"The Transmission of Chinese Medicine, based on Elisabeth Hsu's PhD thesis, understands this, and every
dedicated academic and student interested in Chinese would benefit from reading it."
--THE CHINA JOURNAL
Cambridge University Press Web Site, October, 2002
Summary
This is a study of traditional medical education in the People's Republic of China. The author became a disciple
of a scholarly private practitioner, a Qigong master; attended courses given by a senior acupuncturist and masseur;
and studied with undergraduates at the Yunnan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where the standardized knowledge
of official Chinese medicine is inculcated. She compares theories and practices of these different Chinese medical
traditions, and her fascinating insider's account of traditional medical practices brings out the way in which
the context of instruction shapes knowledge.
Table of Contents
1. The secret transmission of knowledge and practice
2. Qigong and the concept of Qi
3. The personal transmission of knowledge
4. Interpreting a classical Chinese medical text
5. The standardized transmission of knowledge
6. Teaching from traditional Chinese medical textbooks
7. Styles of knowing
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