学理讨论,还是生存抗争——1929年中医存废之争评析

Discussion of Theories or Struggle for Survival——An Analysis of the Debate upon the Abolishment of TCM in 1929

1929年的中医存废之争,不是简单的学理讨论,而是中医界为谋求自身生存而进行的殊死抗争。这场论争不局限于中西医学理之是非,而是扩大到思想文化范围,甚至提升到了政治意识形态层面。尽管中医之生存危机并未根本消除,但在中西医两大阵营对峙、冲突与融合、调适过程中,中医逐渐走上了自我革新与科学化之路。

The debate upon the abolishment of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in 1929 is not merely a discussion of theories. It is a struggle for the survival of the TCM. This debate goes beyond the grudges between the TCM and the western medicine, extending itself to cultures and so far to the political ideology. In the course of confrontation, conflict, compromise and adjustment between the two big camps, the TCM has found its own way to self innovation and science though the survival crisis is not completely over.