Novel Chinese Medicine—New Classroom Series of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Author: Zhang Daming
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Recommended by TCM master Liu Lihong and Han Dynasty master Hao Wanshan! Bestselling series from the China National Press of TCM. Builds an authoritative base for "TCM apprenticeship education," restoring the real-life "hand-in-hand" teaching of veteran TCM practitioners. Learning medicine is hard, and learning TCM is even harder! Becoming a renowned TCM practitioner is especially difficult—hence, the Yuan Dynasty master Wang Haogu titled his TCM book This is Difficult to Know! Once you grasp the medical principles, you can accomplish ten tasks with one effort, achieving effortless mastery—just as the Qing Dynasty master Chen Xiuyuan wrote the book Medicine is Truly Easy! The journey from "difficult to know" to "truly easy" is the most challenging path to becoming a skilled TCM clinician. To enable more TCM learners to receive "apprenticeship-style education," we have meticulously preserved every aspect of the apprenticeship process in the New TCM Classroom series. This series is far more than just books—it requires renowned TCM masters to provide "meticulous, earnest, and exhaustive" explanations for each case, just like ancient TCM apprenticeship education where the master taught his inner disciples "hand-in-hand."
The study of TCM seeks not only truth and goodness but also the perfection of beauty. The beauty of TCM is the highest level that transcends both truth and goodness, the pinnacle of the way of medicine. If you are deeply devoted to TCM, you will experience the awe and inspiration of its beauty. The diagnostic process of TCM is more akin to artistic creation than technical operation. The diagnostic process is meticulous and adaptable. The doctor thinks deeply, transcends the limits of space and time, and incorporates their knowledge, experience, personality, and inspiration into the process. It seems spontaneous, yet in reality, it never deviates from the principles of medicine. This provides a broad canvas for the full expression of a doctor's unique style.
Throughout history, many mature TCM masters have developed distinctive styles, vividly showcasing them in their practice: "Bian Que's medicine is like the Qin mirror illuminating objects, revealing both beauty and flaws, and also like Yi Qiu facing an opponent in chess, where every move is teachable, leaving observers unable to discern the subtleties; Cang Gong's medicine is like Lun Bian crafting a wheel, effortless and intuitive, yet his ingenuity cannot be fully explained in words; Xu Shuwei's medicine is like Gu Kaizhi painting the spirit, rich in essence yet not bound by mere form, graspable yet elusive; Zhang Gongdu's medicine strictly follows Zhang Zhongjing's methods, like Jian Zhai composing poetry, imbued with the spirit of Du Fu."
This is the fusion of Chinese aesthetics and Chinese medicine, the harmonious union of technical operation and artistic creation.