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The number of foreign students studying Chinese medicine in China has always been the first in the rank of natural sciences foreign students studying in China. They are mostly from developing countries, keen on Chinese traditional culture, and prefer practical specialties such as acupuncture. The general education of overseas students majoring in traditional Chinese medicine can help them learn professional knowledge and integrate into Chinese society more rapidly, which promotes the global spread of Chinese culture. In the nearly 20 years of general education for foreign students, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine has made clear the teaching ideas and guidelines, strengthened the construction of teachers, attached importance to the feedback of students, adjusted the curriculum with the times, encouraged the experience complementary among brother colleges, and further promoted international exchanges. Especially, the courses such as the History of Chinese Medicine, have achieved good teaching results. To actively carry out general education for foreign students in Chinese medicine colleges and Confucius Institutes of Traditional Chinese Medicine around the world is not only conducive to the cultivation of talents of traditional Chinese medicine in the world, but also an effective way to inherit and develop traditional Chinese medicine.
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Humanistic education for medical students is an important part of medical professionals training in the new era. Improving medical students’ humanistic quality is of great significance for building a harmonious doctor-patient relationship. The fine traditional Chinese culture is broad and profound, has a long history, and contains rich philosophical thinking, values and moral sentiments. It is the wisdom crystallization of Chinese civilization and an important resource for humanistic education of medical students. To promote the humanistic education of medical students, medical colleges and universities should deeply explore the connotation of fine traditional Chinese culture, give play to the educational value of fine traditional Chinese culture in the humanistic education of medical students, enhance the professional feelings of medical students, cultivate the empathy ability of medical students, and improve the moral cultivation of medical students. At the same time, it is necessary to break through the difficulties of integrating fine traditional Chinese culture into the humanistic education of medical students. Through enriching the educational content, expanding the educational platform, optimizing the integration mechanism, and creating an environmental atmosphere to constantly improve the effectiveness of humanistic education of medical students, cultivate medical professionals with ideals, courage to bear responsibility, ability to endure hardships and willingness to struggle in the new era, and serve the construction of a healthy China.
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Cultivating new era medical ethics and style with the fine traditional Chinese culture (TCC) is foundation of the construction of medical ethics and style in the new era, which can fundamentally rectify the alienation of medical ethics and style in modern medicine. It can cultivate the new era medical staff’s benevolence of "putting the people and the people’s lives as the first place", the dedication spirit of "value justice over profit", the humanistic feelings of "putting oneself in other’s shoes", the medical innovation of "facing people’s health", the world responsibility of building a community of human health. Cultivating medical ethics and style in the new era with fine TCC means achieving creative transformation and innovative development of fine TCC, fundamentally nourishing and nurturing medical ethics and style in the whole process. It is important to firm cultural confidence, continue to make great efforts to inherit and promote the fine TCC, especially the traditional Chinese medicine culture; strengthen cultural education, build an "antique" education system of medical ethics and style, and focus on integration and innovation to improve the effectiveness of medical ethics and medical style cultivation in the new era.
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The concept of golden mean (Zhong Yong), i.e. moderation, is the highest principle of moral cultivation in Confucianism. It entails an exclusive methodology in addressing politics, philosophy and everything in the universe. This concept has permeated into all aspects of traditional Chinese culture. As an ancient therapy, tuina is an important part of Chinese medicine and has its characteristic theory and methods. Just like Chinese medicine, tuina has long been greatly influenced by the concept of golden mean. To better promote the development of tuina, it’s necessary to investigate the historical evolution of tuina and the concept of golden mean as well as the influence of ‘golden mean’ idea on tuina manipulation, mechanism and treatment.
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The book itself is well known in traditional Chinese culture of literature.It contains five chapters: Introspection,Social Intercourse,Deliberation,Leisure and Conspectus.There are 381 observations that lead us through paths as complex,absurd,and grotesque as life itself.Terse,humorous,witty,and above all,timely,this book offers a provocative and personal mix of Taoist,Buddhist,and Confucian understanding.And it embodies the inclusive cultural awareness of social intercourse,the thought of people-oriented educational management and the idea that harmony is above anything,which will lead the management of morality and ethics in higher medical institutions in China.
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The traditional Chinese culture is the common spiritual treasure for all Chinese nationalities.Therefore,the application of the rich resources of life values in traditional Chinese culture is of marvelous significance for medical students to better understand the value and meaning of life,and learn to fear,respect,and cherish life,in order to improve the quality of their own lives and establish the sanctity of life to commit their lifetime to the great cause of medical career.