Objective The visual analysis and data interpretation of traditional Chinese Medicine（TCM） education research in China from 1978 to 2018 were carried out through the knowledge map.Methods The literature on Chinese medicine education research for the purpose of Chinese medicine education from January 1

1978 to May 1

2018 were searched.The included documents were visualized

which were content heat processing

time heat processing and collaborator relationship processing to generate keyword co-occurrence knowledge map

keyword strongest citation highlight map and collaborator relationship map.Results A total of 1

500 valid articles were included.The hot topics of TCM education research in China included TCM education

personnel training

medical education

etc.Traditional Chinese medicine and medical education are the earliest areas of Chinese medicine education research

and the longest research hotspot is medical education.The emerging hotspots in recent years were Chinese medicine culture and talent cultivation.There were 3 types of cooperation in the cooperative relationship among Chinese researchers such as spot type

line type and mixed type.Conclusion To sum up

the general tendency of TCM researches is "4 more and 4 less"

which means Chinese medicine study more & education less

macro study more &specialized less

individual study more & cooperation less

summarized more & quantitative less.