Discussion on the philosophical principle and practice of the cognitive method of'born to know'in traditional Chinese medicine
ZHANG Zhongjing quoted Confucius'theory of'born to know'at the end of Preface of Treatise on Cold Pathogenic Diseases,but its profound connotation was rarely discussed in later generations.This article reviews the philosophical ideas of Confucian epistemology and believes that'born to know'is a metaphysical method of self-cultivation.ZHANG Zhongjing's citation of'born to know'is a fundamental reminder to later scholars to attach importance to the metaphysics of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM),and to learn from confucian metaphysical cultivation methods in the study and research of TCM.The confucian method of self-cultivation can be summarized as the cultivation of morality and the cessation of mindfulness.TCM has the regulation of qi and spirit-regulating.At a time when the scientific cognitive method of the present form is widely used in TCM,a new understanding and study of the method of'born to know'has great significance for the inheritance and development of TCM.
Born to knowMedical knowledgeCognitive method of traditional Chinese medicineSelf-cultivation