[Theoretical research] Digging the academic and application value of the discipline of traditional Chinese medicine

Content source: Chinese Chinese Medicine News Author: Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Zhang Zongming

• Define the cultural connotation of Chinese medicine. In addition to the relationship between traditional Chinese medicine culture and traditional Chinese culture, and the relationship between the development of traditional Chinese medicine, the relationship between the discipline of Chinese medicine and other Chinese medicine is also required.

• Traditional Chinese medicine culture research involves a wide range of problems that need to be solved, but as an independent discipline, the first thing that needs to be solved is the major basic theory of this subject. At the same time, it also needs to solve major practical problems in the field of traditional Chinese medicine inheritance.

• Cultivating and creating a group of high -quality Chinese medicine culture research and communication talents are the key to the construction of the discipline of traditional Chinese medicine.

In recent years, the study of traditional Chinese medicine culture has set off a new climax and has achieved gratifying results. However, the researchers still have different views on whether the traditional Chinese medicine culture constitutes a discipline. One point of view is that the current field of traditional Chinese medicine can only be regarded as a research field, and it has not formed its own independent research paradigm, and it cannot form an independent discipline; another point of view cannot be formed; It is believed that the culture of traditional Chinese medicine has been independent from the discipline of the history of traditional Chinese medicine, and has its own relatively independent research objects and paradigms, which has become a mature discipline. The author believes that as an independent discipline, traditional Chinese medicine culture is only initially formed, and there is still a distance from mature disciplines, which needs to be further strengthened.

Preliminary formation of the Discipline of Traditional Chinese Medicine

The research of traditional Chinese medicine culture has long been, but the past research is mostly spontaneous, and the results are not enough. TCM culture has not been proposed as a concept of specific connotation. Traditional Chinese medicine culture, as a special research field, started in the mid -to -late 1980s and started in the 1990s. The reason why Chinese medicine culture has attracted the attention of the Chinese medicine community, the philosophy, and even the cultural community. On the one hand, it is promoted by the popularity of traditional culture. As an important part of traditional culture, the traditional culture boom in the 1980s has led to the emergence of traditional Chinese medicine culture fever. On the other hand, the result of traditional Chinese medicine's own reflection. The scientific and modern problems and confusion of traditional Chinese medicine have caused the framework of the Chinese medicine community to jump out of modern science. The law of development of traditional Chinese medicine. In recent years, the value of traditional Chinese medicine culture has been widely recognized, the awareness of the discipline is approaching, the research results are systematic, the academic team has continued to expand, and the disciplinary system has initially formed.

Research value is widely recognized

A discipline is independent, and first of all, it must have an independent academic and social and cultural value. The value of Chinese medicine culture research is reflected in many aspects. From a micro perspective, it is conducive to the academic prosperity of Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine and natural sciences and humanities are one in one body. However, modern research in traditional Chinese medicine belongs to natural science research. The cultural research of traditional Chinese medicine starts late, with small results and little influence. The research of traditional Chinese medicine can correct the deviation of traditional Chinese medicine research to a certain extent, and make up for the lack of modern Chinese medicine research. From the perspective of the view, it is conducive to summing up the laws of traditional Chinese medicine and providing motivation for the development of traditional Chinese medicine. By revealing the connotation and development law of traditional Chinese medicine, inherit the core value of the culture of traditional Chinese medicine, preserve and develop the original thinking of Chinese medicine, and provide a source of direction and power for the academic development of traditional Chinese medicine. From a macro perspective, it is conducive to the inheritance and rejuvenation of the excellent traditional culture of China. "Traditional Chinese medicine culture is the representative of Chinese excellent traditional culture, which reflects the core values ​​and original thinking methods of Chinese excellent traditional culture, integrates the essence of natural sciences and humanities in China, and condenses the ancient sages, Confucianism, Tao, and Buddhist culture. The wisdom fully shows the charm of Chinese culture. " Vigorously promoting the culture of Chinese medicine and vigorously developing traditional Chinese medicine culture is a strategic choice and important way to enhance the country's soft power and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

The connotation of discipline is approaching

The connotation of disciplines is an important symbol of a disciplined research object, which is different from other disciplines. Traditional Chinese medicine culture is a discipline studying the nature of Chinese medicine culture and its development laws. The definition of traditional Chinese medicine culture is very critical. Due to the diversity of the culture itself, it brings complexity to the definition of Chinese medicine culture. The current representative views are: "The so -called traditional Chinese medicine culture is not or mainly refers to traditional Chinese medicine as science and technology itself, but to this kind of social form and cultural atmosphere unique to this science and technology, that is, the development of traditional Chinese medicine development with the entire social and cultural background And the unique cultural characteristics reflected in traditional Chinese medicine. "This is defined from the perspective of the difference between traditional Chinese medicine culture and traditional Chinese medicine science and technology. The other is the definition of a broad cultural culture, that is, "Chinese medicine culture is the sum of spiritual civilization and material civilization that reflects the nature and characteristics of Chinese medicine in the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation." Another is defined from the specific level of culture, such as "Chinese medicine culture is the internal value concept, thinking method and external behavioral specifications of Chinese medicine, and the sum of external behavior specifications, and the sum of utensils." Although several definitions have different angles, the research objects of Chinese medicine culture have basically reached a consensus, that is, Chinese medicine culture uses traditional Chinese medicine as the research object to study the connection between traditional Chinese medicine and traditional culture and the spiritual culture, behavioral culture and utensil culture of Chinese medicine Essence

Academic research results to comprehensive integration

The fever of the research of traditional Chinese medicine is first driven by traditional culture. The early achievements of traditional Chinese medicine culture were concentrated in the relationship between traditional Chinese medicine and traditional culture, especially Chinese traditional philosophy, easy learning and Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.

Regarding the relationship between ancient Chinese philosophy and Chinese medicine, such as Liu Changlin's "Method of Philosophy and Traditional Chinese Medicine" of the Internal Classics; "; About the comparison of Chinese and Western medicine, how to compare Chinese and Western medicine," Differences, Confusion and Thinking -Research on Chinese and Western Medicine Comparison ", Zhu Shnen's" Differences and Blend of Chinese and Western Medicine "; Research monograph on Buddhism, such as "Confucianism and Buddhism and Traditional Chinese Medicine" edited by Xue Gongchen. As an independent discipline, historical research is indispensable. The history of traditional Chinese medicine has long been a relatively mature discipline. The transition from the history of traditional Chinese medicine to the history of traditional Chinese medicine culture is an important steering of the history of traditional Chinese medicine and an important foundation for the independence of traditional Chinese medicine culture. Ma Boying's "History of Chinese Medical Culture" is the foundation of the study of the history of traditional Chinese medicine.

As the core content of traditional Chinese medicine culture, the study of the history of traditional Chinese medicine philosophy naturally has also become an indispensable content of the research of traditional Chinese medicine culture. Cheng Yajun's "History of Chinese Medicine Philosophy" plan four volumes. At present, two volumes have been published.

In addition, the three volumes of the "Research on Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture" written by Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine's organization organized, from three aspects of traditional Chinese medicine culture, comparison of traditional Chinese and western medicine culture, and the revival of traditional Chinese medicine culture. With the deepening of the research of traditional Chinese medicine culture, Chinese medicine culture and education have been widely carried out in high school colleges of traditional Chinese medicine. It is another task for writing textbooks and constructing traditional Chinese medicine culture and traditional Chinese medicine philosophy. Textbooks such as "Basic Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture Basics", "Basics of Chinese Medicine Philosophy", "Chinese Traditional Culture and Traditional Chinese Medicine", "TCM Culture Guide" are constantly innovating. Some are included in national planning textbooks, and some have become boutique textbooks for provinces and cities. From differentiation to comprehensiveness, it is the law of academic research and discipline development, and it is also an important symbol of the maturity of disciplines.

The discipline team continues to grow

The research of traditional Chinese medicine culture was originally composed of two people. One was a philosophy worker. From the perspective of Chinese philosophy, the impact of traditional Chinese philosophy on the formation and development of traditional Chinese medicine theory and the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine thinking, or discussed the methodology of traditional Chinese medicine from the perspective of science and technology philosophy. And its development rules; second, experts in the history of traditional Chinese medicine medicine, medical ancient literature and traditional Chinese medicine history are the pioneers of this group, and some professional workers of Chinese medicine literature also joined the Chinese medicine culture research team. At present, many research institutions of traditional Chinese medicine The leader of the cultural discipline is also an expert in the history of traditional Chinese medicine.

With the continuous advancement of the cultural construction of traditional Chinese medicine institutions, in order to meet the needs of traditional Chinese medicine culture education, propaganda and dissemination, some traditional Chinese medicine managers, Chinese medicine clinical experts, basic theoretical teachers of traditional Chinese medicine, ideological and political theory teachers, and foreign language teachers also intervene in traditional Chinese medicine culture Research and teaching; at the same time, more and more graduate students with different professional backgrounds such as philosophy, linguistics, communication, and education have also begun to pay attention to Chinese medicine culture, and even use Chinese medicine culture as their own degree dissertation.

Basic forming of discipline system

With the deepening of traditional Chinese medicine culture research, the research institution of traditional Chinese medicine culture has also begun to be established. In 1994, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine established the nation's first TCM Cultural Research Center. In 1999, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine established the Traditional Chinese Medicine Cultural Research Center. In 2014, the center was renamed the independent Chinese school and the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Subsequently, Shandong, Shanghai, Fujian, Anhui, Henan, Hubei and other provinces have also established Chinese medicine cultural research and communication institutions. Some of these research institutions have developed into a provincial key social science research base, and some institutions have become the school's 2011 collaborative innovation The center, and some Chinese medicine culture research teams have become school -level or provincial scientific and technological innovation teams. In 1996, the Chinese Medicine Culture Branch of the Chinese Medicine Society was formally established. Since then, the research of traditional Chinese medicine culture has its own independent academic group. In 2007, the Chinese Medical Society of Chinese Philosophy and Philosophy of Chinese Medicine was established to jointly carry out the academic research and discipline construction of traditional Chinese medicine philosophy philosophy and basic theoretical scholars. In 2015, the Federation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture of the World Chinese Medicine Society was established to lead quality culture as the lead, tap the core of traditional Chinese medicine culture, and promote the development of the cultural industrialization of Chinese medicine.

Professional academic journals are an important platform for academic growth and an important garden for academic exchanges. "Medical Ancient Culture", "Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Magazine", "Chinese Medical Journal of Chinese Medicine" and other traditional Chinese medicine journals will set up a "Chinese Medicine Culture" column accordingly. The "Academic Discussion" column of "Traditional Chinese Medicine" also actively published the research results of traditional Chinese medicine culture. In 1999, the Journal of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Social Science Edition) was founded. In 2006, the "Medical Ancient Culture Knowledge" was renamed "Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture" and officially founded, becoming the only academic journal in China that specializes in traditional Chinese medicine culture.

In recent years, there have been a number of traditional Chinese medicine cultural research projects that have been established as the National Social Science Fund project, and even major bidding projects of the National Social Science Fund. The research of traditional Chinese medicine culture has risen to the national strategic level. In addition, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine has taken traditional Chinese medicine culture as a key construction discipline in the "Twelfth Five -Year Plan" discipline plan. Many research institutions in Anhui Province, Nanjing, Shandong Province, Shanghai, Beijing, etc. are selected. The national industry authorities include traditional Chinese medicine culture in key construction disciplines, marking that traditional Chinese medicine culture has legitimacy as an independent discipline. Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and other colleges and universities independently set up a master's degree enrollment point of the second -level discipline of Chinese medicine culture under the first -level discipline of Chinese medicine. The enrollment point of a doctorate degree in the discipline, specializing in training senior talents in Chinese medicine culture. Existing problems in the construction of Chinese medicine and cultural discipline

Although Chinese medicine culture, as a discipline, has been formed, but due to the short period of development of the discipline, there are still many problems such as blurred discipline boundaries, too decentralized research content, and research teams to be improved.

Discipline boundary is blurred

As a cross -disciplinary discipline, there is a close connection between Chinese medicine culture and the history of traditional Chinese medicine, the ancient literature, the literature of traditional Chinese medicine, and the basic theoretical discipline of traditional Chinese medicine. The cross -penetration of some content is unavoidable. However, as an independent discipline, traditional Chinese medicine culture must further clarify its independent research objects, otherwise there will be a problem with multiple disciplines to "fight" research, which will cause the subject of the discipline of Chinese medicine question. Therefore, on the premise of maintaining cross -penetration with other disciplines, it is necessary to further clarify your research focus and delineate your own discipline boundary.

The research content is too scattered

In the early stages of the research of traditional Chinese medicine culture, the research content was indispensable, but as an independent discipline, the research field of vision needs to be concentrated on solving the core issues and key issues of the discipline of traditional Chinese medicine. In addition, the research of traditional Chinese medicine culture still has a problem of low overall levels. The uneven level of research has seriously affected the overall level of the research of traditional Chinese medicine culture, making the overall research status and its far -reaching practical significance. Essence The research on the research of traditional Chinese medicine culture should be shifted from the past "retrospective" research to solve the real problems of the development of Chinese medicine.

The research team needs to be improved

Because Chinese medicine culture researchers come from many disciplines and are restricted by the discipline vision, scholars often choose their familiar issues, use their own disciplines and methods to carry out research, and lack cultural overall vision. At present, the main body of traditional Chinese medicine culture, one is a scholar of Chinese medicine, and the other is the philosophy of literature and history. Traditional Chinese medicine scholars have unique conditions to study Chinese medicine culture, but some researchers are not familiar with cultural research methods due to lack of humanistic theoretical literacy and are not familiar with cultural research methods. As a result, research results are easy to stay at the medical level and fail to penetrate the core of traditional Chinese medicine culture. Some literary history and philosophers are longer than cultural research methods, but they lack the necessary Chinese medicine knowledge reserves. The research results are easy to stay on the cultural surface and fail to cut into the interior of Chinese medicine. Due to the lack of necessary communication, communication and understanding of the two research subjects in different disciplines, it is urgent to cultivate a group of traditional Chinese medicine culture and cultural cultural and cultural cultural and cultural culture with deep Chinese medicine culture.

The guidance does not give full play to

Traditional Chinese medicine culture does not have a long time. Under the guidance of uniform theoretical paradigms, it has not obtained a unified understanding of major issues in the research of traditional Chinese medicine culture. Many issues are still in the stage of seeking wisdom. The role of traditional Chinese medicine culture is guidance, but due to insufficient academic connotation and insufficient practical research, it has played an inexhaustible role in leading the role of traditional Chinese medicine education, medical care, scientific research, health care, industry and foreign exchanges.

Suggestions for strengthening the construction of Chinese medicine and cultural discipline

Strengthen the study of discipline connotation, clarify the relationship between the discipline of Chinese medicine and other disciplines

Reasonably define the connotation of the discipline of traditional Chinese medicine is a basic work in the construction of the discipline of traditional Chinese medicine. Although the connotation of the discipline of traditional Chinese medicine is connotative, it is necessary to further study how to layered in the aspects of the essence of traditional Chinese medicine culture, elements, structures, and functions. The connotation of the discipline of traditional Chinese medicine cannot be generally boundless, otherwise it is difficult to reflect the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine; it should not be too narrow, otherwise it is difficult to lead the development of the development of Chinese medicine. Defining the connotation of traditional Chinese medicine culture. In addition to the relationship between traditional Chinese medicine culture and traditional Chinese culture, and the relationship between the development of traditional Chinese medicine, the relationship between the discipline of traditional Chinese medicine and other Chinese medicine disciplines is needed to clarify the culture of traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine literature, traditional Chinese medicine, and traditional Chinese medicine. The boundaries of disciplines such as historical and traditional Chinese medicine, under the premise of maintaining a cultural background, ideological and development motivation for other disciplines, maintain and maintain the characteristics and independence of the discipline.

Focus on major needs and solve the major theory and practice of traditional Chinese medicine culture

The study of traditional Chinese medicine culture involves a wide range of problems that need to be solved. However, as an independent discipline, the first thing that needs to be solved is the major basic theory of this subject. At the same time, it also needs to solve major practical problems in the field of traditional Chinese medicine inheritance. In the study of the theoretical issues of traditional Chinese medicine culture, in addition to reasonably defining the connotation of the discipline of traditional Chinese medicine, it is also necessary to solve major theoretical issues such as the scientific nature of traditional Chinese medicine, the core value system of traditional Chinese medicine culture and Chinese medicine thinking. The major practical issues that Chinese medicine culture needs to be solved should be placed on the protection, inheritance and dissemination of traditional Chinese medicine culture. Strengthen the construction of the Chinese medicine culture team, and cultivate specialized talents in high -quality Chinese medicine culture

Cultivating and creating a group of high -quality Chinese medicine cultural research and communication talents is the key to the construction of the discipline of traditional Chinese medicine. The first is to attract talents to attract talents. Because the discipline of traditional Chinese medicine is a cross -disciplinary group, covering research, teaching, communication, propaganda, and management, it is necessary to need a multidisciplinary talent such as Chinese medicine, philosophy, history, linguistics, communication, education, and management. Therefore, the research and dissemination of Chinese medicine culture with an open mindset and tolerance of various disciplines should be used to solve the major issues of traditional Chinese medicine culture as a breakthrough, integrate multi -disciplinary forces, establish an innovation team, and carry out collaborative innovation. The second is to encourage and support Chinese medicine workers, especially Chinese medicine experts to approach the public and promote and popularize the culture of Chinese medicine. The third is to strengthen the construction of traditional Chinese medicine degree points and cultivate high -quality Chinese medicine culture research and dissemination talents. Relying on the key disciplines of traditional Chinese medicine and culture, self -set up a second -level discipline of Chinese medicine culture under the first -level discipline of traditional Chinese medicine or master's degree in interdisciplinary degrees, and doctoral degrees, and cultivate a group of deep traditional cultural heritage, a solid basic theory and the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine culture and the Senior talents who are engaged in the research, inheritance and dissemination of traditional Chinese medicine culture, inheritance and communication capabilities provide talent guarantee for the construction of the discipline of traditional Chinese medicine.

Edit: Dong Juntong

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