Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on Chinese terms; Introduction: ways of learning; 1 The secret transmission of knowledge and practice; 2 Qigong and the concept of qi; 3 The personal transmission of knowledge; 4 Interpreting a classical Chinese medical text; 5 The standardised transmission of knowledge; 6 Teaching from TCM texts; Discussion: styles of knowing; Appendix: Curriculum for TCM regular students and acumoxa and massage specialists at the Yunnan TCM College in 1988 ... 9; Glossary of medical and philosophical terms
Summary
Based on her experience as disciple of a private practitioner, participating in scholarly seminars of a senior Chinese doctor, and studying at a college of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Elisabeth Hsu provides an insider's account of traditional medical education in China, revealing the way in which context of instruction shapes knowledge
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-286) and indexes