Study On Zhang Zhongjing’s Ethical Thought Of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Zhang Zhongjing was a great doctor with profound learning and thinking in the Eastern Han Dynasty.His thought is an integral part of Chinese traditional culture and a significant one of China’s traditional moral consciousness,life attitude and value orientation.The study of Zhang Zhongjing and his books from the perspective of ethics will help to enrich the research on the history of ethical thought of traditional Chinese medicine,guide the development of society towards rationality and wisdom,and help us improve the construction of contemporary social value system.Firstly,from the experience of Zhang Zhongjing’s youth,middle age and old age,and from the realistic factors such as his life,way of learning and thinking,background of the times,this paper analyzes his influence on the formation and evolution of Zhang Zhongjing’s ethical thought,and states and summarizes the book background,book chapters and medical history status of his medical masterpiece treatise on typhoid and miscellaneous diseases;Secondly,it traces the theoretical source of Zhang Zhongjing’s ethical thought of traditional Chinese medicine.He critically inherited the ancient medical books of the Pre-Qin Dynasty,inherited the ethical thought of Confucianism and Taoism,and creatively put forward his own theoretical opinions of traditional Chinese medicine in combination with the special social environment of the troubled times of the Eastern Han Dynasty;Third,from the three aspects of medical ethics,medical ethics and health ethics,this paper excavates the main contents of Zhang Zhongjing’s traditional Chinese medicine ethics,and expounds his virtuous traditional Chinese medicine ethics,which not only pays attention to benevolence but also advocates benevolence,not only pays attention to the realization of "harmony",but also stresses "etiquette" and human relations,and not only appeals to treatment but also pays attention to health preservation.Fourth,it discusses the modern value of Zhang Zhongjing’s ethical thought of traditional Chinese medicine.He sets an example for doctors’ medical ethics,enlightens ideas for medical innovation,and provides spirit and methods for medical demonstration.