Culture Takes the Lead
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Summary
The book is divided into two parts—Great Yi culture and traditional Chinese medicine culture. Building on years of research, the author starts from the Yijing and traditional Chinese medicine to explore the development of Chinese culture. The author holds that Chinese culture has the Three Sovereigns and the Three Yis as its common source, that its structure is mainly "Yi" governing "Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism," and that the "Five Classics of National Studies" are the carriers of Chinese culture. Culture is the foundation of a nation; Chinese culture has a long history and will surely become an important foundation for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
The Yijing is also the source of traditional Chinese medicine thinking; the philosophical thinking of traditional Chinese medicine culture is "image-numerology thinking." Traditional Chinese medicine culture includes the health-preserving culture of "treating illness before it arises" and the diagnostic and therapeutic culture of "holistic dialectics." The core value of traditional Chinese medicine culture is "benevolence, harmony, refinement, and sincerity." Traditional Chinese medicine culture is an important component and outstanding representative of Chinese culture, and will also become an important forerunner of the revival of Chinese culture.
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in the relationship between Yijing culture and traditional Chinese medicine culture
- Educators and promoters of national studies and traditional culture
- Readers who want a systematic understanding of Zhang Qicheng's scholarly views
- Ordinary readers concerned with the value of traditional Chinese medicine culture and health preservation
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting concrete clinical methods of traditional Chinese medicine
- Readers seeking divination and prediction techniques from the Yijing
- Readers who prefer pure scholarly textual research and reject broad argumentation
Reading tips
- Read the "Great Yi Culture" section first to grasp the framework that "Yi is the common source," then move on to traditional Chinese medicine culture.
- While reading, take notes on core concepts such as "image-numerology thinking," "treating illness before it arises," and "benevolence, harmony, refinement, and sincerity" for easy cross-reference.
- If you are unfamiliar with the Yijing, learn the basic referents of the Three Sovereigns, the Three Yis, and the Five Classics of National Studies before going deeper.
- Read slowly; after each section, review how the author links Yijing studies and traditional Chinese medicine culture into a whole.
About the publisher
China Culture and History Press has long devoted itself to modern and contemporary literature and culture-and-history reading matter, with publishing directions centered on classic works, social novels, prose and miscellaneous writings, and Eastern philosophy, alongside culture-and-history periodicals such as Zongheng. Among the more than 1,500 titles in the collection, representative books include Zhang Henshui's Ti Xiao Yin Yuan, Lu Xun's Complete Classic Works (10 volumes) and Wild Grass, and Lao She's Four Generations Under One Roof series and the boxed set of Lao She's Classic Works (10 volumes), while its author resources are concentrated on figures such as Zhang Henshui, Lu Xun, Lao She and Sima Qian. Its publishing character lies in solid editorial work on culture-and-history source texts and in issuing famous authors' works in sets, balancing the readability of individual texts with the systematic presentation of complete collections for focused reading and collecting. Beyond these directions, public information on the press's contemporary original publishing is limited, so it is not elaborated here.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 前言
- 上部 中华文化是中华民族复兴的先行者
- 第一章 中华文化的结构——易道主干，三教合易
- 第二章 中华文化的源头——《周易》
- 第三章 中华文化的载体——国学“五经”
- 第四章 中华文化的核心价值——“阴阳中和”
- 第五章 中华文化的使命担当——中华文化是中华民族复兴的先行者
- 下部 中医文化是中华文化复兴的先行者
- 第一章 中医文化的哲学思维——“象数思维”
- 第二章 中医文化的生命调养——“治未病”
- 第三章 中医文化的疾病诊疗——“整体辨证”
- 第四章 中医文化的核心价值——“仁和精诚”
- 第五章 中医文化的使命担当——中医文化是中华文化复兴的先行者
- 结语
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About the author
Zhang Qicheng was born in 1958 in Shexian, Anhui Province. He holds a PhD in philosophy from Peking University and is the founding dean of the School of Chinese Classics at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, where he is a second-tier professor and doctoral supervisor. He has long engaged in research on Chinese classics, the Yi studies, and Chinese medicine culture, and is a contemporary Yi scholar and Chinese medicine culture scholar. As the fifteenth-generation inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage “Zhang Yitie” medical family, he emphasizes the continuity of medical tradition and culture. He has published more than forty academic works, five of which are included in the library, covering silk and bamboo medical prescriptions from the pre-Qin and Han periods, interpretations of Chinese medicine culture, textual criticism of the Danbo father and son’s medical texts, medical affairs of the Imperial Medical Bureau, and cultural topics. His subjects span medicine, health, and culture, and his writing combines academic textual research with accessible explanation, exerting a sustained influence on the dissemination of Chinese medicine culture.
