葛洪,字稚川,丹阳句容(今江苏句容县)人,号抱朴子。他是我国晋代最杰出的医药学家之一。关于他的生卒年代,学术界目前有不同看法,一种认为他生于261年,卒于341年;另一种认为他生于284年,卒于364年。葛洪少年时家境贫寒,但他刻苦攻读,博览群书。他一生到过许多地方,著述很多,其中《西京杂记》记录了珍贵的历史资料,《抱朴子》则记载了许多炼丹的原料和方法,并首次记录了由硫化汞制水银的化学反应。葛洪对道教颇有研 Ge Hong, the word Chihchuan, Danyang Jurong (now Jiangsu Jurong County) people, No. Baopuzi. He is one of the most prominent medical scientists in the Jin Dynasty in China. There are different opinions about the age of his birth in academia. One thinks he was born in 261 and died in 341 years; the other thought he was born in 284 and died in 364 years. Ge Hong juvenile poor family, but he hard to study, read extensive books. He has been to many places throughout his life and wrote many books. Among them, “Xijing Miscellanies” records precious historical materials. “Baopuzi” records many raw materials and methods of alchemy and records for the first time the chemical reaction of mercury made from mercuric sulfide. Ge Hong quite research on Taoism