He is also a Taoist figure with high status. In many Taoist temples, there is a "Medicine King Hall". He has a noble medical ethics, attaches importance to health preservation and helps others. He is a real Taoist. He is from Yaoxian County, Shaanxi Province, China. 58 1 was born in a poor peasant family. He was very clever since he was a child and was highly praised by his teachers. When he grew up, he began to like Taoism. Due to the social unrest at that time, Sun Simiao lived in seclusion in Taibai Mountain, Qinling Mountain, Shaanxi Province, and gradually gained a high reputation. At that time, the imperial court appointed Sun Simiao as Dr. imperial academy, but he refused. In Taibai Mountain, Sun Simiao studied Taoist classics and explored the art of health preservation. At the same time, he also read many medical books and studied ancient medical prescriptions. He chose to "heal the wounded and rescue the dying" as his lifelong career. In order to understand the characteristics of Chinese herbal medicine, he traveled all over the mountains. Sun Simiao also attached great importance to the folk medical experience, constantly accumulated interviews and recorded them in time, and finally completed his immortal book "Thousands of Money". After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao began to accept the invitation of the imperial court and cooperate with it to carry out medical activities. In 659 AD, the world's first national pharmacopoeia, Tang Xin Materia Medica, was completed. Sun Simiao died in 682 AD.