中国哲学与西方科学的碰撞——论中医存废问题的“源”与“因”

Chinese Philosophy and Western Science Collide——Traditional Chinese Medicine Abolishing the "Source" and "Cause"

发生在民国初年的有关中医科学性问题的争论与当时科学救国运动有着密切的关系。以任鸿隽为代表受到了西方科学系统训练的归国留学生们以科学救国为己任,希望中国尽早摆脱传统走向现代。科学救国运动是学习西方科学的精神、科学的方法、科学的态度等。这就不可避免地与以自然哲学元气、阴阳五行为基础的中国传统哲学发生了冲突,于是作为传统文化精粹的中医是否是科学问题的争论就出现了。

The scientific controversy over the traditional Chinese medicine in the early years of the Republic of China had a close relationship to the movement of saving the nation by science. Ren Hongjun,as a representive of the returned students,who received systematical train in modern science,regarded saving the nation by science as his own duty. He hoped that China could be loosen the bonds of tradtion and begin modernization.The aim of the movement of saving the nation by science is to study the spirit,method and attitude of science. The conflict between the modern science and traditional Chinese philosophy,such as Qi,Ying and Yang and Five Phases,is inevitable. Therefore,the controversy,whether the traditional Chinese medicine as the essence of traditional Chinese culture belongs to science,arose.