Tao of changes and Tao of medicine : the influence of "the thought of Unity of nature and human being", "the thought of holistic", "the thought of change" and "the thought of harmonious" in "The book of changes" on traditional Chinese medicine theories = 易道和醫道 : 《周易》天人合一觀、整體觀、變易觀和中和觀對傳統中醫理論的影響

Abstract

This dissertation was continued the research work of “Tao of Changes and Tao of Medicine: The Influence of the Philosophy of ‘Won Taoist’ and ‘Concept of Time and Space’ in “Zhou Yi” on the Theories Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine”, it further systematically clarified the influence of the philosophy in the “The Book of Changes” on Traditional Chinese Medicine theories in four aspects on the level of "Tao": “The Thought of Unity of Nature and Human Being”, “The Thought of Holistic”, “The Thought of Change” and “The Thought of Harmonious”. The Thought of Unity of Nature and Human Being is the core of the philosophy of “The Book of Changes”, it believed that the law of Heaven can be used as the basic criterion for human affairs. Under the influence of The Thought of Unity of Nature and Human Being in "The Book of Changes", Traditional Chinese Medicine understand that the physiological function and pathological changes of the human body has a very close relationship with the nature, so that all treatments for patients required to grasp the factor of time and region. The Thought of Holistic in “The Book of Changes” emphasizes that there is a close relationship between all things in the world and each other will influence each other. When observing things, we should grasp the overall situation from a macro perspective. Under the influence of this mode of thinking, Traditional Chinese Medicine understand that human body, human and nature, human and society all have a whole relationship, therefore, it also emphasizes to investigate the phenomenon of life with holistic thinking mode, and pay attention to observe, analyze and deal with the disease from the macroscopic and holistic angle. The Thought of Change is the basic concept of “The Book of Changes”, it believed that all things in the world are constantly changing and changing. The thought of change obviously influenced the basic thinking mode of Traditional Chinese Medicine theories, the theory of “Determination of Treatment Based in Pathogenesis through Differentiation of Symptoms and Signs” of Traditional Chinese Medicine was obviously learnt from the philosophy of The Thought of Changein Zhouyi Study. The Thought of Harmonious in “The Book of Changes” has put a great influence on the Traditional Chinese Medicine theories. The concept of "Harmony of Yin and Yang" in Traditional Chinese Medicine theories emphasizes to achieve harmony between Yin and Yang of human body, and finally to maintain the relative balance of Yin and Yang. This study has done a comprehensive exposition of the relationship between philosophy of “The Book of Changes” and Traditional Chinese Medicine theories, the results shown the true connotation of Tao of Changes and Tao of Medicine, which may be beneficial to the inheritance and development of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

本論文延續了《易道與醫道：<周易>圜道觀和時位觀對中醫理論的影響》的研究工作，在“道”的層次上從天人合一觀、整體觀、變易觀以及中和觀等四個方面進一步系統地疏理了《周易》哲學對傳統中醫理論的影響。 天人合一觀是《周易》哲學的核心思想，認為可以通過推天道來知人事，人事更要以天道作為基本準則。在《周易》天人合一觀的影響下，傳統中醫在認識人體的生理功能、病理變化時強調人與天地相參，治療時要求把握天時和因地制宜。 《周易》哲學中的整體思維強調天地萬物之間有著密切的聯係，彼此會互相影響，在觀察事物時要以宏觀的角度把握全局，見微知著。傳統中醫在這種思維模式的影響下認識到人體內部之間、人與自然之間、人與社會之間都有著整體性的聯繫，因此也強調以“天人合一”的整體思維模式去認識生命現象，注重從宏觀和整體的角度觀察、分析和處理疾病。 變易觀是《周易》哲學的基本概念，認為天地萬物是不斷地運動變化著的，變易的思想明顯影響了傳統中醫理論的基本思維模式，傳統中醫所強調的辨證論治便突出反映了變易的思維特徵。 守正用中、尚中致和是《周易》哲學中中和觀的重要觀點，這種思想更貫串於整個傳統中醫理論中，陰陽和諧統一的概念對中醫理論產生了極大的影響，傳統中醫理論中的“調和陰陽”即是易學“中和”概念在醫學實踐中的具體體現，強調協調陰陽以達到陰陽和諧，最終維持陰陽相對的平衡。 本研究通過對易理與醫理關係的全面論述，展現了易道與醫道相通的實際內涵，這對於傳統中醫的傳承和發展或將有所裨益。