理性的怀疑与批判精神是中医学术发展的根本动力

The Spirit of Rational Skepticism and Criticism is the Fundamental Impetus of the Academic Progress of Traditional Chinese Medicine

理性的怀疑与批判精神在中医学术发展过程中发挥着至关重要的作用。理性使得张仲景在瘟疫肆虐的时代里能够深信医学而不受迷信的影响,使《伤寒论》的成书成为可能;理性促使古代医家勇于批判与临床实际极不相符合的变蒸学说,使该学说逐渐淡出中医界。此外,从金元到明清时期的中医学派争鸣现象建立在医家对前一朝代医学思想的批判之上,温病学理论的诞生建立在医家对《伤寒论》局限性的批判之上。以上各例表明,理性的怀疑与批判精神是中医学赖以发展的根本动力。对中医界的理性精神有更深入的了解,将有助于中医研究者树立良好的治学方法。

The spirit of rational skepticism and criticism played a fundamental role in the academic progress of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM).Rationality made Zhang zhongjing immune from superstition and believed in medicine deeply during the time of great plague,which culminated in the completion of Shanghan Lun.Rationality encouraged doctors to criticize the theory of infantile feverish perspiration as it did not accord with clinical reality,the theory faded out from the field of TCM eventually.Furthermore,the contention between different schools of TCM starting from Jin to Qing dynasties was mostly based on criticism of medical theories of previous dynasties.The birth of theory of warm diseases was built upon criticism of the limitations of Shanghan Lun.Numerous events indicated that the spirit of rational skepticism and criticism was the fundamental impetus of the academic progress of TCM.Having a deeper understanding of the rational spirit of TCM,researchers will be able to establish rigorous methods for TCM research.