The Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor（ 《黄帝内经》） and later ancient literature was sorted out

and the clinical diagnosis system of stroke and its classification were summarized. Based on above methods

the author proposed the concept of a clinical diagnosis framework for stroke. Strokes were classified as true stroke（ stroke with hemilegia） and apoplectic stroke（ stroke without hemilegia）. The classification of true stroke was meridian stroke（ without disturbance of consciousness） and visceral stroke（ with disturbance of consciousness）

and apoplectic stroke was classified as apoplectic aphasia（ limb weakness）

apoplectoid hysteria（ agnosia and aphasia）

migratory arthralgia（ numbness or pain in the limbs）

wind vertigo（ motion sickness）

apolectic dementia（ lack of alertness）

wind epilepsy（ epileptic seizure）. This new clinical diagnostic framework for stroke has positive significance for the promotion of academic development and precise treatment of stroke.