XING Yurui. Academic Controversy of “Liver Left and Lung Right” in Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor (《黄帝内经》) and Its Enlightenment[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2020, 61(9): 753-756.
XING Yurui. Academic Controversy of “Liver Left and Lung Right” in Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor (《黄帝内经》) and Its Enlightenment[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2020, 61(9): 753-756.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2020.09.005.
Under the context of the question for acupuncture and moxibustion contraindication
in the chapter of needling contraindications in Inner Canon of Yellow EmperorClassic: Plain Questions(素问·刺禁论篇)
the theory of "liver left and lung right" was put forward. The author of needle contraindication chapter mistook the viscera as the action mode of the five phases and the five viscera. But under the influence of the classic worship idea of the ancient and modern medical doctors
the contradictions between the questions and answers in Inner Canon of Yellow Emperor(《黄帝内经》) were ignored. Or although they realized the contradictions between the questions and answers
they defended it
thus causing an academic controversy for more than a thousand years. The evolution
reasons and problems of this academic controversy
from the attitude towards classics
interpretation method
the relationship between traditional culture and TCM systematically were sorted out. It is pointed out that for the study on classics
we should revere it and rational spirit should be criticized. We must learn from the results of modern hermeneutics and master the correct interpretation methods; we must dialectically view the relationship between traditional culture and traditional Chinese medicine