追本溯源,内外兼修——评张树剑《中国针灸思想史论》

Tracing to the Source and Paying Attention to both Internal and External History:Comments on Zhong Guo Zhen Jiu Si Xiang Shi Lun by Zhang Shujian

针灸既是传统技术,又是现代学科,如何认识其历史真实以及如何面对现代挑战,都是当前的重要课题。张树剑的新作《中国针灸思想史论》一方面对针灸的基本概念的起源及其演变进行了详细的探讨,理清了针灸理论传统与现代之间的关系,同时回答了针灸科学化面临的问题。同时,本书有勇气打破惯性的理论框架,指出了理论与实践之间的矛盾。另外,学术史和理论史的研究,会受到社会文化思潮、政治变革以及各种外在因素的影响,本书内史与外史相结合的写作也是正是当前学界所关注的重要视角。

Acupuncture is not only a traditional medical technique,but also a modern discipline.How to understand its history and how to face its modern challenges are important issues which we face today.Zhong Guo Zhen Jiu Si Xiang Shi Lun(《中国针灸思想史论》Rethinking Chinese Acupuncture:A History of Ideas),a book by Zhang Shujian,explores the origin and development of the basic concepts of acupuncture,and clarifies the relationship between the traditional and modern acupuncture theory.The book also provides answers to the questions that the scientization of acupuncture are facing and points out the contradiction between the acupuncture theory and practice.In addition,the study on the history of ideas and theory is also influenced by social and cultural trends,political changes and other external factors.This book combines internal and external history,which is also an important research perspective in academic community.