Study on the correspondence between French and Chinese acupuncture masters, FANG Shen'an and Soulié de Morant during the era of the Republic of China.
10.13703/j.0255-2930.20240428-0003
- Author:
Han WANG
1
;
DE Meyer ELENA
2
;
Yichao PANG
2
;
Kai WU
2
Author Information
1. Institute of Western Studies on Chinese Medicine, Yunnan University of CM, Kunming 650000, China; Suqian Municipal Hospital of TCM, Suqian 223800, Jiangsu Province.
2. Institute of Western Studies on Chinese Medicine, Yunnan University of CM, Kunming 650000, China.
- Publication Type:English Abstract
- Keywords:
FANG Shen'an;
Fang's acupuncture;
Jinzhen Mizhuan;
Soulié de Morant
- MeSH:
China;
History, 20th Century;
Acupuncture/education*;
Humans;
Acupuncture Therapy/history*;
France;
Correspondence as Topic/history*
- From:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
2025;45(6):834-840
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
During the period of the Republic of China, acupuncture faced different opportunities and developments in China and the West. The correspondence between Soulié de Morant, the father of European acupuncture, and FANG Shen'an, a famous acupuncture master of the Republic of China, is of great significance to explore the exchange of acupuncture between China and France, the development of acupuncture in France, the Western learning of Chinese medicine, and the dissemination of academic ideas of acupuncture in the Republic of China. The authors studied Soulié de Morant's collection stored in the Museum of Western Studies of Chinese Medicine of Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine, and found Soulié de Morant's annotation of Jinzhen Mizhuan (Secrets of Golden Needle), the 1937 edition, and 3 paper letters with FANG Shen'an (2 letters in French and 1 letter in Chinese). After the language translation and collation, based on the correspondence between two masters, in association with the historical background and the narration of CHEN Yemeng, the inheritor of Fang's acupuncture, this paper reviews the process of academic exchanges between them, so as to display the historical development of acupuncture in China and the West.
