[Debate on abolishment and preservation of traditional Chinese medicine during the Republican Period].

The issue on preservation and abolishment of traditional Chinese medicine was reflected in many ways during the Republican Period. The written debate of both sides was really another important yet sharp form of struggle between them. The debate, lasting several years, dealt with many aspects of TCM, including yin and yang, medical education, abolishment of traditional Chinese medicine, and national Medicine issue. This debate involved not only the medical circles itself, but also the mass, and even the political circles. The nature of the debate was evolved continually from the original medical theory to ideological and cultural and even the political consciousness fields.