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日時：１１月１６日（金）１７：００～１９：００
場所：南校舎１階 ４１５教室
場所：南校舎１階 ４１５教室
Sean H-L LEI
Institute of Modern History
Academia Sinica, TAIWAN
Institute of Modern History
Academia Sinica, TAIWAN
Qi-Transformation and the Steam Engine
Incorporation of Western Anatomy and Re-conceptualization of the Body
in the Nineteenth Century Chinese Medicine
Incorporation of Western Anatomy and Re-conceptualization of the Body
in the Nineteenth Century Chinese Medicine
Abstract
Tang Zonghai (1851-1908), the widely-acclaimed first proponent of
medical eclecticism in the late Qing period, invented the famous
formula: ‘Western medicine is good at anatomy; Chinese medicine is
good at qi-transformation.’ While it is well-known that Tang coined
the concept of qihua (qi-transformation) and thereby created a
long-lasting dichotomy between Chinese and Western medicine, it is
little known that Tang’s conception of qi-transformation was built
upon and therefore heavily influenced by a newly imported technology
from the West, namely the steam engine. Based on this important
discovery, this paper traces three interconnected processes：the
introduction of steam and the steam engine into China；the invention of
qi-transformation, which served as the crucial tool for both
boundary-drawing and communicating between two styles of medicine；and
the related transformation of the body in Chinese medicine.
Tang Zonghai (1851-1908), the widely-acclaimed first proponent of
medical eclecticism in the late Qing period, invented the famous
formula: ‘Western medicine is good at anatomy; Chinese medicine is
good at qi-transformation.’ While it is well-known that Tang coined
the concept of qihua (qi-transformation) and thereby created a
long-lasting dichotomy between Chinese and Western medicine, it is
little known that Tang’s conception of qi-transformation was built
upon and therefore heavily influenced by a newly imported technology
from the West, namely the steam engine. Based on this important
discovery, this paper traces three interconnected processes：the
introduction of steam and the steam engine into China；the invention of
qi-transformation, which served as the crucial tool for both
boundary-drawing and communicating between two styles of medicine；and
the related transformation of the body in Chinese medicine.