Living in a period when the Buddhism was quite flourishing,Sun had a close contact with the monk Dao Xuan,the founder of Nanshan Sect Buddhism.Sun's Qian jin fang adopted all schools including Buddhism,evidenced by the following 3 aspects:Direct Buddhist influence,mainly on medical morality;Indian medicine coming together with Buddhism,including the theory of “four-element theory”,the conception of all matters are medicines,pills of all disorders,recipes,and keep-fit art. Buddhism acts as an carrier here ; The achievements of treatment for beriberi by monks. However ,Buddhist influence was far inferior to Taoism as far as Sun’s work is concerned.
