind of inspiration and encouragement for today's young readers.

The book also contains more than 120 old black and white photos, taking you back to the historical scene, back to the era of silver dollars filled with bright colors.

About the author

Chen Cunren (1908-1990) was a famous doctor in Shanghai in the 1930s and 1940s. His original name was Chen Chengyuan, born in the Old city of Shanghai. Under the guidance of Ding Ganren, Ding Zhongying father and son. In 1928, he founded the first medical and health common sense newspaper "Health" in China; In 1929, he established his own clinic and practiced medicine independently. In the same year, he was elected as one of the five representatives of the Chinese medicine community and went to Nanjing to protest the "abolition of the Chinese medicine case"; In 1935, he edited the Dictionary of Chinese Pharmacy with more than 3 million words. In 1937, he traveled east to Japan, collected more than 400 Chinese medicine books, and published the Imperial Han Medicine Series. In 1949, he went to Hong Kong to practice medicine. In 1964, he was awarded honorary doctorate by Kyung Hee University of Korea, and published the History of Chinese Medicine in the same year. In 1979, at the invitation of "Kodansha", compiled "Chinese Pharmaceutical Canon"; He died in September 1990 at his home in Los Angeles. His representative works include Life History of Silver Yuan Era, Life History of Anti-Japanese War Era, My Medical Career, Jinjin Wei Tan and so on.