淳于意曾任齐国太仓长，故称「太仓公」。他是现存文献中最早系统记录医案（诊籍）的医家，《史记·扁鹊仓公列传》完整保留了他25例诊籍，详载病人姓名、病情、诊断、用药及预后，是中国医学史上珍贵的第一手临床记录。他因故获罪，其女缇萦上书救父，促成汉文帝废除肉刑，是中国法制史上的著名事件。

Chunyu Yi served as director of the granaries of the Kingdom of Qi, hence his honorific "Lord of the Great Granary." He is the earliest physician known to have systematically recorded case histories: the Shiji preserves 25 of his diagnostic records in full, including patient names, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis — invaluable first-hand clinical documentation. When he was sentenced to punishment, his daughter Tiying's petition to the emperor helped lead to the abolition of corporal mutilation as a legal punishment, a landmark event in Chinese legal history.