[Old Country in New Fate-Feng Youlan's viewpoints on traditional Chinese Medicine].

"Old Home land" is an obvious symbolism of traditional Chinese medicine. It has different features with modern medicine. In this new era, how to keep the TCM "new life" , how to preserve and develop it, has become an important subject. Feng Youlan is an important scholar in modern Chinese academic society. His idea on Chinese society is extensive and profound. According to Feng Youlan, we should understand the Chinese medicine from its attributes in philosophy, science and culture. And the medicine and pharmacy in the Chinese medicine need to be discussed from different point views. On the other hand, the dispute between Chinese and Western medicine itself maybe lead to a false direction. By his personal experience, Feng suggested that the traditional Chinese medicine should not lose its characters in the future time of modernization.

[Review Joseph Needham's study on Ge Hong and western view of the history of Traditional Chinese Medicine].

Ge Hong(), from Joseph Needham's view, is a historical figure with multiple characters, for example: he was a priest, a scientific researcher, a pioneer in the research of chemical medicines, a successor of the "prevention prior to cure" theory, an early explorer of immunotherapy. He was a man who detailedly recorded the infectious diseases, an ascetic with a strong individual spirit. Ge Hong was also a collector of the new knowledge, and his writings can be regarded as the typical Chinese ancient literature. Needham's viewpoints on Ge Hong represent a different perspective of western society on ancient Chinese science and technology, especially on the development of Chinese medicine.