A Brief History of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Summary
Appended are several previously published pieces by the author exploring issues related to Chinese medicine, together with his personal reflections on the value of Chinese medicine arising from his own experience as a patient, intended to help readers deepen their understanding of Chinese medicine.
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in traditional Chinese culture and philosophical thought who wish to understand the underlying logic of Chinese medical theory
- Students and researchers in the fields of medical history, the history of science and technology, or intellectual history
- Readers curious about or engaged in discussion of Chinese medicine who seek systematic understanding beyond practical techniques
- Readers who enjoy understanding the formation and development of a discipline from the perspective of historical evolution
Not a good fit for
- Those seeking practical applications such as specific health-preservation methods, dietary recipes, or disease treatment plans
- Readers expecting simplistic praise or criticism of Chinese medicine or debate comparing Chinese and Western medicine
Reading tips
- It is advisable to distinguish this book from ordinary popular-science or historical-story books on Chinese medicine; it leans toward an intellectual-history treatise and requires some patience and reflection in reading
- Readers may combine the different historical periods mentioned in the book with supplementary reading on the philosophical and cultural background of those periods to deepen understanding
- While reading, pay particular attention to how the author analyzes the gradual transformation of philosophical concepts (such as qi, yin-yang, and the Five Phases) into core paradigms of medical theory
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Guangxi Normal University Press is a publisher known for literature, foreign literature and history titles. Its 1,175 books in the database show a solid accumulation in classics and prose collections, including foreign literary works such as Les Fleurs du mal: Annotated Poems of Baudelaire, Snow Country, Dubliners and The Wild Palms, as well as modern prose compilations like The Complete Prose of Zhou Zuoren. History and philosophy also hold a notable share, with titles such as Running Dogs: Clerks and Runners in Qing County Yamen and The History and Thought of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom reflecting attention to Qing local administration and modern history. In art literature there is the 16-volume Ten Bamboo Studio Painting and Calligraphy Manual. Its author resources include foreign writers Charles Baudelaire and Yasunari Kawabata, translators and annotators Liu Nanqi and Zou Bo, and scholars such as Zhong Shuhe, Bradly W. Reed and You Chenjun. As public information is limited, this characterization is based only on the books in the database, which together present a profile balancing Chinese and foreign literary classics with academic works in the humanities and social sciences.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 自序
- 第一章 传说时期医学
- 第二章 先秦医学
- 第一节 先秦时期的气象学和对人与自然关系的认识
- 第二节 先秦医学对病因和人体的认识成果
- 第三节 医术和巫术的分离
- 第四节 保健、养生与长生不死
- 第五节 人的生死与气论和阴阳五行
- 第六节 精神本质与人体的三元结构
- 第三章 秦汉医学
- 第一节 秦汉时期的物质理论：气论
- 第二节 汉代的阴阳五行说
- 第三节 汉代对于人体的了解（上）——骨度和五脏
- 第四节 汉代对于人体的了解（中）——经络
- 第五节 汉代对于人体的了解（下）——精神和肉体
- 第六节 汉代医学的病因说
- 第七节 五行说与汉代医学
- 第八节 汉代理论医学和实践医学（上）
- 第九节 汉代理论医学和实践医学（中）
- 第十节 汉代理论医学和实践医学（下）
- 第十一节 养生、成仙和化学
- 第四章 魏晋南北朝医学
- 第一节 汉魏之际的科学发现和科学思想的转变
- 第二节 魏晋南北朝医学的概况
- 第三节 魏晋南北朝医学与对精神现象的认知
- 第四节 炼丹术的理论重建与荒唐的医学科学实验
- 第五节 魏晋时期炼丹术与古代化学和医药
- 第六节 魏晋南北朝时期的内修与养生
- 第五章 隋唐医学
- 第一节 隋唐学术和自然科学重建统一体系的发展大势
- 第二节 隋唐医学的理论兴趣
- 第三节 隋唐医学咒禁术的兴起和对精神来源的探讨
- 第四节 隋唐医学对疾病分类和病因说的发展
- 第五节 隋唐医学对于精神来源的探讨
- 第六节 隋唐医学在医药学方面的进展
- 第七节 唐代服食金丹的效果
- 第八节 服气胎息术的发展和演变
- 第六章 宋元医学
- 第一节 理、穷理与医学
- 第二节 人的精神与肉体
- 第三节 魂和魄：中国古人关于精神现象的说明
- 第四节 宋金元医学的理论兴趣
- 第五节 宋代的五运六气说
- 第六节 五运六气在金元时期的演变
- 第七节 宋元医学的今古之辨
- 第八节 更加细密的医学分科
- 第七章 明代医学
- 第一节 明代的格物说和医学
- 第二节 明代医学的发展概况
- 第三节 明代医学的理论问题
- 第四节 传统病因学的重大突破
- 第八章 清代医学
- 第一节 中国传统科学的尾声
- 第二节 明代医学的进步成果在清代的命运
- 第三节 清代温病学
- 第四节 清代解剖学与王清任《医林改错》
- 第九章 近现代医学冲击下的中医之路[5]
- 第一节 西医东传概略
- 第二节 中医界对于西方医学的接受
- 第三节 近代以来的废除中医思潮
- 第四节 中医师对废除中医思潮的反驳
- 第五节 中西医论争向社会和政治层面延伸
- 第六节 伍连德抗击鼠疫与中西医论争
- 第七节 中医的前景和中华人民共和国的医疗卫生政策
- 附录
- 艰难的探索，不懈的努力——中国古代医学防治瘟疫的历程
- 科学与科学观——中国科学史·导言（摘选）
- 我的中西医治病简史
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About the author
Li Shen, born in April 1946 in Mengjin, Henan, is a professor at the School of Philosophy of Shanghai Normal University and an expert on Confucianism. He previously served as a researcher at the Institute of World Religions of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, director of its Confucianism Research Office, and a doctoral supervisor, and was vice chairman of the Chinese Society for the Study of Atheism. His research focuses on ancient Chinese philosophy, the natural sciences, and Confucian theory. His representative works include A History of Chinese Confucianism, On Chinese Confucianism, On Religion, and A Study of the Yi Diagrams. Three of his works are included here, spanning social sciences, medicine, and examinations: general histories such as A History of Chinese Science (two volumes) and A Brief History of Chinese Medicine, as well as practical content on product photography and post-production, reflecting a writing approach that extends beyond academic research to application and popularization.
