The Paths of Renowned Veteran TCM Physicians

Zhou Fengwu / 张奇文 / 丛林Shandong Science and Technology Press2005

Rating 4.5
Word count
700K words
Chapters
40
ISBN
9787533140724

Tags

Health and Medicine Health TCM EducationPhysician ExperienceVeteran TCM DoctorsMaster-Disciple TransmissionEducational JourneyMedical EthicsScholarshipScholarly MethodReading MethodsShandong TCM

Summary

The Paths of Renowned Veteran TCM Physicians originated from a column of the same name launched in 1980 in the Journal of Shandong College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Published in three volumes by Shandong Science and Technology Press between 1981 and 1985, it collects articles by nearly one hundred modern and contemporary renowned veteran TCM physicians, including Yue Meizhong, Ren Yingqiu, Shi Jinmo, Pu Fuzhou, Qin Bowei, Liu Duzhou, Deng Tietao, and Zhu Liangchun. The articles were either written by the physicians themselves or penned from the recollections of their disciples and descendants, and cover their years of study, approaches to scholarship, methods of reading, transmission from teachers, academic views, clinical insights, and medical ethics. This edition is the 2005 hardcover one-volume collection of all three volumes. To facilitate preservation and lower the price, the original first, second, and third volumes were merged into a single book, renamed Part One, Part Two, and Part Three respectively. Apart from correcting a few typographical errors and standardizing the text throughout, the content, format, and order of the pieces remain as originally published. Parts One and Two consist of autobiographical articles written by contemporary veteran physicians themselves, while Part Three consists of reminiscences written by the disciples and descendants of physicians who had passed away before or around 1949. The book runs 1,229 pages and about 700,000 words. It can be read as a biographical record of twentieth-century TCM figures or studied as a methodology of TCM scholarship, and has long been regarded by teachers and students at TCM colleges and by clinicians as a recommended reader for beginners and advanced learners alike.

Editor's review

王太仆有言：“将升岱岳，非径奚为；欲诣扶桑，无舟莫适。”学中医，“勤苦”是舟楫，好书则是门径。这本书正是被几代中医人反复验证过的那条“径”。 它的特别之处在于：这不是后人替名医写的传记，而是名医自己动笔，或由贴身门人、子女回忆的实录。岳美中怎样从文史转治医、任应秋如何读《内经》、施今墨如何取舍古今方药，都写在一篇篇几千字的短文里，方法具体到读什么书、怎么读、何时背书、怎样跟师抄方。上、中篇是当代名老的自述，下篇追忆肖龙友、孔伯华、蒲辅周、秦伯未、陆瘦燕等已故名医，两相对照，可以看到不同时代、不同师承下的成才路径何其不同，又有何共通之处。 上世纪八十年代，这套书曾让无数中医后学“如痴如醉”，其中不少人已成为今日名医。合订精装一册在手，既可作为床头闲读的人物志，也可作为制定读书计划的参照。它不教你某个具体方剂，而教你如何成为一个会读书、会思考、会临证的中医。

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Reading tips

  1. 不必从头读到尾，可按上、中、下篇挑人名读，先读自己熟悉的医家，再扩展到陌生者。
  2. 读到治学方法处随手摘录，如读书顺序、背书记诵、抄方侍诊，整理成自己的学习清单。
  3. 宜与《内经》《伤寒论》等原著对读，看名医如何读书、如何用书，效果更佳。
  4. 全书分量大，建议每天读一两篇，配合笔记与反思，读完一个医家写一段小结。

About the publisher

Shandong Science and Technology Press

Shandong Science and Technology Press focuses on medical and health publishing and educational textbooks. Judging from the 46 books in the database, the press offers popular pregnancy and parenting titles such as The Pregnancy Bible, as well as works like The Path of Renowned Veteran Chinese Medicine Practitioners, which records the experience of celebrated doctors; its authors include Anne Deans, Zhou Fengwu and Zhang Qiwen. In education, it develops textbooks for the five-four school system, covering subjects such as English and biology, with authors including Tian Guisen, Gao Hongde and Wang Renqin. Its publishing profile thus combines medical and health titles with basic education textbooks, serving both general readers and classroom teaching. Information such as the founding year and scale is not available in public sources, so it is not covered here; this introduction is based on the books in the database.

Contents

  1. Part One: Preface
  2. Part One: Editor's Note
  3. Part One: Without Constancy One Cannot Be a Doctor
  4. Part One: My Path and Methods of Scholarship
  5. Part One: My Learning Process
  6. Part One: The Path Is Made by Walking
  7. Part One: On the Road to Researching and Preventing Coronary Heart Disease
  8. Part One: Diligence Perfects the Trade, Neglect Ruins It
  9. Part One: Some Reflections on Learning Chinese Medicine
  10. Part One: No Shortcuts in Learning; What Matters Is Intent
  11. Part One: Forty Years in the Medical World
  12. Part One: Remembering Old Traces in the Warmth of Spring
  13. Part One: Recollections of Studying and Practicing Medicine
  14. Part One: A Review of Forty Years of Medical Study
  15. Part One: Mastery Lies in Understanding, Knowledge Lies in Practice
  16. Part One: Recalling the Past, Reviewing the Old to Learn the New
  17. Part One: Fifty Years Immersed in the Art of Medicine
  18. Part One: Tracing the Past for the Sake of Later Students
  19. Part One: Seeking Traces in the Medical World
  20. Part One: My Teachers and My Path of Medical Study
  21. Part One: Retrospect and Prospect
  22. Part One: To Be Settled and Responsive Is Called Completion—On My Scholarly Experience
  23. Part One: Studying the Inner Canon in the Spirit of the "Three Realms of Scholarship"
  24. Part One: Diligence and Unremitting Self-Improvement
  25. Part One: Reflections on Teaching the Inner Canon
  26. Part One: Constancy Is Precious in Learning; Practice Comes First
  27. Part One: The Key to Studying Medicine Is Youth
  28. Part One: The "Five-Character Classic" of Medical Study
  29. Part Two: Prefaces by Lü and Yue, Editor's Note
  30. Part Two: Ten Thousand Miles of Sky, Ten Thousand Miles of Road
  31. Part Two: My Sixty-Year Path in the Art of Medicine
  32. Part Two: Blazing a New Trail
  33. Part Three: Prefaces by Ren and Jin, Editor's Note
  34. Part Three: Remembering Mr. Xiao Longyou
  35. Part Three: Remembering My Late Uncle Longyou
  36. Part Three: Remembering Teacher Qin Bowei's Scholarly Spirit
  37. Part Three: Remembering Zhao Xiwu
  38. Part Three: Diligent and Eager to Learn, Happy to Nurture Talent—On Professor Huang Wendong
  39. Part Three: Remembering My Late Father Liu Jisan's Scholarly Experience
  40. Part Three: Remembering the Famous Acupuncturist Lu Shouyan

FAQ

这本书是几个人写的，还是多人合集？ 是多人合集。由周凤梧、张奇文、丛林主编，收入近百位名老中医本人撰写的自述文章，以及已故名医门人、后人撰写的回忆文章，篇篇独立成文。
2005年精装合订本和2015年三册本有什么区别？ 2005年版把原第一、二、三辑合为一册，分上、中、下三篇，1229页、约70万字，内容体例基本保持原貌，价格更亲民。2015年山东科学技术出版社重新分三册出版，改为16开，并作了文字校订。
书里有具体的医案和处方吗？ 有，但不是主体。多数文章是治学与行医经历的回顾，会谈到学术主张与临床心得，个别文章涉及典型病例和用药思路，但本书定位是治学门径与人物实录，不宜当作方书使用。
没有中医基础能读得懂吗？ 能读懂大意，但文中涉及《内经》《伤寒论》等经典术语与旧时师承制度，初学者可能有隔膜。建议边读边查，或与基础教材同步阅读，收获会更大。
为什么这本书常被中医院校列为推荐书目？ 因为它集中呈现了二十世纪一批名医真实的成才路径与治学方法，既有可操作性，也有医德医风的示范作用，被许多院校图书馆和读书活动列为入门与进阶读物。

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About the author

Zhou Fengwu Author

Zhou Fengwu is an author about whom relatively limited biographical information is available; public sources contain no clear record of his nationality, dates of birth and death, or specific life experiences. Three of his works are held in the collection, including Ming Lao Zhong Yi Zhi Lu (repeatedly catalogued) and Ming Lao Zhong Yi Yi Hua, both of which focus on the transmission of experience and clinical insights in traditional Chinese medicine and are commonly classified under medicine and health, health, and gender-related topics. Judging from the titles and content, his writing emphasizes organizing the scholarly approaches, clinical observations, and informal medical notes of renowned senior physicians, addressing general readers interested in TCM practice and health preservation, and combining experiential records with popularization of knowledge. Given the limited background information, a fuller assessment of the author and his works awaits further materials.

张奇文 Author

Zhang Qiwen: publicly available information is limited, and it is currently known only that five works are extant under this name, all classified under medicine. The representative works are the series Supplementary Volumes on the Path of Renowned Veteran Chinese Medicine Practitioners, including Volume One, Volume Two (in four volumes), Volume Three, Volume Four, and the Sixth Collection, indicating that the main focus is compiling or writing on the transmission of the experience of renowned veteran Chinese medicine practitioners. The series collects and organizes the paths of famous Chinese medicine experts, is aimed at learners and practitioners of Chinese medicine, and has considerable reference value as a compilation and as material for transmission. Because information such as dates of birth and death, nationality, education, and positions is unknown, it is difficult to introduce more about the person's individual experience; however, judging from the scale of the works and the continuation of the volume numbering, Zhang Qiwen has made sustained efforts in compiling this series, providing a textual vehicle for recording and disseminating Chinese medicine experience.

丛林 Author

Cong Lin is an author about whom limited public information is available, and the verifiable clues currently come mainly from two works. Judging from their subjects, Cong Lin focuses on the medical field, particularly the organization of characteristic case records from high-altitude regions and knowledge related to cosmeceuticals. The representative works Plateau Characteristic Case Collection and The Truth About Cosmeceuticals are both classified under medicine. The former points to the collection and presentation of clinical cases in high-altitude settings, while the latter addresses the ingredients, effects, and public understanding of cosmeceuticals. One is a case collection and the other a popular-science-style book, suggesting that the author values both the organization of clinical materials and the clarification of common misconceptions about cosmeceuticals for general readers. Because information such as nationality, dates of birth and death, education, and professional background is not publicly recorded, no further details of the author's life can be introduced. Based on the existing works, Cong Lin's writing emphasizes practicality and factual organization, likely in a straightforward style suitable for medical practitioners and readers interested in cosmeceuticals.